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Lagos CP Assures Police Stray Bullet Victim’s Family Of Justice

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Kunle ADELABU -As Hon. Agunbiade appeals to family to allow  proper investigation, prosecution to be carried out The Lagos State Police Commissioner has assured the family of late Adijat Sikiru, the 17 years old Senior Secondary School girl killed by a stray bullet shot by a police Raider, Sergeant Mudi Emmanuel, on Monday, March 18, 2019, at Adamo in Ikorodu. Lagos Police Command visited the family at 11, Akaun Street, Adamo, on Friday, March 22, to commiserate with the family of the deceased. The Police Commissioner was represented by the…

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Ikorodu-Sagamu Road: Reconstruction of N20.8bn Expressway Project To Be Completed In 36 Months

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN -Rehabilitation commences 20years after road collapsed -Ayangbure, Dabiri-Erewa, Benson, residents laud FG Residents of Ikorodu and other users of Ikorodu-Sagamu road, today (Monday, May 21,2018) heaved a sigh of relief as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Gbenga Ashafa and Member, Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson , led other dignitaries to flag-off the reconstruction of the 30.4km road.   The project was awarded to Arab Contractors and is expected to…

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Ambode Charges Polytechnic Graduates To Create Jobs With Acquired Skills

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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has charged graduates of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in the country to develop their acquired training and skills to create employment opportunities that will make them employers of labour rather than job seekers. The Governor gave the charge on Thursday in Ikorodu during the 26th convocation ceremony of the Lagos State Polytechnic, held at the College Convocation Ground, Ikorodu. Ambode noted that the economic climate of the country is desirous of young entrepreneurs determined to create and generate wealth and employment opportunities, assuring…

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Egbin Power Chairman Urges Better Regulation to Drive Africa’s Power Sector

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Kola Adesina, Chairman of Egbin Power Plc. has called on power sector regulatory authorities across Africa to provide the guidance and expertise that is so crucial to enhancing economic growth and development across the continent, Vanguard reports. Egbin Power Plc is the largest privately owned power generation company in Sub-Saharan Africa and accounts for over 20 percent of power generated in Nigeria. The plant has an installed capacity of 1320MW with ongoing plans by the Adesina led Board to raise the capacity to 5,000MW within the next five years. Adesina…

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Ambode’s Wife Calls For Removal Of Barriers Impeding Women’s Progress

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As Lagos joined the rest of world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode has called for the removal of barriers impeding the progress of women in the country. Speaking at the Women’s Day celebration held at the Police College,  Ikeja,  Lagos on Thursday, Mrs Ambode said women must be ready to challenge stereotypes and should rise up to question old established practices that were not women-friendly. March 8 every year is observed worldwide as International Women’s Day, to celebrate…

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Land Use Charge: Ourtrageous Amount In Circulation Unfounded, Based On Arrears – Lagos Govt

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-Extends period for discounted payment to April 14 The Lagos State Government on Wednesday clarified the figures circulating in the media on the rate for the newly reviewed Land Use Charge Law of 2018, saying many of the numbers were based on several years of arrears on the levy not paid by affected property owners. Speaking at a news briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan said there were so many misconceptions and misinformation about the…

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Council, Marketers Protest Against Sabo Developers

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-Sabo market situation is embarrassing us, enough is enough – Commissioner The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Muslim Oloruntele Folami, has declared that  the Lagos State Government is ready to address the embarrassing situation which the Ayangbure (Sabo) market in Ikorodu Local Government is causing the state government once-and-for-all. He made this  declaration   on Monday, February 26, 2018, at the Sabo market during his visit to the market as part of his tour of markets in Lagos State. Hon.  Folami, while  addressing the traders  stated that…

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Ambode Receives Nigerian World Record Holder In Longest Reading Marathon

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-To be named Ambassador of Lagos Reads Projects Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, received a Nigerian, Bayode Treasures-Olawunmi who set a new Guinness World Record in longest reading marathon. Bayode, who was received by the Governor at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja alongside top government officials, had set the new record under the Read Aloud project co-sponsored by Lagos State Government, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Tagheuer, among others. The new record was set at exactly 3:30 on Saturday at the YouRead Library in Yaba, Lagos…

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Grammar School Students ‘Drag’ Hon. Agunbiade To Cultural Day

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Lawmaker calls for persistent effort in cultural revival Many adults of voting age would have to learn some lessons from the students of the Ikorodu Grammar School, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu, on how to make their elected and appointed representatives to effectively honour their requests. The students, led by the Senior Prefects (male and female), on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, re-enacted the power of the students movement and informed electorate when they stormed the Ikorodu Constituency I office of Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, and…

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