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Lagos Police Commissioner to Partner NIM on Capacity Building

18Jul

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Crime, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security

Lagos Police Commissioner to Partner NIM on Capacity Building

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zubairu Muazu on Thursday promised to collaborate with Nigerian Institute of Management through capacity building training of officers of the State command. He disclosed this in a courtesy visit to Management House of the Institution. Saying the visit aimed to familiarize and identify with the management of the institute where he is a member. Muazu revealed that the training he received while preparing to sit for the Institute's Membership Professional Examination and the subsequent capacity building programmes he has been attending thereafter have been of immense help to his development and advancement as a Police officer. In his response, Mr. Tony Fadaka, Registrar/Chief Executive urged the commissioner of Police to engaged all the of...

Lagos Task Force Orders Removal of Illegal Structures, Kiosks on Badagry Expressway

17Jul

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Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Lagos Task Force Orders Removal of Illegal Structures, Kiosks on Badagry Expressway

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force Lagos State Taskforce on Wednesday ordered the removal of all illegal structures, Kiosks and the end to commercial activities along Badagry Expressway within seven days. Task Force chairman, CSP Ola Yinka Egbeyemi disclosed this while addressing owners of these illegal structures and the traders at different at the expressway, warned them to immediately vacate all road setbacks and walkways within the stipulated date to avoid the wrath of law. According to him, all illegal structures, Kiosks and shanties on road set-backs and walk-ways from 'Eric Moore' down to 'Trade Fair' must be removed before Tuesday, 23rd July, 2019 He affirmed that the 'Removal Notice' became imperative in preparation for the commencement of road works to be emb...

Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force Appoints Branch Chiefs, Redeploys AOCs

17Jul

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News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force Appoints Branch Chiefs, Redeploys AOCs

In a bid to adopt effective operational system, the Nigerian Air Force on Wednesday appointed new Branch Chiefs, redeployed 2 Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and other senior officers. In a statement from its spokesman, Air commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the new appointments take effect from 19th of July. According to Daramola, two Air Officers Commanding were redeployed in the force. The statement read; "the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed new Branch Chiefs, redeployed 2 Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and other senior officers as part of routine exercise aimed at ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness. ” The newly appointed Branch Chiefs are the erstwhile Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Special Operations Command (SOC), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Napoleon Bali, ...

Lagos Public Works Begins Massive Roads Rehabilitation

17Jul

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Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Lagos Public Works Begins Massive Roads Rehabilitation

In fulfilment of Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on zero tolerance for potholes, the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has commenced full-scale routine repair and rehabilitation of roads across the state. Engr. Olufemi Daramola, the General Manager of LSPWC, disclosed this on Wednesday during an inspection tour of ongoing rehabilitation of Iju road, said the Corporation has been providing palliatives with the use of boulders and crush stones on strategic roads across the state to ensure free flow of traffic in spite of incessant rainfall witnessed in Lagos in the past few weeks. According to him, In line with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Executive Order on “Operation Zero Potholes in Lagos” and his passion to ameliorate the sufferings and pains of commuters,...

Nigeria: EFCC, Lottery Commission to Partner on Intelligence Gathering

17Jul

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Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria: EFCC, Lottery Commission to Partner on Intelligence Gathering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, has resolved a collaboration towards the achievement of their respective mandates. Speaking on Wednesday during a courtesy visit of the management team of National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), which was led by the Director General, Lanre Gbajabiamila, to EFCC's headquarters. the Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu said the Commission was open to collaborations and particularly willing to partner the NLRC in the area of information sharing, intelligence gathering, enforcement and prosecution. According to him, the EFCC is working towards putting every needed infrastructure in place that would enable it function optimally towards the realization of its mandate and compete with ...

Nigerians Must Get Involved in Active Youth Engagement Says Lagos Lawmaker

15Jul

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Employment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Youths

Nigerians Must Get Involved in Active Youth Engagement Says Lagos Lawmaker

In commemoration of 2019 World Youth Skills Day, a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 02 has called on Nigerians to get involved in active youth engagement, saying this would help achieving sustainable development goals and stable society. In a statement signed and made available to AFRICAN NEWS TODAY on Monday, he said, "the active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts is central to achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies and to averting the worst threats and challenges to sustainable development." Yishawu posted that young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs greater labour market inequalities, and longer an...

World Youth Skills Day: FG Tasked To Include Skill Acquisition in School Curriculum

15Jul

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Employment, Life, News, Nigeria, Youths

World Youth Skills Day: FG Tasked To Include Skill Acquisition in School Curriculum

In a bid to encourage entrepreneurship and improve country's economy, the federal and state governments have been urged to accommodate skills acquisition in the school curriculum. Mrs Alaba Ehindero, Executive Director, Zion Care Life & Family Impact Foundation (ZIONCLIFF) in an interview with AFRICAN NEWS TODAY opined governments should encouraged youth creativity and arouse their interest in acquiring sustainable skills. According to her, Skills for SDGs-Preneurship should be included in the Secondary Schools' Curricula especially for Senior Secondary School classes. "Some Tertiary Institutions already included enterprenual skills acquisition in the general studies courses and is made compulsory for University's students. "Even on personally basis, many youths enrol for part...

Sanwo-Olu Transmits 25 names of Commissioners, Special Advisers to State Assembly for Screening

14Jul

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Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Transmits 25 names of Commissioners, Special Advisers to State Assembly for Screening

In fulfilment of his election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, transmitted a list of Commissioner-designates to the House of Assembly for ratification. The list contained twenty five names, who are to assume duty as Commissioners and Special Advisers upon ratification by the legislature. A statement by the Governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Sanwo-Olu carefully picked the nominees based on their cognate experience in their respective professions. The list, Akosile said, comprised names of technocrats and politicians, who understand the challenges of the state, noting that the painstaking and laborious selection process was aimed at constituting the best team that will s...

Lekki Toll: Lagos Residents, Motorists Commends Sanwo-Olu’s Decision on Electronic System

12Jul

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Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Lekki Toll: Lagos Residents, Motorists Commends Sanwo-Olu’s Decision on Electronic System

Residents and motorist in Lagos have commended the State Government for proposing a "touch and go" electronic payment system that will allow motorists pass quickly at the toll plaza of Lekki-Ikoyi Link bridge. It would be recalled that the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced that the mode of toll collection at the bridge would completely go electronic by October this year, saying that the development was part of efforts to ensure free flow of traffic within the axis. Reacting to the state government position on Friday, a resident of the axis, Mrs Bimbo Fatoki said the development was a well-appreciated one, saying the free access at the toll plazas hugely reduced travel time. “This is a welcome development and everyone is happy; kids did not get to sc...

Lagos State Destroys Seized Toxic ‘Ponmo’

12Jul

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News, Nigeria

Lagos State Destroys Seized Toxic ‘Ponmo’

The Lagos State Government on Thursday destroyed a truckload of toxic “ponmo” which was seized a few days ago at Ijegun by the Igando/Ikotun Police Command. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya, made this known at the Medical Dumpsite, Ewu Elepe, Ikorodu, where the destruction of the toxic Ponmo took place. Dr. Onasanya, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Veterinary Services, Dr. Adeyemi Michael Olufemi, reiterated that the state government would continue to apprehend importers of toxic and unwholesome products into the country and will prosecute the perpetrators of such criminal acts. He further explained that the cowhide had been prepared with formalin and slate lime which is carcinogenic (can cause cancer), therefore unfit for human...