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The Platform And One Discussion We Are All Avoiding

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Every May Day, the Pastor Poju Oyemade-led Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos invites speakers of all shades of opinions to speak at a discussion programme, THE PLATFORM with the view to preferring solutions to Nigeria’s multifaceted problems. At every edition, speakers give brilliant speeches on how best to make the nation work. Speakers like Vice President […]Continue Reading
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HEDA Calls for Amendment of New Lagos Anticorruption Law, Says It is Trojan Horse

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The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the Lagos House of Assembly to immediately review and amend the ‘Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2021’ which was recently signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. HEDA said the law which on the surface looks like a progress in […]Continue Reading
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World Day For Safety: Lagos Occupational Hazards Reduction

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Statistics from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment shows that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases annually, while an additional 374 million suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents globally each year. In Lagos State, Africa’s fastest growing megacity and Nigeria’s commercial hub, complaints about workplace accidents Continue Reading
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Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Construction Of Rail Mass Transit Red Line

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Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday inaugurated the construction of the 37-km Rail Mass Transit Red Line, which will traverse from Agbado to Marina, moving more than one million commuters daily. The ceremony was held at the proposed site of the Ikeja Train Station and was witnessed by Minister of Transportation Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, who […]Continue Reading
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Acting IGP disbands Monitoring Units in Lagos, Port Harcourt

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Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Units in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Baba gave the order in Abuja at the opening of a conference of Police Strategic Commanders, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police (CP) and above. He also ordered the streamlining of […]Continue Reading
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Lagos Cleric Protests Against Buhari With Coffin

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The General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministry, Archbishop Samson Benjamin protested against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Lagos. Benjamin, popularly known as Jehovah Sharp Sharp, carried a coffin as he marched through the streets of Festac. The Bishop claimed God asked him to do so because He wasn’t happy with the […]Continue Reading
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Lagos Consumes 1.8m Heads Of Cattle Annually – Commissioner

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The Lagos State Government on Friday said residents of the state consume 1.8 million heads of cattle annually. This is according to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. She reiterated the commitment of the state government in exploring the state’s waterways to expand the Continue Reading