Lagos scraps pension for ex-governors, deputies

Jakande, Tinubu, Fasola, Ambode, Jafojo, Ojikutu, Bucknor-Akerele, Pedro, Ogunleye, Sosan, Orelope-Adefulire, Adebule affected Sanwo-Olu to send Executive Bill Governor proposes N1.15tr for 2021 Lagos State on Tuesday unfolded plans to repeal the public officials’ pension law which grants certain benefits to former elected governors and deputy governors. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who gave the hint during […]

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Sanwo-Olu to abolish pension for Tinubu, Jakande, Fashola, others

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies. He made the announcement while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Abolishment of the Payment […]

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Lagos asks court to free 253 arrested over #EndSARS

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN has advised the courts to immediately free 253 persons arrested by the Police in connection with the #EndSARS protest in the state. He said the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) had assessed the temporary charges filed against them by the police […]

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Lagos commuters decry hike in fares

Commuters in Lagos State on Sunday decried the continuous hike in transport fares occasioned by the COVID-19 new public transport guidelines put in place by the state government, despite neglect by transport operators. Some commuters, in separate interviews with correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that since the guidelines constraining […]

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Lagos counsels pupils as schools reopen Monday

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020. It said boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, Novermber 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020, following safety concerns after hoodlums […]

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‘They came to kill’: Lekki shooting survivor recalls experience

She hasn’t been able to sleep for a week and at first wanted just “to stay hidden”. But this survivor of the shooting of peaceful Nigerian protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos last week says she realised that she had to speak out. “I feel like I’m hiding the truth,” says the young woman, […]

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Suspects who burnt BRT buses, 518 others arrested

Southwest senators push for federal cash to rebuild Lagos The police in Lagos on Tuesday paraded 520 suspects arrested for their roles in last week’s violence. Six policemen and four others were killed in the state during the mayhem unleashed on Lagos, the police added. No fewer than 38 policemen were injured; 16 police stations […]

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Time ripe for state police, says Lagos Assembly

commiserates with Sanwo-Olu, others over mayhem Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday renewed its clamour for the establishment of a state policing system in the aftermath of the carnage visited on the state last week. The members, during a special sitting to review the violence that resulted in the attack on government infrastructure, the palace […]

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