Community policing: LASG says initiative’ll address shortcomings of existing model
Lagos State has taken an audacious step towards improving security in all communities across the State, with the inauguration of State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) and its operations arm,…
Nigeria gets its 30th COVID-19 testing lab, tests over 69,000 samples
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has announced the inclusion of an additional to the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network. The NCDC disclosed this in a series of tweets on…
COVID-19: Nigeria witnessing 75% community transmission, records 348 new infections – NCDC
Nigeria has recorded 1 new death and 348 new confirmed cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC. The Centre announced this in its COVID-19 Nigeria State report…
INEC cautions Edo, Ondo voters against wearing of party branded face masks to polling unit
Ahead of the governorship elections scheduled to hold on Sept. 19 and Oct. 10, INEC has warned voters in Edo and Ondo States against wearing face masks with the logo…
LASG receives 1,000 land grabbing petitions in 1 year, successfully resolves 350
The Lagos State Government says it has received one thousand petitions relating to forceful take-over of landed properties in the last one year. The Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo…
LAGOS TO KEEP FINANCE AFLOAT DESPITE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, has reeled out strategies already deployed by the State government to keep its finances intact in spite of the devastating effects…
COVID-19: Death toll among nurses reaches 600 as 450,000 affected globally
More than 600 nurses worldwide are known to have died from COVID-19, which has infected an estimated 450,000 healthcare workers, the International Council of Nurses said on Wednesday. The death…
AGF takes over case file of alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Wadume, 19 others
The Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami has taken over the prosecution of alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu (aka Wadume), Capt. Tijjani Balarabe…
FRSC records 81 accidents, 40 deaths in Lagos, Ogun in May
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it recorded 81 road accidents with 46 deaths in Ogun and Lagos States between COVID-19 lock down ease between May 4 and May…
#JusticeForUwa: Tinubu calls for justice for all victims of gender-based violence
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has joined other Nigerians to call for justice over the rape and murder of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN),…