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2022 Lagos education summit: essence of our intervention is for all children to come out better – Hamzat
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Wednesday said the focus of the interventions of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Administration on education was to ensure all children that passes through the State’s system of education come out better and productive. Hazmat who spoke on day two of the 2022 Lagos Education Summit themed “Creating a Sustainable Fit-For-Purpose Education Model”,…
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Muslim-Muslim ticket: Nigerians should vote competence not sentiment-Obasa, Islamic clerics
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa, Judge of the Shariah Court of Appeal, Kwara State, Justice Abdurraheem Sayi and Chief Imam of Offa, Muyideen Husayu, have urged voters to vote competence rather than sentiment in the 2023 presidential election. They made the call on Wednesday at the 14th Annual Hijrah Lecture organised by the…
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Alimosho leads as Lagos records 4,860 domestic violence cases in one year
Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) on Wednesday said Alimosho Local Government has the highest number of domestic violence in the state. The commissioner also said the state recorded 4,860 cases of domestic violence involving adults and children from September 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. According to Onigbanjo, other local governments with high…
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LASG insists on Okada ban, says violators risk 3 years jail term
Lagos State government has declared that there is no going back on its decision to ban activities of commercial motorcyclists (Okada) in some local governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The state government on Wednesday reiterated its directive to enforcement teams to fully implement the proscription order placed on the activities of the riders, and bust…
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Kwara govt disburses N160m grants to 688 SMEs
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Kwara State government, on Tuesday, flagged off the disbursement of N160million grants to 688 small and micro-scale businesses in the first tranche of the KWARA NG CARES RA3 Operational Grants. The beneficiaries comprised 45 small scale businesses that will receive N700,000 each, and 623 micro-scale businesses that will receive N200,000 each cutting across the 16 local…
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Abiodun visits Ijoko/Olambe/Akute road, assures residents of drivable road before December
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has assured the residents of Sango Ota/Ijoko/Olambe/Akute/Alagbole that one side out of the existing dualized section of the 32km road will be reconstructed before December. The governor, who visited the area on Sunday, commended residents for their patience despite the harrowing experience they go through every day while commuting on the road. He said…
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We will eradicate out-of-school syndrome in Lagos -Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that his government would commit more resources to ensure all out-of-school children in the State returned back to the classroom. Governor Sanwo-Olu also emphasised the need to collaborate with stakeholders in the education sector to register more schools that would be monitored by the government in order to check how they are…
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Ekiti APC owes you debt of gratitude, Oyebanji tells Erelu Fayemi
…as governor-elect meets Ekiti APC Women Campaign Council members Ekiti State Governor- elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state, owes the First Lady, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, a debt of gratitude for her invaluable contributions to the electioneering activities that led to the party’s landslide victory in the June 18 governorship election. The…
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Okada riders protest, urge Sanwo-Olu to reconsider ban on operation
Members of the Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State (MOALS) have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to reconsider the recent ban on Okada operation in four additional local governments and six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state. The operators made the call during a protest on Monday at the Governor’s Office, Alausa-Ikeja, Lagos. Speaking with journalists, Tijani Pekins,…
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Explosion rocks gas plant near RCCG camp
An explosion on Monday rocked a gas plant close to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The explosion, which was confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), was caused by a truck laden with gas that burst into flame within the premises of a gas plant only a few metres away from the…
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