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Sanwo-Olu has invested more on water transportation, says LAGFERY boss
Managing Director, Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY), Abdoulbaq Ladi Balogun, on Monday said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has invested more on water transportation in Lagos State. Balogun made this known during a media parley with newsmen in his office at Mile 2 Terminal, Amuwo-Odofin. “This administration has shown greater dedication and genuine commitment to ensuring viable alternatives to road transportation and decongest…
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LIRS optimizes payment procedure on eTax for taxpayers
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is currently optimizing its payment procedures for utmost efficiency and taxpayers’ convenience.Executive Chairman of LIRS, Mr Ayodele Subair, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the Agency, as part of its digitalization process, is discontinuing all previously used bill references effective from August 1st, 2022.Consequently, according to the chairman, only the Enterprise Tax…
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Abandoned baby girl with note bearing her name, mother’s name rescued in Lagos
A baby girl was on Sunday rescued by good Samaritans in Lagos after she was found abandoned by her mother.Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, said a note was dropped by the mother, stating the baby’s name, date of birth and her mother’s first name.Hundeyin tweeted: “But why? Early this…
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Lions Club urges Nigerians to invest in humanitarian services
The President of Eko Centennial Lions Club, Lion Lukman Olabiyi on Sunday called on prominent Nigerians to use their influence and effluence to serve and uplift the less privileged in the society. Lion Olabiyi made the call when he led members of his club to donate relief materials to the inmates at Lagos State Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Owutu, Agric,…
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Crime & City Diary
Ex-Lagos BRT driver excretes 90 pellets of cocaine in NDLEA custody
A former driver with the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Muyiwa Bolujoko has excreted 90 pellets of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.Bolujoko was guided by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after he was arrested during screening while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight enroute Doha to Sharjah, with his trip…
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Adultery is a crime punishable with two years imprisonment-Former Lagos Police Command PRO
A former spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Aliyu Giwa has warned that adultery is a criminal offense and attracts a punishment of 2 years in prison. The former police PRO tweeted this on Saturday, saying he was quoting penal code law section 387 and 388. He tweeted: “Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment!…
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LASG demolishes collapsed 3 – storey RCCG under construction in Mushin
Lagos State government through its Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has removed the remaining part of the collapsed three-storey building under construction owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Mushin Local Government.The pull down exercise of the remaining section of the building sited at 17, Cardoso Street, was embarked upon by LASBCA officials to avert recording deaths…
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SWAT drags octogenarian landlord to court for illegal entry, unlawful damage
Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactical Team (SWAT) of the Nigeria Police, have arrested an 81-year-old landlord in Badore area of Ajah, Lagos, Noah Owolola for alleged illegal entry into another man’s property. Owolola was accused of unlawful entry into a property belonging to one Alhaji Opeyemi Abodurin to remove the roofing on his building. Police alleged that the…
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Group gives N6 million grants to 50 Lagos young entrepreneurs
Focus Initiative Concern (FIC), a group passionate about human development, has disbursed N6 million grants to 50 young entrepreneurs in Lagos, as a way to motivate and boost their businesses. The 50 beneficiaries of the gesture by the non-governmental organisation were selected from different sectors ranging from sports, music, and fashion among others. Aside from assisting the youths with funds,…
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Pilgrimage exercise not for tourism -Sanwo-Olu
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has charged Christian pilgrims from the state to see pilgrimage exercise as a spiritually rewarding journey rather than for site-seeing and relaxation. Mrs. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Friday during the Service of Dedication organised by Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSCPWB). The first lady noted that the theme of…
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