A Junior Secondary School, JSS, 2 student of Bishop Howells Memorial Grammar school, Bariga, Omoobajesu Iroyinayo Idris, on Monday, emerged as the one-day principal of the school for the 2020/2021 academic session. The annual event designed to encourage and reawaken the academic excellence of students recognised the unprecedented academic feats recorded by Omoobajesu Idris. The […]
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As part of efforts to encourage more enrolment of school-age children and check out-of-school children, Lagos State Government has expressed its readiness to build more schools. The State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo disclosed this during a meeting with the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Lagos State Resilience Office (LASRO), Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki and […]
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Hundreds of Nigerian youths have taken to social media to speak against the handover of Lekki toll gate, where Nigerian forces opened fire on unarmed protesters last October, to its owners Lekki Concession Company. Members of the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State government to investigate the October 2020 Lekki shooting voted 5-4 […]
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The Lagos House of Assembly has proposed new amendments for the Lagos State Sports Commission Law 2017 in a bid to provide opportunities for young people to realise their potential. The bill, entitled, “A Bill for a Law to amend the Lagos State Sports Commission Law 2017, to promote Youths and Sports Development in Lagos […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on permanent secretaries in the state civil service to exhibit professionalism and drive the development agenda of his administration. Sanwo-Olu, who made the call on Friday when he swore in 18 new permanent secretaries at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Alausa, urged them not to see […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday swore in 18 new Permanent Secretaries, consisting of 10 females and eight males. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony at the Lagos House, Ikeja, he urged them to put their ideas to work, toward achieving a Greater Lagos. He congratulated and commended them for the contributions they had […]
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Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate said on Friday it is expecting the forensic experts hired to examine the incident scene to submit their report by Tuesday. The panel chairman, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retd.), disclosed this while turning down the application by the […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of 17 Permanent Secretaries in the state public service. A statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said that the appointments took effect immediately. He said that the appointments were made after a rigorous screening, which spanned over […]
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Lagos state commissioner of police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, said the state Command arrested 242 armed robbers, and recorded 192 cultism cases, out of which 172 had been filed in various courts, within a year, in Ikorodu division. Odumosu, who disclosed this at a town hall meeting on security, held at the Ikorodu town […]
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• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]
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