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52 inmates of Ikoyi Correctional Centre subscribe to OPD free legal services

About 52 inmates of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, charged for various offences ranging from murder, theft, manslaughter, rape and cultism but had been incarcerated for a long period, due to their inability to afford proper legal representation, have subscribed to the free legal services of the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD). The Read More…

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Funding for 2 new varsities in 2022 budget, commissioner reveals

The Lagos State Government said it had included funding for its two newly established universities in the state’s 2022 budget for their effective take-off in September this year. The state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, disclosed this during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Lagos on Friday. The National Universities Commission (NUC) Read More…

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INEC promotes voter registration exercise, new polling units in Lagos

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, began a nationwide campaign to promote the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and the newly created Polling Units (PU’s), in the state. Speaking at an event to kick off the campaign in Lagos, Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, and National Commissioner-designate, said that Read More…

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Sen. Adeola donates 8 patrol vehicles, 10 ambulances to Lagos West

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday inaugurated distribution eight police patrol vehicles and 10 ambulances to Lagos West Senatorial District represented by Senator Olamilekan Adeola. The inauguration was the 5th Edition of the Town Hall Meeting and Empowerment Programme organised by the lawmaker representing the Read More…

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Lagos to screen 100,000 women for breast, cervical cancer annually

Commemorating the 2022 World Cancer Day, the Lagos State Government made known its plans to screen 100,000 women for breast and cervical cancer annually free of charge. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye, made the disclosure at Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area Secretariat, the venue of a community outreach campaign Read More…

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Commandant lauds ‘Exercise Still Waters’ contributions in curtailing crime in Lagos

The Commandant of the Nigeria Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), AVM Idi Lubo, on Saturday praised ‘Exercise STILL WATERS’ contributions in curtailing criminal and other heinous activities in Lagos State in 2021. Lubo said this at the 81 Division’s edition of the West Africa Social Activities (WASA) which held at Bonny Camp Cantonment, Victoria Island, Read More…

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Lagos prosecuted 1,120 traffic offenders in 2021, says official

Mrs Arinola Ogbara-Banjoko, the Coordinator, Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile Court) , says that the court prosecuted 1,120 traffic offenders in 2021. Ogbara-Banjoko stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday during the 3rd Mobile Court Quarterly Sensitisation and Awareness Exercise Zero Tolerance for Violation of Traffic Offences. She said that of the prosecutions carried Read More…