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Lagos Sports Summer Camp Holds from August 31

29Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

Lagos Sports Summer Camp Holds from August 31

The Lagos State maiden multi-sports camp for children between ages 9 and 16, tagged "Lagos Sports Summer Camp", will kick-off at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Saturday, 31st August 2019. According to the Director-General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Oluwatoyin Gafaar, the Sports Summer Camp will be an avenue to train students across the five divisions of Lagos State. The six-day sporting event, holding from 31st August to 5th September 2019, is aimed at exposing the participants to some sports which include Athletics, Table-Tennis, Basketball, Taekwondo, Judo, Swimming, Squash and Volleyball. He further disclosed that the objective is to introduce the chosen sports to interested students and to enable them commence the training to represent Lagos, and also...

Lagos Partners Religious Institutions in Campaign Against Domestic Violence

29Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Child Abuse, Crime, Human Rights, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Religion

Lagos Partners Religious Institutions in Campaign Against Domestic Violence

Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has concluded a two-day workshop to strengthen the capacity of religious institutions to respond to domestic violence as it remains a punishable crime in the state. The event held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja was organised in collaboration with the European Union (EU)-funded Rule of Law and Anti Collaboration Programme and Nigeria Policing Programme, was aimed at sensitising religious organisations and ensuring adequate response to complaints of sexual and gender-based violence in the State. According to the DSVRT coordinator, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the seminar was put together against the backdrop of recent statistics, which revealed that 70 per cent of reported incidents of matrimonial abuses at DSVRT had already bee...

LAGESC Displaces Street Traders, Hawkers in Iyana-Ipaja, Ikeja, Dopemu, Others

29Aug

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Economy, Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

LAGESC Displaces Street Traders, Hawkers in Iyana-Ipaja, Ikeja, Dopemu, Others

...Vows to ensure strict enforcement of law prohibiting street trading. Officers of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) have embarked on an enforcement raid aimed at displacing and immobilising street traders and hawkers around Iyana-Ipaja, Ikeja and Dopemu axis where roads were obstructed. The operation sanctioned by the new Corps Marshall, Akinpelu Gbemisola, a retired Commissioner of Police, was led by Deputy Corps Marshal (Operations), Mr Kazeem Ganiyu and also accompanied by the Deputy Corps Marshal (Staff and Discipline), Alhaji Adeleke Adeesan, traversed the Iyana Ipaja axis of the state. The officers dislodged traders around Dopemu road to Alaagba Garage, Old Iyana-Ipaja road, Iyana-Ipaja roundabout bus stop, Akowonjo road, Egbeda bus stop, Dopemu road in...

Ikeja Electric Introduces E-Bills To Enhance Customer Experience

28Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Economy, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Ikeja Electric Introduces E-Bills To Enhance Customer Experience

Ikeja Electric distribution company has introduced its electronic billing (e-billing) platform, which enables customers to receive electricity bills promptly and conveniently, via channels such as SMS, USSD, email, IE Bill portal and IE mobile Application. This contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos by the Head, Corporate Communications for Ikeja Electric, Felix Ofulue, saying the e-billing initiative is in continuation of Ikeja Electric’s desire to leverage innovation and technology to improve customer experience. According to him, It is designed to deliver electronic bills directly to the customer thereby eradicating challenges such as misplaced bills or delayed delivery and other issues which are associated with distribution of physical bills. He explained that t...

Health: Lagos Assembly Calls For Ban of “Sokundaye,” Others

28Aug

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Drug Abuse, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria, Youths

Health: Lagos Assembly Calls For Ban of “Sokundaye,” Others

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for the ban and sales of consumption of "Sokundaye" and other hazardous liquid substance in the state. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that generally, even in the United States of America, they had not stopped the use of drugs. "But the law has to be stronger when it comes to selling to children. "We should not allow children and teenagers to have access to it. What the products are being used for is different from what the producers intend them for. "We have to stop primary school children from abusing the drugs. "We should reach out to the necessary departments in the state Ministry of Health. "The Ministries of Information, Health and Education should embark on awareness campaign on these products. "We...

