ONE-WAY TRAFFIC: LAGOS MOBILE COURT FORFEITS 31 VEHICLES TO GOVERNMENT FOR VIOLATIONS … Orders 43 Motorists To Pay Fine
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2020
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Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Mobile Court had forfeited 31vehicles to the government for contravening the State Traffic Law by driving against the traffic on a one-way road in Lagos. The Court made the pronouncement after the 31 defendants (drivers) pleaded ‘Guilty’ to the ‘One-way’ traffic offense charged against them. According to the Mobile Court, “These arraigned 31 drivers were …
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INDISCIPLINE: LAGOS COMMAND DISMISSES 10 OFFICERS
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Bayo Adetu
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November 12, 2020
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Dedeigbo Ayodeji In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried 81 personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive use of power, corrupt practices and negligence. The command has dismissed and prosecuted seven, while 10 …
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Lagos Speaker Obasa Finally Opens Up On Growing Up Experience
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Bayo Adetu
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November 11, 2020
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Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has admonished children never to give up on their dreams no matter their background. Obasa gave the advice when he visited his alma mater, St. Thomas Aquinas School, in the Mushin area of Lagos where he celebrated his 48th birthday with the pupils. “I started off like you …
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IGP SAYS N24.8BN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FUEL THE POLICE VEHICLES
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Bayo Adetu
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November 11, 2020
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Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said the force would require a budgetary allocation of N24.8bn to fuel police operational needs for effective policing of the country. He made this disclosure at the ongoing budget defence of the House of Representatives Committee on Police affairs led by Hon. Bello Kumo from Gombe State, while also highlighted …
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How COVID-19, EndSARS Violence Hit Lagos Economy – Obasa Says As Sanwo-Olu Presents 2021 Budget
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Bayo Adetu
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November 10, 2020
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Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos House of Assembly on Tuesday said the economy of the state was badly hit in 2020 by COVID-19 pandemic and the recent violence that escalated from the EndSARS protest. Obasa said this when he received the 2021 budget estimate of N1,155,022,413,005 from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the chamber of the state Assembly. According to …
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Fuel Scarcity Looms As PENGASSAN Begins Indefinite Strike
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Bayo Adetu
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November 10, 2020
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NEWS
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There may be looming fuel scarcity following the indefinite strike embarked upon by oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) yesterday. The union said the strike is due to issues related to Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and other sundry issues. Our reporters already observed the build-up in …
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Goodbye, Mr. Trump… By Reuben Abati
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Bayo Adetu
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November 10, 2020
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The most exhilarating part of the US Presidential election 2020 is the fact that President Trump lost the election. It is what many observers thought would happen. They prayed for it. They wished it. In the end, that is what happened on Saturday, November 7, 2020. The major news networks called the election and announced Joe Biden as the President-elect …
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Arabic inscriptions on naira doesn’t threaten Nigeria’s secular status, CBN tells court
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Bayo Adetu
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November 10, 2020
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BUSINESS
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has vehemently opposed a suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos praying that the Arabic inscriptions on naira notes be removed. A Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, who filed the suit before Justice Mohammed Liman, contended that having Arabic inscriptions on the naira notes portrays Nigeria as an Islamic state, contrary to the country’s …
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How BBC Reporter Loses wife to TB Joshua’s Impotent Miracle
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Bayo Adetu
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November 9, 2020
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Andrew Gift, a Nigerian journalist working with BBC has lamented how his wife, Grace died from breast cancer, just after 13 months of marriage. She died not because there were no efforts to give her medicare, but because of her belief in religious leaders such as TB Joshua, who preach faith healing. Gift’s story was published Sunday by BBC. My …
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Lekki Shooting: We fired blank ammunition, army tells Lagos panel
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Bayo Adetu
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November 9, 2020
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The 65 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, the formation said to have been involved in the October 20 Lekki shooting, has said soldiers only fired blank ammunitions at protesters. In a petition submitted to the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government, the army insisted that no one was shot dead as soldiers only fired blank …
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