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Lagos State governorship candidates of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, have both lost their bids to overturn the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. The state’s Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja yesterday, in two separate […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Olabode Shaheeb Agoro as the 22nd Head of Service (HoS) of the state’s public service. This is contained in a circular dated 21 September, 2023 and signed by the outgoing HoS, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The circular said: “It is hereby notified for general information that Mr. […]
Continue ReadingA medical doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, died during a Sunday church service after performing a 72-hour surgery without a break at the neurosurgery unit. The Association of Resident Doctors disclosed this in a letter dated September 19, addressed to LUTH’s chief medical director. The doctors accused their senior colleagues of bullying, […]
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Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Hamzat on Tuesday led the state government’s delegation to visit the family of Ileri Oluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. With the deputy governor during the condolence visit are the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tayo Ayinde; Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mobolaji Ogunlende; Commisioner for Information, […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, swore in members of his cabinet for his second term in office. This is coming about six weeks after the governor transmitted his first list of nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Below is the portfolio/designation of each of the newly sworn-in cabinet members. […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State House of Assembly has, again, rejected three out of the 18 commissioner-nominees presented to the House on Monday by the State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Clerk of the House, Mr Olalekan Onafeko, had on Monday conveyed the request of the governor to the House through a letter he read on the […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, transmitted a second list of cabinet member-nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is coming a few weeks after the House confirmed 22 and rejected 17 out of the 39 nominees earlier sent to it for ratification and confirmation. The immediate past Commissioner for […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has foiled an attempted robbery on a bank opposite Maplewood Estate, Oko Oba, Lagos. The suspects were breaking the security doors to gain entry when men of the state police command stormed the scene to restore order. The robbery was averted and a suspect was arrested. The Lagos State Public […]
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Members of the Isale Eko Descendants’ Union (IDU) have called on the Lagos State Government to address the infrastructure deficit in their community. The Chairman of IDU, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, made the call when he led newly inaugurated executive committee members of the union on a courtesy visit to Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, in […]
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An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Thursday, remanded a 23-year-old unemployed man, Chibueze Amechi, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 16-year-old girl. The defendant, whose address was not provided, faces a two-count charge of abduction and defilement. The prosecutor, Mrs Olawunmi Osibanjo, told the court that Amechi committed the offences on July 24 […]
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