Tag: Lagos State Government
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LASG restates commitment to promote decent work, social protection
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), has restated its commitment to promote access to decent work and social protection, to reduce poverty in the state.
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Lagos state reopens Alaba market after cleanup
The Lagos State Government in Southwestern Nigeria has lifted the closure of Alaba Rago Market in Ojo following its recent shutdown due to various environmental violations. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this development in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. Wahab explained that the market was allowed to…
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Road diversion: LASG postpones palliative works on 3rd Mainland Bridge indefinitely
The Lagos State Government has announced the postponement of the planned palliative works on the failed sections of the Third Mainland Bridge. The repairs was scheduled to go on for two consecutive Sundays, September 17 and 24, between 7 am to 7 pm on both days. According to a release signed by the Lagos State…
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Prepare for above-normal rainfall, LASG cautions residents
The Lagos State Government, LASG, has advised residents to prepare for above-normal rainfall, which will start in the first week of April and cease in December. This was made known by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, who spoke at the 2023 press briefing on Seasonal Climate Predictions and its…
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“I will forever miss you, my besty”- IVD remembers late wife months after her death
Months after the death of Bimbo Ogbonna, wife of a popular businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, alias IVD, the latter has expressed pain as he remembered his soul mate. It would be recalled that Bimbo passed on after sustaining third-degree burns following a fire accident at their Lekki home. IVD who once threatened to commit suicide over…
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Police arrest ex-convict for breaking into LASG fire service, steals valve
Just 10 days after release from prison, an ex-convict, Yakub Yusuf, has been arrested for breaking into the premises of the Lagos State Fire Service, LASG, to steal the valve cover of old fire trucks under repair in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Thursday, said…
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Catholic Church rejects abortion legalisation by Lagos gov’t
The Catholic Church in Lagos State has rejected the legalisation of abortion by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, stated this in a statement made public on Sunday by the Director of Social Communications, Rev Fr Anthony Godonu. Rev Martins said it was untrue that all stakeholders were consulted…
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Supreme Court Judgement: MSSN gives Lagos gov’t 30 – day ultimatum on use of Hijab Muslim Students
Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has warned Lagos State Government and its officials against harassment of Muslim Students on the issue of wearing of Hiin all institutions in the state just as it issued a 30-day ultimatum on the matter. The body gave the warning in a circular against the backdrop of the recently…
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Supreme Court Endorses the Use Of Hijabs In Lagos Schools
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out Lagos state appeal and upheld the use of Hijabs by female Muslim students of public schools in the state. In a split decision of five to two of a seven-member panel, the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set…
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S3X SCANDAL: 10yrs girl of Chrisland Schools apologizes to public, netizens
The 10-year-old girl of Chrisland Schools, whose erotic video with a male colleague during a trip to Dubai, that surfaced online recently, has apologized to the public and netizens. In her post on Sunday, on Likee App, she stated: “I made a mistake, now I’m living with the consequences. I regret it, I really do.…