Lagos State Government says it has not banned the use of Hijab in public schools. It said rather, the issue was still being looked into with a view to taking a stand on it. In a statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba, the government said it was still making [...]
Lagos State Government says pupils in its public schools are only allowed to wear conventional uniforms to the school. It added that usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for Muslim women, would not be allowed. The Commissioner for Education Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Ikeja, [...]
Lagos State Government has advised residents to remain calm whenever it rains occasioning a rise in the level of water. It says the water is merely flash flood recorded during the rains, which will only be temporary and will disappear as soon as the rain stops. The government added that it had invested a lot [...]
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old pastor, Tommy Issachar, over an alleged stealing of a female church member’s underwear and N10,000 cash. Issachar, who resides at No 35, Mafoluku St., Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of breach of public peace and stealing. [...]
Operatives of the Joint Task Force on Sunday averted another major attack by terrorists in Kano by raiding their hideouts at Unguwa Uku area of the ancient city. The operatives, acting on a tip off, were said to have raced to the area around 4am and intercepted a Volkswagen Golf, primed with explosives, which some [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan had a good dose of the epileptic state of the nation’s power supply as his Easter message during a service at Our Saviour’s Church (Anglican Communion), Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, was punctuated by an outage on Sunday. Power supply to the church auditorium went off about six minutes into the President’s speech [...]
Less than a week after the arrest of some suspected terrorists, including a Chadian, in Ijora area of Lagos State, the State Security Service on Tuesday intercepted a truck conveying scores of illegal immigrants into the state and arrested them. The PUNCH learnt that the arrest took place at the Berger area, which is a [...]
Following the discovery of terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, Lagos, last Thursday, Hausa leaders in the state have pledged to rid the state of terrorists. The Hausa leaders made the promise on Monday during their solidarity visit to the Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Aromire, over the incident in his domain last week. No fewer [...]
THE Lagos State Police Command on Thursday began a general raid on criminals’ hideouts in Lagos. The raid, which spilled over to Friday, resulted in the arrest of about 600 suspects who were taken to the premises of the Lagos State Police Command for screening. Many of them, including Nigerien and Beninoise nationals who were [...]
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has said the economy of the state is rated above Ghana and the United Kingdom. He also said his administration is currently executing about 1,966 projects across the state. He said the projects would boost government’s plan to transform the state and turn it into “Africa’s modern” mega city. The [...]
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