(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, (CP) Hakeem Odumosu, has reiterated that obtaining a driver’s licence is a civic responsibility of all drivers, including police officers plying Lagos roads. This was contained in a statement, signed by the Route Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and the Public Education Officer, Mrs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced diversion of traffic from Yaba for the first phase of the construction of the Red line railway project. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that the diversion would last for three months from midnight of Friday, Oct. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was an early fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications made this known in a statement in Lagos. He said that the fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the bill prohibiting open cattle grazing in the state into law. He signed the bill into law on Monday. The governor’s media aide on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, stated this. “Breaking! Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, this afternoon, signs the bill prohibiting open cattle grazing in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo said the “experimental […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An employee of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Akinlolu Ajayi, will be prosecuted for attempting to commit suicide . The 54-year-old man was seen on September 15 on the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the University of Lagos waterfront. Ajayi was, however, stopped when the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given erring contractors handling parts of the LagosHoms, Sangotedo in Eti-Osa one week to improve the level of work or have their contracts terminated. Sanwo-Olu gave the deadline on Friday when he inspected the housing project to assess the pace of the construction work. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, Lagos State Government and Order of the Knight of Saint Mulumba, Lagos Metropolitan Council are exploring ways to decongest the nation’s Correctional Centres, for improved service delivery. The event is held at an event to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Order of the Knight of Saint Mulumba, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been named the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU). The Professor of Physiology had served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution before her elevation. Her appointment was announced on Thursday morning. Olatunji-Bello was born in Lagos on the 23rd of April 1964 to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Value Added Tax Bill, with Speaker Mudashiru Obasa directing the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent. The House also passed the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical doctor, Morenikeji Oluwaniyi, has been reportedly strangled by a four-man gang in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The 27-year-old was said to have converted his Toyota Corolla to a Uber ride to raise money for his sustenance. African Examiner gathered that one of the hoodlums, identified only as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced resumption guidelines for the 2021 to 2022 academic session for public and private schools across the State. Schools are expected to resume on September 13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools students are to resume in batches from September 19. African Examiner in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Taskforce, on Monday, impounded over 200 okada at 2nd Rainbow – inward Mile-2, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, over violation of traffic laws. According to the source, men of the task force arrived in the area at about 10.30 am and went after the okada riders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday has stated that he could not contain his excitement in the match between the Super Eagles and Liberia. It could be recalled that the Super Eagles defeated the Lone Stars on Friday in a 2022 World Cup Qualifier after Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced diversion of traffic to Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere ahead of preparation for the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria and Liberia. African Examiner reports that the qualifying match between the two countries will be played by 5p.m on Sept. 3. A statement issued by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons have been feared dead and many other injured after Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operatives and area boys clashed at Ladipo Market in Lagos. The three persons were said to have been hit by stray bullets around midday. Although the cause of the clash was yet to be ascertained, a source […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said efforts are ongoing to track down the suspected killers of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. Odumosu also said Ataga’s account had been blocked to prevent further withdrawals from it by those taking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three bodies have so far been recovered from the scene of Thursday night’s tanker explosion on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development in Ikeja on Friday. Our correspondent reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has explained that the embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, is still in detention because he has not perfected his bail conditions. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a text message in response to an allegation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government Special Task Force on Land Grabbing restored lands to 159 residents from April 2020 to April 2021. The lands were illegally diverted by grabbers popularly known as “Omo Onile”. The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), made the disclosure on Wednesday during the […]
