The body of Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, a lawmaker from Lagos State, who died on Tuesday during an APC presidential rally in Jos, Plateau, has been buried. The lawmaker’s remains arrived at Murtala Muhammed Airport in the afternoon, and a motorcade took them right away to his home in Mushin, Lagos. The Lagos State Legislators Wives Read More…
In order to prevent the mortality of children under the age of five, the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB) reports that the state has added rotavirus vaccines to its routine immunisation (RI) programme. This was revealed by Mrs. Taiwo Onoro, the state vaccination officer, on Wednesday in Lagos during the LSPHCB sensitization meeting Read More…
The post-conviction bail application made by the dethroned Baale of Shangisha, Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed, was refused by an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday. For fabricating his own kidnapping, Justice Hakeem Oshodi sentenced the defendants to 15 years in prison on September 27. In his decision, Oshodi rejected their application because it Read More…
The Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Command, has detained 11 cult members following a violent brawl in a hotel in the state’s Agege area. This is reported in a statement made on Wednesday on its official Twitter feed. The RRS said the suspects were caught on Wednesday in a hotel while fighting with dangerous Read More…
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to facilitating the free movement of products and persons among member countries by supporting the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organisation’s activities (ALCO). In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, said this while receiving ALCO’s Read More…
As political campaigns for the 2023 presidential elections gather steam, the various parties have started unveiling their programmes. They are promising to take Nigerians to the moon and back. You have to give it to the Nigerian politicians: They know how to re-say the same thing others have said in the past and still appear Read More…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began the publishing of the preliminary voters’ registration list for claims and objections in all 245 wards of Lagos State on Saturday. INEC’s public affairs officer in Lagos State, Mrs. Adenike Oriowo, said that the exercise was being held in line with the Electoral Law. She stated that from Read More…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dissociated itself from a social media post seeking competent applicants to fill a number of open jobs in the organisation. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the council’s head of public affairs, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina. She called the ads phoney and deceptive. Read More…
The Lagos State Government has begun planning for at least 1,200 employees to leave the public sector between January and July 2023. This was said on Saturday during the 23rd Retirement Benefit Documentation Seminar for upcoming retirees in Lagos by Mr. Babalola Obilana, Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). According to Obilana, the seminar was Read More…
One of the things I would encourage people, not just parents, but anyone who is saddled with the responsibility of raising a child either as a parent, guardian, caregiver, coach, teacher, or mentor is to teach the child KINDNESS. Yes!! You heard me right, kindness can also be learned from home or from anyone willing Read More…
