By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Court of Appeal ruling on the use of Hijab in Lagos, saying it has restored hope in the judiciary as the last hope of the common man. MURIC which noted that the five judges who gave […]
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Court of Appeal in Lagos has upturned the ruling of a State High Court on its ruling which placed ban on the use of Hijab by female Students in the State’s public schools. The court in its unanimous ruling Thursday declared that the court’s ban on […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has fixed the commencement of inoculation exercise for all the State’s intending pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj to Thursday, 14th July, 2016 at the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSMPWB), Old Secretariat, GRA, Ikeja. LSMPWB Executive Secretary Mr. Muftau Okoya said the exercise is compulsory for […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -;The Lagos State Government has clarified the misconception surrounding the unfortunate incident where a street hawker was knocked down by an oncoming truck at Maryland Bus Stop Wednesday. Government in a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde explained that the street hawker, who was […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has charged staff of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), to live above board and be fair to all parties in the discharge of their duties. Governor Ambode, gave the challenge Wednesday at the swearing-in ceremony of the […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Executive Council has approved the restructuring of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Loan Facility provided by local and international lenders. The State Government in a statement issued Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, informed that it has paid a total of N9.8billion […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Monday set up a Task Force to check the menace of land-grabbing in the metropolis, as it vowed to tackle the activities of grabbers popularly called Omo-Onile with the full deployment of resources of government and applicable law. While inaugurating the Task Force, the State’s […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the judgment of a Lagos High Court upholding the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law 2012 which restricts commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada from plying some routes in the State. The Appellants […]
Ayodele Afolabi Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly launched Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Port Service Support Portal (PSSP) has been hailed and described as an approach not only to redefine ports activities, but take Nigeria to the “next level for greater economic performance and accountability” in its ports. Vice President Professor Yemi […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government (LASG) has approved the establishment and listing of three new State’s public primary schools. The hint to this effect was in a memo released by the School Support Services Department (SSSD). The schools were listed as: Local Government Primary School, Oke-Ishagun/Ikola, Alimosho LGEA; […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s resolve to invest on the human capital development has again been emphasized. State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde Sunday declared that one of the “cardinal direction” of Governor Ambode led administration was to “invest in capacity development of government […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to regulate the operations of all driving schools in the metropolis for effective service delivery. General Manager, Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA), Mr. Lateef Lawal disclosed this at the Agency’s Headquarter, Ikeja. Lawal announced that a State Standing […]
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday swore-in new sole administrators to take charge of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State, with a Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has reassured that his administration would spare nothing to […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has approved dissolution of the Caretaker Committees of the Local Council authorities in the State. The development followed the resolution of the State House of Assembly Thursday, which approved the relief of the Executive Secretaries and Care Committees of the 20 Councils and 37 Local […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the appointment of the immediate past Chief Judge (CJ) of the state, Justice Ayotunde Philips as the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC). Justice Philips’ appointment, which was confirmed during plenary, followed her nomination by the […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with consortiums to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at a cost of N844 billion with three tow plazas. The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 years […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has nominated the immediate past Chief Judge of the State, Justice Ayotunde Philips as the new Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC). The Governor, in a letter addressed to the State House of Assembly, which was read on the […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had successfully completed the restructuring of its N167.5billion Programme II, Series 1 and 2 Bonds. The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinkunmi Mustapha, said the restructuring which was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week, was achieved […]
By Ayo Balogun Following the forceful access last Friday into the premises of the schools, by contractor of the self-acclaimed vendor (Jotito Company), members of the Keke Senior High School, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos State Parent Forum, Thursday marched to the State Secretariat, Alausa Ikeja, to protest against encroachment of their children’s school land. The parents […]
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Government has granted amnesty to a total of 153 inmates of Kirikiri Maximum and Medium prisons, still awaiting trial. Chief Judge of the State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade who ordered the release Wednesday, during her visit to the prisons, pointed out that among the pardoned were 79 being tried for […]
