Mr Cisse Abdullahi, father of quadruplet- (two boys and two girls) on Thursday appealed for financial assistance from Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he needed...
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The Lagos State Government said the developers of a three-floor building under construction that partially collapsed on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Apapa ignored its orders on the project. The government said the builders ignored the stop work and seal up orders of the state Building Control Agency and continued construction...
The Lagos State Government on Saturday decried the increasing rate of abuse of children, even in homes. Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), expressed the displeasure during the Parents Association Conference on Safeguarding and Child Protection, held at Awori Ajeromi...
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday admitted four staff members of of Chrisland School Ikeja, to bail for alleged involuntary manslaughter of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran. The Lagos State Government charged Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao, and Nwatu Victoria with involuntary manslaughter and reckless negligent acts. The...
The Lagos State Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) on Thursday arraigned Chrisland School Ltd and four staff members for alleged manslaughter of 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao, Nwatu Victoria are charged with manslaughter and negligent acts....
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has granted permission for students in terminal classes to access Chrisland High School, Opebi, Ikeja, for physical learning ahead of their examinations due to begin soon. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Monday, signed by...
The Lagos State government says it will prosecute Chrisland School, Ikeja, for alleged involuntary manslaughter, reckless and negligent act over the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, who died from electrocution during inter house sport. According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs in the...
Chrisland High School, Lagos, where a student died during its inter-house sports competition on Feb. 9, remains shut, Lagos State government declared on Sunday. It stated that the continued closure of the school after the death of the 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, was to further investigate alleged endangerment of...
The Lagos State Government has said that the late Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old Chrisland School student, died from asphyxia and electrocution. This is contained in a statement from the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), on Thursday in Lagos. The statement said that...
The Lagos State Government has shut down activities at the children’s section of Wonderland Lagos, on Monday, after a guest was electrocuted at the event venue. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, in a joint inspection with the Lagos State Task Force team, said...
The Lagos State Government has started preparations for the retirement of not less than 1,200 workers from its public service between January and July 2023. Mr Babalola Obilana, Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), said this on Saturday at the 23rd Retirement Benefit Documentation Seminar for the intending retirees...
Lagos State Government says it has sought collaboration with World Bank for rapid delivery of technology-driven and affordable mass housing schemes in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Spokesperson of the state Ministry of Housing, Mrs Adeola Salako, on Sunday in Lagos. Salako quoted the...
Lagos State Government has alerted residents of the state especially those residing on the banks of Ogun River of high intensity of flooding occasioned by heavy rainfall and release of water. A statement signed by the Lagos state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, on Wednesday...
The Lagos State Government on Friday vowed to strengthen its enforcement mechanism and collaboration with experts to check collapse of buildings in the state. The newly appointed Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said this during a roundtable discussion with stakeholders, in Ikeja, on ending...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has ordered for the arrest of the developer and building professionals working on the seventh-floor structure that collapsed in the early hours on Sunday. The collapsed building, which is under construction, is located at Oba Abiodun Oniru road, Iru/Victoria Island...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said defaulters of the ban on commercial motorcycle operators (Okada), risked three-year jail term, as enforcement for the Phase 2 ban starts on Friday. The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said this during a news conference in Ikeja, adding that the Phase...
The Lagos State Government has announced the ban of commercial motorcycle (popularly known as okada) operations in four more Local Governments (LGs) and six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde made the announcement on Thursday in Ikeja, during a news briefing on the...
The Lagos State Government has begun payment of compensation to 800 people affected by the right of way of the 32km Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red line project in Ogun State. The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitans Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, made this known in...
The Lagos State Government says it will demolish the remaining buildings on the land, where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in Ikoyi. isclosed this at a news conference on the handing over of the complex to the contractor for deconstruction on Thursday in Lagos. Salako said that...
The Lagos State Government has warned that sharing or receiving images depicting child pornography is an offense under its laws that can attract a sentence of up to 14 years. The warning comes amid reports that some students of Chrisland schools were involved in a case of alleged sexual...