The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has arrived the scene where a building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The IGP on Tuesday came in an entourage of police cars and heavy security, to the venue of the incident. On arrival, he went straight into the compound and is yet to address […]
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The death toll from the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi has risen to 15, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday afternoon. “We have recovered more bodies. The death toll now stands at 15, while nine were pulled out alive,” Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency said. Rescue operations were […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) Gbolahan Oki. The Governor vowed to find out what went wrong and punish those indicted in the collapsed 21-storey building under construction in Ikoyi. A statement by Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso, said the State Government […]
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•From left: Permanent Secretary of Ondo State Ministry of Education, Mrs. Lola Amuda; Miss Olawunmi Lawal, CEO of Greater Tomorrow International College Arigidi Akoko, Chief Mrs Lawal during the best private school award presented by the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. Inset: Mrs. Ojo standing by the bus awarded to her school Bolade Junior […]
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LASU VC Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello (Photo: LASU CIPPR) Following her appointment as the ninth substantive vice-chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello assumed duty on Monday, September 20. She was received by the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oyedamola Oke, members of staff, and students at the university’s six storey Senate Building where she will hold […]
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Commissioner of police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu •Area boys foil attempt to steal gold-made church covenant A fight among two rival groups of hoodlums in Mushin, yesterday led to the death of one ‘Askari’, while several others sustained injuries. Eyewitness accounts said the crisis had lingered for over five years and was majorly between […]
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The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other Matters has suspended its sitting indefinitely. This is as a member of the panel, Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, alleged that the panel was frustrated. The Chairman of the Lagos Judicial Panel, Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, announced the suspension on Saturday. “EndSARS […]
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Lagos State APC Caretaker Committee has reaffirmed the likelihood of employing consensus arrangements to produce the state executives during the forthcoming October 2 state congress. The State’s Caretaker Committee Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the state’s secretariat in Lagos on Thursday. The […]
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A professor of Medicine and former Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been named the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU). Born in Lagos on April 23, 1964 into the family of Chief and Mrs Eniola Ibidapo, from Owo in Ondo State, she had her primary education at Anglican Girls […]
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