New LASU VC Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello assumes duty

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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One dies, scores injured as hoodlums clash in Mushin

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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Lagos #EndSARS panel suspends sitting indefinitely

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 APC to adopt consensus candidate for October 2 state congress

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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Lagos State University appoints Olatunji-Bello new VC

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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Gbajabiamila: Sanwo-Olu deserves second term

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he has no plan to contest the Lagos State governorship seat after his tenure in 2023. According to the 59-year-old politician, the incumbent Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is doing well and there is no need to discontinue him from running for second term in […]

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Sanwo-Olu signs VAT bill into law

Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat (left); Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyo Onigbanjo (SAN) at the signing into law bills establishing Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority and the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission by the governor at the Lagos House, Ikeja…yesterday Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday signed […]

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Lagos diverts traffic in Ikeja axis for six days

Traffic on Oduduwa Way and Oduduwa Crescent in Ikeja Local Government Area will be diverted for six days, Lagos State Government announced on Monday. The diversion which will start on August 31 is to allow for the construction of culverts that will channel storm water towards the outfall across Agege Motor Road by Sogunle Bus […]

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Another week of agony, chaos in Lagos public transport as drivers protest alleged extortion by officials

Stranded commuters in Lagos. Credit: Jesutomi Akomolafe Lagos drivers want Sanwo-Olu to check excesses of task force, LASTMA We have resolved to fully enforce the laws, say LASTMA Renewed efforts to enforce the law on errant commercial bus drivers have forced motorists to pushback in protest against extortion. The harrowing experience and hardship faced by […]

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Lagos resumes administration of AstraZeneca vaccine August 30

Lagos State Government says it will resume the administration of the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on August 30. Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Director, Public Affairs in the state Ministry of Health, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine would hold […]

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