National Youth Games: LSSC Conducts Screening for Athletes

27Aug

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Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Sports, Youths

National Youth Games: LSSC Conducts Screening for Athletes

The Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC, has conducted screening for all Athletes who will represent the State at the forthcoming Fifth National Youth Games holding in Ilorin, Kwara State from 7th to 17th September 2019. The exercise, which took place inside the main bowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium and conducted by LSSC and some of the Sports Associations’ Officials, was embarked upon to ensure that only eligible athletes from Lagos participate in the multi-games competition. Speaking on the exercise, Director-General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Oluwatoyin Gafaar said the screening became necessary towards achieving success at the Games, and more importantly, to mitigate the chances of the State Athletes being screened out from participating at the Games, hence denying them th...

Lagos Assembly Moves Against Ambode, Begins Probe Of N45bn Buses

27Aug

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Corruption, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Lagos Assembly Moves Against Ambode, Begins Probe Of N45bn Buses

The Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday has set-up a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of former governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state. The House stated this during a plenary that it was important to investigate the purchase of the 820 buses out of the 5,000 buses proposed by former governor Akinwunmi Ambode for mass transit in the state, but which was purchased despite objection by the House of Assembly. In a motion titled; Lagos State House of Assembly Motion Number 2, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti Osa 2), explained that the House noted that at the Executive/ Legislative parley held at Golden Tulip in FESTAC in September 2017, Ambode informed the lawmakers that 5,000 buses would be bought by the state government. He stated that the executiv...

Lagos to Boost Capacity of PSP Waste Operators to Procure Equipment, Says Bello

26Aug

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Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Lagos to Boost Capacity of PSP Waste Operators to Procure Equipment, Says Bello

Lagos State Government on Monday emphasized its readiness to boost the capacity of Private Sector Participation (PSP) waste operators in the state through the provision of equipment to increase their capacity with soft loans. The resolve of the state was disclosed by the Commissioner for The Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello while addressing the management staffers when he resumed for work at the ministry’s headquarters, Alausa. According to Mr Bello, the Governor , Mr Babajide Sanwo- Olu is committed to providing capacity to the PSP operators in the state towards ensuring that they partner the state in carting away generated refuse. He said part of the policy thrust of the present administration is to engage in waste sorting and buy back towards reducing the amount ...

Lagos Assembly Calls For Overhaul of Surveyor General’s Office Over Unending Land Disputes

26Aug

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Justice, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Lagos Assembly Calls For Overhaul of Surveyor General’s Office Over Unending Land Disputes

The Lagos State Assembly has set up an Ad-Hoc Committee to unravel the alleged precarious activities of officials in the State Surveyor-General's Office and other surveyors in the State. Similarly, the House called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Surveyor General of the state to overhaul his office with a view to curb the activities of some surveyors in the state. These resolutions were sequel to a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Sanai Agunbiade during plenary and unanimously adopted by the state legislators. Mr. Agunbiade while speaking on the import of the motion, stressed the need "to curb the nefarious activities of surveyors in the state and added that the non composition of disciplinary committee on survey matter, as provided by the existing law,...

Sanwo-Olu’s Cabinet Ends Retreats, Pledges Commitment to Greater Lagos Vision

26Aug

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Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu’s Cabinet Ends Retreats, Pledges Commitment to Greater Lagos Vision

The retreat organised for members of Lagos State Executive Council and Permanent Secretaries ended at the weekend on high note, with the cabinet members resolving to apply their expertise and energy towards achieving the vision of the Governor Sanwo-Olu administration. The retreat held at the Eko Hotels and Suites was aimed at fostering inter-personnel teamwork and unity of purpose among administrators that will be implementing key items in the Governor’s development agenda in the ministries, departments and agencies of government. Rising from the four-day event, the cabinet members came up with a communiqué, which indicated their resolution and expectations as they prepared to fully resume at their respective positions on Monday. Giving a summary of the communiqué on behalf of th...