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2023 Sanwo-Olu Declared Winner Of Lagos APC Guber Ticket

2023: Sanwo-Olu Declared Winner Of Lagos APC Guber Ticket

May 27, 2022 4:22 am

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been declared the winner of the gubernatorial ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Sanwo-Olu was the only aspirant cleared by the party’s electoral committee to contest the primaries.

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The two others, Wale Oluwo and Abdul-Ahmed Mustapha, were disqualified by the panel without reasons.

At the end of voting, Sanwo-Olu polled 1,170 votes to emerge the winner of the primaries, which was conducted at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Onikan, …

Polaris Bank, LSETF Launches ₦1bn Fund For Artisans

Polaris Bank, LSETF Launches ₦1bn Fund For Artisans

May 20, 2022 10:24 am

As part of their initiatives to further restrategise the business sphere among artisans in Lagos State, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), in collaboration with Polaris Bank has launched a fresh ₦1 billion fund for artisans operating in the state.

Mr Segun Opeke, the Executive Director, Lagos Business, Polaris Bank during a joint media launch of the fund on Thursday in Lagos said that its initiative was to empower the artisans.

Opeke made it clear that the partnership with the LSETF was aimed at providing the much-needed funding to create wealth for the artisans and players within the Micro, …

EKEDC Billing: Ebute-Metta Residents Take To The Streets

EKEDC Billing: Ebute-Metta Residents Take To The Streets

May 9, 2022 3:58 am

There was a bit of unrest on Sunday as residents of Ebute-Metta in Lagos State took to the streets to decry the highly estimated billing system which the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) is meting out to the community.

Most of the protesting residents who trooped out on Apapa Road moved over toOyingbo, at about 4.00 p.m. to show their discontent with the billing by the company.

The Chairman, Ebute-Metta West A, Eko Distribution Customer Forum, Mr Dapo Williams made clear allegations that the disco company engaged in illegality within the axis.

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Police Arrest Lebanese For Reckless Driving In Lagos

Police Arrest Lebanese For Reckless Driving In Lagos

May 5, 2022 1:54 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that it had arrested a middle-aged Lebanese, John Greg, who allegedly knocked down a pedestrian, and escaped after driving against traffic recklessly.

The command spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest of the Lebanese on his verified Twitter handles on Thursday.

According to Hundeyin, on May 4 at about 7.45 a.m., a middle-aged Lebanese by the name of John Greg drove a Toyota 4Runner recklessly and against traffic on Sanusi Fafunwa Road, Victoria Island.

He went on to further reveal that the suspect knocked down one female, Omotomi Akinsanya, which resulted in serious …

Labour Day 'Remain Productive', Sanwo-Olu Urges Workers

Labour Day: ‘Remain Productive’, Sanwo-Olu Urges Workers

May 1, 2022 12:17 am

As workers across the world celebrate International Workers’ Day today, Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Nigerian workers, especially public and private workers in the State to remain productive and committed to carrying out their duties.

Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, in commemoration of the Year 2022 International Workers’ Day, described workers as the lifeblood of the economy.

He commended all the workers in the state for their patience, strength, passion and commitment to the development of Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole, urging them not to …

Lagos EndSARS Report Not Reliable – Lai Mohammed

Lagos EndSARS Report Not Reliable – Lai Mohammed

November 24, 2021 12:58 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has described the report by the Lagos State judicial panel on the shooting at the Lekki toll gate as a ‘triumph of fake news’.

 

Africa Daily News, New York had last week reported that the panel which was inaugurated to look into complaints of alleged human rights abuses by the police and Lekki toll gate shooting indicted the Nigerian Army in its report.

However, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a press conference in Abuja yesterday, dismissed the report saying it cannot change the government’s mind that there was a massacre, adding …

Ikoyi Collapsed Building: Death Toll Hits 43

Ikoyi Building: ‘We Approved 15 Floors But Owner Built 21’

November 2, 2021 2:09 am

Gbolahan Oki, general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has revealed that the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, was given approval to construct only 15 floors.

Oki told newsmen on Monday that the owner of the property has been arrested by security agents and would face the law because people have died in the disaster.

‘He got an approval for a 15-storey building and he exceeded his limit. I am on ground here and the materials he used are so inferior and terrible.’

‘The materials he used, the reinforcement, are so terrible. He got

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How Soldiers Made EndSARS Protesters To Jump Into The River

How Soldiers Made EndSARS Protesters To Jump Into The River

November 13, 2020 9:06 am

Report has it that at least six #EndSARS protesters jumped into a river near the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State on the evening of October 20 to escape for their life when the Nigerian Army opened fire on the peaceful protesters.

Nigerians recently took to the streets to call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which was known for its police brutality, extrajudicial executions, and extortion, the protest which turned bloody after the Military shot at protesters singing the National Anthem and waving the Nigeria flag.

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Police Dismiss 10 Officers In Lagos For Indiscipline

November 12, 2020 3:02 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed 10 personnel for indiscipline who were among 81 officers tried for various offences, the report says. This was made known in a statement by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Olumuyiwa Adejob. He noted that the action was taken in other to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos state.

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‘In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried 81 personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that

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Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

October 29, 2020 10:00 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, who allegedly shot his girlfriend, Joy Eze, in the mouth at Salvation bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state.

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PUNCH Metro had reported that footage of the incident, which trended online, showed the victim in pain as some good Samaritans rushed her to hospital for treatment.

The lady’s cheek was torn due to the impact of the bullet which pierced her mouth.

Eze was said to have fled after perpetrating the crime.

The state Police Public …

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

October 29, 2020 9:11 pm

The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 of Lagos State, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, says most Nigerian youths are high on drugs all the time.

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Alli-Macaulay said this during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and pandemonium in the wake of the #EndSARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums.

The lawmaker said, ‘The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk to them from time to time. They are high on …

Lekki shooting Lagos panel of inquiry issues directives to victims

Lekki Shooting: Lagos Panel Of Enquiry Issues Directives To Victims

October 26, 2020 3:09 pm

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and the Lekki Tollgate Incident has urged victims of the October 20 shooting of End SARS protesters by the Army to come forward with their petitions.

The body made the call during its sitting on Monday in Lagos.

Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd), the chairperson of the panel, also said that the judicial panel had so far received 15 petitions from abuse victims of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

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Okuwobi explained that the …

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