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The Lagos State Ministry of Education has debunked a social media report alleging that the State Government will, from the next academic session, enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS1) in a bid to deter underage registration. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Read More…
To navigate a possible massive upheaval that may follow the commencement of the new Lagos Island Model City Plan, the Lagos State Government has sought the cooperation of the Lagos Island Local Government and the Lagos Island Local Council Development Area on the preparation of the plan. Speaking during the advocacy visit to the Local Read More…
Going by the pronouncements of the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, work at the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History at Onikan, Lagos would soon be completed. The commissioner said the Lagos State government was eager to complete the ongoing re-construction of the J.Randle Centre, a proposed Read More…
Police in Lagos State have alleged that they rejected a total N500,000 bribes after arresting four suspected armed robbers and cultists. The bribes were offered by suspects who wanted to secure freedom for their associates. Confirming the incident, the police spokesman in Lagos, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, on Thursday said that an Anti-crime patrol team from Read More…
The ruling has been reserved by the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on the application filed by Lagos State Government seeking to join an appeal by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) challenging the judgement of a Port Harcourt Federal High Court. On 9th August 2021, the Federal High Court had declared that Read More…
If all goes well with a cooperative agreement between the Lagos State Government and two firms – Ikeja Electric and Sahara Energy, then power outage will be a thing of the past in Lagos. This is because on Tuesday, the Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, signed Memoranda of Agreement Read More…
True to its words of ensuring that Lagos is rid of all forms of environmental nuisance, the State Ministry of Youth and Social Development has begun ridding the street of beggars and destitute persons. In an exercise tagged “Rescue Operation” undertaken by a special team of the Rescue and Rehabilitation department of the Ministry, in Read More…
To ensure that Nigerians in Diaspora are connected to the rich history of Lagos, the Lagos State Records & Archives Bureau (LASRAB) organised an interactive virtual tour of its mini-museum for them on Monday. The virtual tour organised in partnership with the Northern California Nigerians (NCN) group, a nonprofit organisation, was aimed at entrenching the Read More…
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Eight men on Monday appeared in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 121 bags of PVC materials worth N102.5 million. The police charged Benjamin Effiong, 30; Giwa Olayemi, 30; Michael Igbudu, 30; Ranti Akinola, 32; Sunday Elien, 32; Opeyemi Abidemi, 31; Benjamin Akachukwu, 20; and Azeez Alao, 40 with conspiracy and theft. They Read More…