As schools in Lagos state resume amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has made it clear that government-owned schools will maintain the shift-system introduced last year when they reopened for the first term of the year. The shift system is to be continued to observe safety protocols necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos has made a total seizure of 318 containers, including 133 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical products. Giving the breakdown of the seizures, the command’s Area Controller, Mohammed Abba-Kura, said: “Some of the seized items are 133 containers of unregistered pharmaceuticals, including tramadol; 58 containers of parboiled
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Police operatives had arrested 16 suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity in Lagos. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects’ arrest was part of efforts by the Force to protect lives and property in the state. He said: “The Lagos State police
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The popular Ketu Plank Market in Agboyi Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State was Sunday gutted by fire, destroying goods and other valuables. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), adding that no life was lost. The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident,
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Three suspected traffic robbers that have been terrorising residents of the Agidingbi area of Ikeja and its environs have met their waterloo, following their arrest by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS of the Lagos State Police Command. This is just as the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has
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At least 11 people were wounded when a diesel-laden tanker exploded on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos, Olusegun Ogungbemide, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday evening, said the explosion occurred when the tanker rolled back and
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday re-imposed restrictions on worship centres over spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. The governor, who gave the directive in a statement titled: “We cannot afford to relax the battle against COVID-19,” asked the worship centres not to hold services for more than two hours. He added
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A 16-year-old pupil of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Jemimah Marcus, who won the Lagos State Spelling Bee competition, will become a one-day governor. Marcus emerged winner on Tuesday after a fierce battle with other students. She was presented with a cash sum of N250,000 at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa secretariat, Ikeja, where the
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Monday at least 140 internet fraudsters had been arrested in Lagos in the last three months. The Zonal Head of EFCC in the state, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who stated this when he featured in a programme on 91.3FM, said 38 suspected fraudsters including seven girls were arrested
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The police authorities in Lagos have recovered a stolen mace from the Ogun State House of Assembly, Abeokuta. In a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the mace was retrieved at Abule Ado area of the state by operatives attached to the Trade Fair Section. “The police operatives attached
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Police operatives in Lagos have arrested seven suspected members of Eiye Confraternity in the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects attacked some local vigilante members in the area. The suspects are – Abolaji Adebayo (21), Josiah Offem (37),
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Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, popularly referred to as taskforce, have demolished over 1,700 illegal shanties and containerised shops around Fagba Railway lines, Agege. This was contained in a press statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force, Adebayo Taofiq, titled, ‘Lagos demolishes over 1,700
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A Nigerian man, Ridwan Oyewunmi, has called on Nigerians on social media to help him get justice after a school teacher who is currently on the run, allegedly beat his younger brother, Boluwatife Omelaja, to death at a school in Ikorodu, Lagos state on Thursday, November 26. In a Twitter thread, the distraught brother said
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The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency of Lagos State, has on Tuesday shutdown 16 health facilities across the state for quackery and non-compliance with other regulatory standards The Executive Secretary of the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr. Abiola Idowu, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said 280 health facilities
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Police in Lagos on Sunday has arrested 720 suspects with various weapons and substances suspected to be Indian hemp and cocaine. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. This occurred when police in Lagos carried out simultaneous raids on areas suspected to be harbouring criminals across
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