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Lagos Police Commissioner to Partner NIM on Capacity Building
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
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...
Lagos Public Works Begins Massive Roads Rehabilitation
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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,...
Nigerians Must Get Involved in Active Youth Engagement Says Lagos Lawmaker
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...
Opinion: You are a Disgrace to the Noble Yoruba Ancestry – Nnamdi Kanu to Tinubu
Fulani Herdsmen, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Opinion: You are a Disgrace to the Noble Yoruba Ancestry – Nnamdi Kanu to Tinubu

You cannot sacrifice the blood of your brethren on the shrine of your greed, conceit and unbridled 2023 presidential political ambition. You are a disgrace to the noble Yoruba ancestry. You allow your self-centred avarice and ego to stifle the aspirations and destiny of your people. I must remind you today that your Fulani masters will never do for you what you are slavishly doing for them. You know in your heart of hearts that murderous Fulani herdsmen are culpable in the brutal murder of a Yoruba daughter and that Igbos had no hand in the Ore Highway Massacre. An influential Yoruba newspaper (PUNCH) reported that nearby villagers, who are Yorubas, informed police that the killer Fulani herdsmen have their base in a nearby forest. These are eye witness account from Yoruba people living...
Sanwo-Olu Transmits 25 names of Commissioners, Special Advisers to State Assembly for Screening
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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
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...
World Population Day: Lagos Lawmaker Seeks Government Intervention on Population Control
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World Population Day: Lagos Lawmaker Seeks Government Intervention on Population Control

A member, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 02 on Thursday seek government intervention to control Nigeria's increased population. Yishawu made this known in a statement issued in commemoration of the 2019 World Population Day. It would be recalled that the World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Yishawu who is the ad-hoc Committee Chairman on Budget and Economic Planning maintained that government must look for ways to control over population and address problems associated with it. According to a 2018 study, nine countries -- India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Egypt and the United States -- will make up more than half the projected growth of the globa...
Lagos State Partners Netherlands on Health, Education, Water Transportation
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Lagos State Partners Netherlands on Health, Education, Water Transportation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated his administration's commitment to partner with Netherlands on health, Education, technology, trade, tourism and infrastructure. Sanwo-Olu stated this while playing host to the team led by Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade, Development and Cooperation, Mrs Sigrid Kaag who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. According to him, there are investment opportunities in Lagos, adding that the state is home to all, emphasising that the environment is friendly for foreign investors. The Governor thanked the team for the visit, and explained that Netherlands and Lagos share certain similar features such their locations below the sea level and technology which he said would assist in the bilateral ar...
Sanwo-Olu Visits Ijegun Fire Survivors,  Warns Pipeline Vandals
Lagos News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Sanwo-Olu Visits Ijegun Fire Survivors, Warns Pipeline Vandals

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday visited victims of the recent Ijegun pipeline fire incident who are receiving treatment at the Trauma and Burns Unit of the Gbagada General Hospital. The Governor, in company of his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, sympathised with families of the victims and also appraised recuperation of the survivors. He took time to go round the three wards where some of the victims were receiving treatment for various degrees of injuries. Among the survivors are three children and four adults. While describing the incident as unfortunate, Governor Sanwo-Olu bemoaned criminal activities around oil pipeline right of ways in the state, stressing that the State Government would cooperate with the Federal Government to strengthen security pa...