The Lagos State Police Command has declared the restriction of movement between 6a.m and 6p.m on Saturday, 5th December 2020 in some parts of the state. The restriction according to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State CP Hakeem Odumosu is to ensure the conduct of free, fair and credible by-elections into the Lagos East Senatorial…
On 03 December 2020, Lufthansa again welcomed its passengers at Lagos airport on board of its resumed nonstop flight from Frankfurt/Germany. After having suspended its flight operations to Nigeria eight months ago following the travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lufthansa is back to Nigeria as the travel restrictions to Nigeria have just being…
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has partnered with PharmAccess Foundation to launch ‘MOMCARE’ as part of efforts to reduce maternal death in the state. ‘MOMCARE’ is an innovative, digital and interactive financing approach to strengthening maternal and newborn healthcare as well as enhancing family enrollment on the Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS). Speaking…
The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has fulfilled his promise to the families of six police officers lynched in the state in the wake of the violence that trailed the recent nationwide EndSARS protests. The governor on Thursday compensated each of the six family members with N10 million in addition to scholarships awarded to…
The trial of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for money laundering could not hold on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 due to his absence in court for the third consecutive time. Fani-Kayode is facing a five-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N26 million,…
The former chairman of the pension reform task team Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina has been extradited to Nigeria. Maina was extradited by the Nigeria Police Force today, 3rd December, 2020, to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic, where he was arrested having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the newly reappointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu not to recourse to excuses but to use the more than two years ahead of the 2023 general election to rejig the electoral commission and work out legislations and operational rules that will guarantee…
a The Lagos State College of Nursing (LASCON) Igando has commenced the online sale of forms into the Department of Midwifery for the 2020/2021 academic session. A statement issued by the College on Wednesday, said that candidates who are not less than 18 years old with a minimum of five credits in English Language, Mathematics,…
Executive Director, Group Risk, Compliance and Technology at VFD Group Plc, Gbenga Omolokun, has been scheduled to speak during the Art of Technology Lagos Conference 2.0, holding this Thursday, December 3, 2020. The theme of this year’s AOT conference is: “Smart Data, Smarter Lagos,” it will be headlined by the Vice President of the Federal…
The Judicial Panel of Enquiry in Ogun State set up to investigate police brutality and human rights abuses by security operatives in the state, has disclosed that the panel has put an end to submission of petitions. The Chairman of the panel Justice Solomon Olugbemi who made this known in a chat with news men…