New bill passed by Lagos State House of Assembly holds parents responsible for their children’s cult activities The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020. The house passed the bill during the plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa Read More…
The Lagos State Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI) says it has devised new strategies to train no fewer than seven thousands law enforcement officers at its Annual Mandatory In-Service Training. Its Director-General, Mr Ifalade Oyekan, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the institute trained 6,329 officers in 2020, hoping to surpass the figures Read More…
The Lagos State Government is collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC) to train 13,548 youths in the various agricultural value chains in a five-stage model within the next five years. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya disclosed this today at the opening of Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, on Saturday, described digitisation as critical for the country to attain its food security needs. Olusanya, who said this at the launch of a book entitled: “The Rise of Digital Agriculture,” which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, added that the book was phenomenal and Read More…
Nigeria sets a new daily record of 1,883 Lagos State registered the highest number of COVID-19 infections nationwide on Saturday with 1,040 infections, taking the total number of infected people in the state to 48,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number Read More…
In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination initiative of the Africa Centres for Read More…
In picture above: (1st Left) Representative of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali, (2nd Left) The Deputy Governor, Lagos State, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, (3rd Left) Commissioner, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, (1st Right) Director Humanitarian Affairs, Grema Read More…
Bloomberg’s 2020 full-year Capital Markets League Tables has ranked African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Africa’s number one Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank made this known in a statement it issued on Friday in Cairo. According to the statement, the bank is delighted to have surpassed 2019’s second place MLA ranking and is Read More…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Command, said it arrested no fewer than 3,187 traffic offenders during its “30 days operation zero tolerance” in the state. The Lagos Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. He said the offenders were Read More…
For eight years Nigerian housewife Mallama Baraka suffered in silence as the eye disease trachoma, which can blind but is entirely preventable, slowly took its toll. It started with a watery discharge and a burning, itchy sensation in her eyes. Her eyelids swelled and her eyelashes turned inside them, causing her extreme pain each time Read More…