On Friday, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, released a statement reminding Lagosians that no rally or gathering of any sort will be allowed at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday, Oct. 1. The PRO took to Twitter, using the State Command official Twitter page @LagosPoliceNG to make the Read More…
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Police investigates boy’s death after injections
The Police Command in Lagos has begun an investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections had been supposedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, confirmed the situation on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the Read More…
LASG seeks better conduct of physical planning and building control appeals
Mr. Mukaila Sanusi, the spokesman for Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has on Thursday entrusted the Lagos State Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee to develop strategies to restore sanity in the construction sector. Sanusi stated that the ministry’s commissioner, Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, had given the advice at the opening Read More…
Comedian Trevor Noah to leave ‘The Daily Show’ after seven years
Comedian Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, said he was going to leave the programme after hosting it for seven years, indicating he wanted to dedicate more time to stand-up comedy. The 38-year-old comedian – who moved to the United States in 2011 and was born in Johannesburg, South Africa Read More…
LCDA boss donates 1,000 furniture items to schools in Orile-Agege
Some primary and junior secondary schools in Orile-Agege have taken delivery of no fewer than 1,000 pieces of furniture donated to them by the Orile-Agege Local Development Council Area (LCDA). Mr. Johnson Babatunde, Executive Chairman of the LCDA, told newsmen while making the donation of chairs and tables on Thursday that the gesture was borne Read More…
The elite has great role to play in protecting Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, in his welcome address at the 62 years Independence Public lecture in Abuja on Thursday, has said that the elite has a great role to play in protecting the nation, Nigeria, given the issue of restoration of peace in parts of the country. The “Elites and National Unity” lecture, was organised by Read More…
FG to train 35,000 registered residents for vocational training Initiative in Lagos – Bank-Olemoh
The Federal Government has said that it aims at training 35,000 Lagos State residents who registered for its Project T-MAX (TVET Maximisation) initiative on various vocational skills. The pilot project is part of the Federal Government’s vow to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. Lagos is one of the seven states for Read More…
PDP primary: Supreme Court upholds Adeleke’s election, dismisses Babayemi’s suit
The July 16 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship primary election that produced the Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, as its candidate was upheld by the Supreme Court, on Thursday. In a judgment delivered by Justice Amina Augie, one of the five-member panel said that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit after counsel for the plaintiff, Adebayo Read More…
FG puts NFF electoral process on hold over court order
The Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) elections scheduled to hold in Benin, tomorrow, 30 September, might not hold. This is because the Federal Government said in a statement yesterday that while it is still studying the court processes, the stakeholders in the polls should obey the court order halting the electoral process. In a statement signed Read More…
LAGESC engages Badagry market men and women on sanitation, seeks compliance
Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, has made a passionate appeal to market leaders within Badagry Division to prevail on their members to ensure total compliance with the State’s Environmental Law especially as it relates to proper waste disposal, clearing of drainages and maintaining holistic cleanliness in the markets. Dr. Omobolaji Gaji, Permanent Secretary, Office Read More…