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Homeland News
LASG investigates Palm Avenue building collapse
Lagpos State government is investigating the partial collapse of an old building on 2/4 Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue Mushin. On Friday, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, visited the site of the four-floor building, which is said to be about 40 years old. In a statement by Deputy Director, Public Affairs in the ministry, Mukaila…
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Leadership crisis hits Lagos Arewa community, as members call for sack of commissioner
Some members of the Arewa community in Lagos State have called for the removal of the state Commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructure Development, Kabiru Ahmed Abdullahi. The call followed the current crisis rocking the leadership of the community in the state. Abdullahi is the only Hausa in the state Executive Council.Those calling for his sack accused him of intolerance, selfishness, greediness,…
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Police arrest MKO’s wife, maid for assaulting female officer
Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, a widow of Chief M.K.O Abiola, and her domestic staff, Rebecca Enechido, have been arrested by the police for allegedly beating a female officer, Inspector Teju Moses, after refusing to engage in chores at her house. The third suspect, a male, who was said to be involved in the assault, is currently on the run to prevent…
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Court refuses Baba Ijesha’s bail application
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday, refused to grant a bail application filed by convicted Nollywoord actor, James Olarewaju, alias Baba Ijesha. Olarewaju had sought bail for an appeal to the five-year conviction for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Taiwo struck out the bail application on grounds of the actor not meeting exceptional circumstances and…
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NDLEA busts cocaine warehouse, seizes N193bn worth of crack in Lagos
…arrests 4 drug barons, 1 other National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8 tons ,1,855 kilograms, of illicit drug worth more than $278, 250,000, equivalent of about N194, 775,000,000 in street value were seized.Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on…
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Education
JAMB sets date for supplementary exam
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced plans to conduct a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), for 67 candidates on Saturday, September 24, 2022. JAMB’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin said the supplementary exam was fixed for the candidates after reviewing the reasons why the affected candidates could not sit for the 2022 UTME.…
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Homeland News
EndSARS: Lawyers asks court to stop LP, Obi , others from staging rally at Lekki Toll Gate
Nine lawyers have approached a Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking to halt a proposed rally to commemorate the second year anniversary of EndSARS protest, tagged “Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” and slated for October 1, 2022. The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop the Labour Party (LP), its candidates, and supporters from staging the proposed rally. Specifically, they asked…
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LASG averts danger at Isolo
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service on Tuesday averted a looming danger from a gas truck accident at Peter Agha Street Junction by the Memorial Arcade, Oke Afa, Isolo, in Lagos State.Spokesman for the Fire Service Ogbabi Olajide, in a statement said an 8 tonnes Liquified Petroleum Gas Peddler Truck swerved and skidded off the road causing leakage of its…
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Sanwo-Olu talks tough, vows to personally monitor new permanent secretaries performances
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday sworn-in 11 new permanent secretaries, and vowed to personally monitor their performances so as to ensure they provide the required and expected service for their various ministries and agencies. At the swearing-in ceremony held at the State House, Alausa, the governor, who personally interviewed and screened over 20 selected Directors out of which 11 were…
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Lagos Recycle Initiative hits 12,500 employment record in three years
Lagos State government on Friday said about 12,500 people have been employed within the value chain of the Lagos Recycle Initiative (LRI) in three years.Managing Director, Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Odumboni, disclosed this on Friday, at an event to commemorate three years of LRI.He noted that the state has grown from the three official recyclers who formed…
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