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Lagos State Donates Patrol Vehicles, Motorbikes to Security Operatives

5Sep

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Crime, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security

Lagos State Donates Patrol Vehicles, Motorbikes to Security Operatives

... creating a security trust fund has worked well for the State, says Sanwo-Olu Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has re-stated his administration's commitment towards ensuring that Lagos is free of crime as patrol vehicles and motorbikes were donated to security operatives. He made this known at the commissioning of 125 patrol vehicles and 35 patrol motorcycles for the use of security operatives in the state. Speaking at the event, Sanwoolu noted that the model thought-out 13 years ago, with the support of the Lagos State house of assembly to create the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) and has paid off so-good that the Federal government wants to replicate. According to him, the idea of creating a security trust fund has worked well for the State, not...

Xenophobia: Sanwo-Olu Calls for Calm, Warns Against Reprisal Attacks on Foreigners

4Sep

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Crime, Human Rights, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, South Africa

Xenophobia: Sanwo-Olu Calls for Calm, Warns Against Reprisal Attacks on Foreigners

....we’ll deal with troublemakers, Gov vows Lagos State Governor has vowed to deal with troublemakers exploiting the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa to foment trouble in the state. Issuing a stern warning on Wednesday to people engaging in reprisals against innocent people in Lagos in response to events South Africa, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said he would not condone violence of form on innocent residents and businesses in the state by any person or group. The Governor advised parents to warn their children against taking to violence, stressing that the full wrath of the law would be brought on anyone caught in reprisal against peace-loving foreigners and businesses in the state. He said: “We have watched the disturbing videos of attacks and van...

PDP Loses Out as Tribunal Upholds Reps Member, Jimoh’s Victory

4Sep

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Judiciary, Lagos News, Legislature, News, Nigeria

PDP Loses Out as Tribunal Upholds Reps Member, Jimoh’s Victory

The national and state Houses of Assembly petition tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday, struck out the petition filed by the PDP and Tajudeen Jaiyeola Agoro, challenging the election of a member House of Representatives, Hon Jide Jimoh of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency seat. The election was held on February 23, 2019 across the federal constituency. The PDP candidate challenged the election on account of alleged unlawful declaration of Jide Jimoh as winner of the poll and claimed that the poll was marred with rigging, multiple thumb printing and did not comply with provisions of the Electoral Act. In a unanimous judgment, read by Justice Olamide, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed in all the petitions and ...

Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Senator Cautions Citizens Against Reprisal Attacks

3Sep

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Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, South Africa

Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Senator Cautions Citizens Against Reprisal Attacks

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, Senator (Dr.) Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru has cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria. Basiru who is representing Osun Central Senatorial District at the Senate warned that reprisal attack on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria could lead to diplomatic row between the two countries. He gave the warning just as he stated that the Nigerian government and the Commission are doing their best to arrest the ugly trend of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. According to Basiru in a press release personally signed by him on Tuesday, the Committee understood the restlessness of the Nigerian populace to have its pound o...

We’ll Recruit Teachers to Maximise Quality Training – Sanwo-Olu

3Sep

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Education, Employment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

We’ll Recruit Teachers to Maximise Quality Training – Sanwo-Olu

…Commissions 110-Bed Maternity Home, School in Ajah Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday disclosed that the State would be hiring trained teachers to strengthen quality education in its schools. The Governor said his administration would spare no effort to expand quality teaching to pupils in all state-owned schools. The revelation followed the Governor’s directive to the Ministry of Education to recruit trained teaching personnel and provide vital resources that would strengthen quality education across government’s schools. Sanwo-Olu spoke while commissioning three key projects in Ajah, Eti-Osa Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state. The projects include the newly built 110-bed Maternal and Child Centre (MCC), a 12-block classroom junior secondary...

Tribunal Sacks Osun PDP House of Reps Member

2Sep

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Breaking News, Judiciary, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Tribunal Sacks Osun PDP House of Reps Member

"Delay will only sweeten the taste of victory - Reps Member reacted The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo, on Monday, has nullified the election of Hon Bamidele Salam, who represents Ede Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The tribunal cancelled elections in some units across four local government areas as a result of over-voting. The Election Petition Tribunal ordered rerun in twelve (12) units of Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency In his reaction on the judgement, Hon. Bamidele Salam reassured his supporters to remain calm as the minor setback will only sweeten the taste of victory in their mouths. According to him, "the Tribunal has stated their position which clearly does n...

Two BRT Buses Involved in a Head-on Collision

2Sep

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Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Safety, Transportation

Two BRT Buses Involved in a Head-on Collision

Two BRT buses were involved in a head-on collision on Monday at Asolo, Ikorodu road in Lagos while trying to avoid knocking down Okada riders who were illegally plying the route. This was confirmed by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) via their official Twitter handle. The accident which occurred on the BRT corridor resulted in traffic gridlock as onlookers flood the scene of the crash. Although the casualty figures are yet to be confirmed as at the time of this report, eyewitnesses said many who were injured have been taken to the hospital for medical treatment. This accident comes barely one week after several persons were injured after a trailer collided with a BRT vehicle in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The trailer going inwards Ikorodu skidded off t...

Lagos State Govt. Meets School Administrators Ahead of September 9 Resumption Date

30Aug

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Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Lagos State Govt. Meets School Administrators Ahead of September 9 Resumption Date

… Urges Them To Advance the Education Sector Lagos State Government on Thursday met Head Teachers of public primary schools in the State with a call on the school administrators to be prepared to surmount the challenges in the sector. The State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, who addressed the headteachers at NUT Pavillion, Alausa Ikeja, maintained that the roles of the various school administrators go beyond academics but also entails shaping and reshaping the destiny of the school pupils. She appealed that the dignity of the teaching profession must be sustained, saying that the quality of the teachers would visibly reflect in the competence of pupils and students produced from the various schools. “By your designations, pupils’ first contact and tutelage a...

Lagos Flags Off Skills Acquisition Program To Train 10,000 Girls In Furniture Upholstery

29Aug

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Employment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Youths

Lagos Flags Off Skills Acquisition Program To Train 10,000 Girls In Furniture Upholstery

...Reiterates Sanwo-Olu's Commitment To Empower Women, Youths The Lagos State Government on Thursday reiterated the unwavering commitment of the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to continually implement initiatives targeted at empowering women and youths to become useful and responsible citizens. Speaking while flagging off the Girls' Skill Up Program of Jaebee Furniture designed to train 10,000 girls in furniture upholstery, the State's Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hon (Mrs) Cecelia Dada said the present administration would spare no effort to equip women and young persons with the requisite skills aimed at transforming them into wealth creators and key contributors to national development. According to her, "Empowering women and young person...

Lagos Partners Religious Institutions in Campaign Against Domestic Violence

29Aug

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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...