Lagos to probe Dowen College pupil’s death, commiserates with family

Lagos State Ministry of Education has said it would unravel what led to the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a 12 year old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki who died under allegedly controversial circumstances on Tuesday. This comes as the school closed today following the family’s claims that the boy died as a result of […]

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Controversy as 12-year-old dies after alleged torture by Lagos pupils

Lagos Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu Controversy has trailed the death of a pupil of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), in the Lekki area of Lagos State. While a family member alleged that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil died from the injuries he sustained during an assault by colleagues who wanted to initiate him into […]

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Why we found #EndSARS panel’s report unreliable – Lagos AG

Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) • Adegboruwa kicks, says white paper full of inaccuracies, cover ups • HURIWA, George, others blast Sanwo-Olu over white paper The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), yesterday, explained that many contradictions in the report of the state’s judicial panel on police brutality made the findings of […]

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Lagos rejects #EndSARS panel’s casualty figure, says one killed in Lekki

Lagos State Government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekki toll gate to disperse #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020. This claim, which was contained in […]

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Our policies designed to reduce unemployment – Lagos

Lagos State government said its polices are designed to reduce high unemployment rates. Speaking in Lagos, the Commissioner, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, Hon Mrs Yetunde Arobieke said the approach was to preserve jobs and skills. Represented by the Director for Employment,Mrs Iyabo Seriki-Bello, the commissioner said government was determined to raise the state […]

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No massacre at Lekki Toll Gate during #EndSARS protest – Lagos Government

Lagos State Government yesterday rejected the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry that there was a massacre in Lekki Toll Gate during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. To the government, the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led Lagos State ‘Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution of Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and Other Related Matters’ failed to establish arbitrary […]

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Lagos releases white paper on #EndSARS panel report

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu (middle); Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat (right); and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso during a media briefing on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on #EndSARS in Lagos House, Ikeja…yesterday Accepts 11 of 32 recommendations, to forward 14 to […]

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#EndSARS panel legally constituted — Sanwo-Olu

Holds peace walk in December, invites Falz, Seun Kuti, Mr Macaroni, farotimi, CP, others Describes leaked panel report as “unauthorised” Yet to release White Paper despite assurance Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Lekki Till Gate shooting and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti Robbery Squad, […]

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Falz, Mr Macaroni reject Sanwo-Olu’s peace walk invitation

Musician Folarin Falana (Falz) and comedian Debo Adebayo (Mr Marcaroni) have rejected the invitation of Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a peace walk for “the healing of Lagos”. The duo, in their separate reactions, rejected the invitation. Mr Marcaroni said genuine peacemaking should begin by first implementing the recommendations of the panel. Falz, on his […]

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