A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, on Thursday looked into a case of 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa and convicted an 87-year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of drug trafficking. The judge, however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member […]
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The Lagos state government has temporarily halted the proposed toll hike on the Lekki-Epe Expressway and the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. The 49-kilometre Lekki-Epe corridor is being managed by the Lekki Concession Company, a purpose vehicle representing investors in the rebuilt road. Steve Ayorinde, the state’s commissioner for information, said the order was to allow “stakeholders” […]
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Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC striker, Obafemi Martins, on Thursday donated hospital equipment and mobility aids worth millions of Naira to the Lagos State Government. Presenting the equipment to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode at the State House in Alausa, Ikeja, Martins said the gesture was part of the mission of his foundation – Obafemi Martins Foundation. The […]
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Lagos state has the highest number of prisoners in Nigeria, with a record population of 7,396 out of the total of 68,686 in all states of the federation. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Bayelsa, which has 444, is the least populated, next to Ekiti with 585. The statistics showed that […]
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The Lagos State police command has disclosed that 6,000 spy police will be incorporated into traffic management in the state. The Lagos State commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi, said this while addressing the spy police at the Police Training School, Ikeja, on Saturday where he also said that he wanted a state where members of […]
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Tunde Ladipo, the Lagos state controller of prisons, on Sunday called on well- meaning individuals and groups to assist inmates in paying fines imposed on them to decongest prisons. Ladipo made the appeal in Lagos said some inmates are still in prison because they cant pay fines. He urged that prison congestion should be the […]
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The Lagos State Government has disbursed N711 million payment under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS for the month of September 2017. Benson Oke, Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions at a conference, said the money was released for the payment of 287 retirees. He said the governor, Akinwumi Ambode has embarked on massive infrastructural development […]
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Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State, on Monday donated 120 power generating sets to the state police command for its 107 divisions and 13 areas commands to enhance security operations. Gov. Ambode was represented at the event by Mr Oye Hassan-Odukale, Chairman, Lagos Sate Security Trust Fund (LSSTF). The governor said at the presentation of […]
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The Lagos State Government has completed the construction of the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem has disclosed. The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal justice sector […]
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Mr Oludare Buraimoh, a Director in Lagos State Ministry of Youths, has committed suicide by hanging in his room. Buraimoh, who lives at Unity Estate, Phase II, Gbonagun, Abeokuta, took his life at about 4.00 p.m. on Monday after attending to his son Dotun, who was sick. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many sympathisers, […]
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