About 3,850 domestic violence cases were reported in Lagos State between 2016 and last year, Domestic Violence & Sexual Response Team (DSVRT) Coordinator Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi has said. She said more residents were aware of the scourge and were speaking out…
New twist in race for Speaker (Nation)
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking support for Femi Gbajabiamila to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is coming at a time more aspirants are showing interest in the race and insisting…
Seven held as task force raids illegal traders (Nation)
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Task Force) Unit and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) have dislodged those trading on road setbacks and walkways in Ikeja. They gave food vendors blocking a portion of…
Okocha to resolve tax evasion case today (Nation)
Ex-Super Eagles’ captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has resolved his tax evasion case with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Boarding with indications rife that the suit may be struck out today when it comes up for hearing. Reports have it…
Olumakaiye to Sanwo-Olu: remember the downtrodden (Nation)
Diocesan Bishop of Lagos Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Rt. Revd Humphrey Olumakaiye has advised Lagos Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu to tackle unfavourable economic situation impacting heavily on the downtrodden. He asked Sanwo-Olu to alleviate their sufferings to earn the favour…
Give us monarch before exit, Ikeja kingmakers urge Ambode (Nation)
The body of kingmakers in Ikeja, Lagos, at the weekend pleaded with Governor Akinwumi Ambode to install a monarch in the community before he leaves office, noting that Ikeja has been without a traditional ruler for upwards of five years.…
Culture sector bubbles for Easter (Nation)
The culture sector is bubbling with life and activities at the moment. It is indeed part of the Easter frenzy when many artistes, culture advocates and patrons, organise different shows to make money and keep the sector aglow. Today, the…
Ambode to workers: prepare for retirement early (Nation)
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday urged civil servants to start preparing for retirement early. At a training for directors and senior civil servants in Ikeja on “How to prepare for life after retirement, especially the implementation of the…
FUTMinna lecturer exhibits mobile science lab in Kaduna (Nation)
An academic staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Mr. Lawal Sadiq, has invented a multi-functional mobile teaching laboratory for science teachers in secondary schools across the country. Speaking in Kaduna, at…
50 mechanics, 200 others graduate from auto school (Nation)
Fifty unemployed youths, sponsored by the Lagos State Government for intensive computerised automobile repair training, yesterday graduated as mechanics. The ceremony took place at Adeyemi Bero Hall, Alausa, Ikeja. They graduated six months after they started the training at Automedics…
