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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said residents must present their COVID-19 vaccination cards as a prerequisite to attending social gatherings in the state.  The governor also released guidelines for social events and gatherings during the Christmas season, saying, ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos State, Most Reverend Alfred Adewale-Martins, has stated that Nigeria’s next president should be from the South-East region. The cleric, who spoke at the weekend during the 2021 Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria (CWON) meeting in ...

The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, locally called agberos, generates about N123.08bn annually, which could service the annual budget of Nasarawa, Niger, and Yobe states put together, a statistical report by the International Centre for Investigative ...

Lagos City of Nigeria has been ranked the second worst city to live in. Auckland in New Zealand has been named the world’s most liveable city in an annual ranking that has been shifted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Economist ...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of police brutality on Saturday awarded N10m to the widow of one Rasheed Kareem, who was shot dead by the police in Surulere during the #EndSARS protest in October last year. ...

A mother of three identified as Justina Eje, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state.  The 28-year-old woman who was paraded before newsmen at the command headquarters in Ikeja by the State Commissioner ...

A petitioner, Marc Chidibere Nwadi, has been awarded N7.5 million by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The petitioner had ...

The Lagos State Government on Saturday and Sunday sealed 11 facilities, including Event Centres, Lounges and Night Clubs among others for contravening COVID-19 directives. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, made this disclosure after the ...

The Lagos State panel hearing cases of extrajudicial activities and police brutality has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to appear before it over a case involving one Adewale Adewuyi. Chairperson of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired), disclosed ...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry has awarded N10m each to two victims of police brutality.   The panel which was set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially those involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), awarded ...