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Education Metro

Lagos public, private schools get same calendar

Lagos State Government has declared September 5, the resumption date for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session in an effort to harmonise the calendar of public and private schools.The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance in Lagos State Ministry of Education, on Thursday Read More…

Metro Top Story

Lagos to register 10m more on state database

The Lagos State Government is seeking to add 10 million more residents to the state’s database. Already, 6,500,000 residents have been registered since the initiative to provide a unique identification number for citizens commenced. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this on Wednesday during the re-inauguration of the Lagos State resident identity card at Ikeja GRA. Sanwo-Olu Read More…

Metro Motor Accident Top Story

Pedestrian’s death: Fix Fadeyi bridge, residents tell Sanwo-Olu

The death of a lady, Bosede Ogendegbe, killed by an unknown driver while crossing the expressway at Fadeyi in Somolu Local Government has sparked calls for a functional pedestrian bridge across the expressway.Residents of the area urged the Lagos State Government to repair the existing pedestrian bridge at the bustop to prevent further loss of Read More…

Crime Fraud Metro

N31m fraud: ‘Fake’ estate agent not Speaker Gbajabiamila’s brother

Media reports linking Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with a defendant in a N31million fraud case at a court in Lagos State, has been debunked as false. One Sulaimon Gbajabiamila was arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Lateef Adeyemo, of the sum of N31million. Read More…

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Metro Security

Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency deploys 233 body cameras

The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency has deployed 233 body cameras, safety shields, surveillance drones, dashboard cameras, stun batons, binoculars, vehicles, telephones and internet facilities to its divisional offices. The agency’s General Manager, Dr Ifalade Oyekan, stated this at a media breakfast meeting in Lagos on Wednesday. The theme of the meeting was: “Five Years Read More…

The Cable
Metro Picket Telecommunications

Angry telco workers picket MTN’s Lagos headquarters

The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) on Wednesday picketed MTN Nigeria PLC plaza in Falomo, Lagos to drive home some demands. They held placards with inscriptions such as “Workers Rights are Human Rights”; “Unionism is a Right and not a Privilege” and chanted solidarity songs. Some of the union’s grievances Read More…

TRAFFIC International
Crime Metro Smuggling

Three Vietnamese, Nigerians, Cameroonian, Guinean charged with Pangolin, ivory smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) Wednesday brought seven men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged illegal possession dealing, assembling, storing, smuggling and trading in pangolin skin and elephant’s ivory. The defendants, comprising three Vietnamese citizens, two Nigerians and a citizen of Cameroon and Guinea, were arraigned before Justice Yellim Bogoro. The Vietnamese Read More…

Criminal Defense Attorney
Counterfeiting Crime Metro

Two men sentenced for dealing in fake dollars, CFA Franc

The Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday, sentenced two men, Ajibade Ismail Adio and Adewumi John Olorode, to two years imprisonment for foreign currency counterfeiting. Justice Tijjani Ringim convicted the duo following their plea of guilty to a two-count amended charge of being in possession of 165 pieces of fake $100 and 139 pieces of Read More…