May 23, 2013, 6:58 pm 
Articles in the Around Lagos Category
Posted in Around Lagos on 21 May 2013
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…Urges more support for Security Trust Fund, sustained vigilance as crime rates head downward in Lagos
The Nigerian Breweries Plc on Monday redeemed its pledge of four Hilux security patrol vehicles to the Lagos State Government, with the Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) stating that just aid as the indices of crime [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 21 May 2013
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· Warns public officials against compromising building permit processes as he urges residents to speak out on defective buildings
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday inaugurated a Tribunal of Inquiry into Collapsed Building in the State with an appeal to Lagosians to report to the [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 10 May 2013
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said 105 ships, carrying various products, would sail into the Lagos ports between May 10 and May 31.
The NPA daily report, Shipping Position, released in Lagos, said the ships were laden with petroleum products, bulk fertiliser, new and used vehicles, rice and frozen fish.
According to the document, [...]
Posted in Around Lagos, National News on 8 May 2013
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A Clinical Director, Dr Beatrice Adetoro, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to create policies that would make regular medical check-ups mandatory before admission into schools and before getting employment.
Adetoro, a director at a Lagos-based diagnostic centre, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
She said that such policies would create more awareness [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 8 May 2013
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It is no longer news that this country keep incurring external debt. During Obasanjo’s administration, this debts were offset but now the debt profile is increasing at an alarming rate. This is what we will be discussing on the programme today.
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Posted in Around Lagos on 8 May 2013
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A three storey building under construction collapsed at No. 24, Bashiru Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos, collapsed on Tuesday and killed a worker and trapped four others under the rubble’s.
The Information Officer of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident by telephone.
Farinloye said that an apprentice to the workers escaped because he [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 3 May 2013
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Officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade, the law enforcement unit of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, on Friday dislodged the illegal street traders at the old Secretariat, in the Government Residential Area (GRA), Ikeja.
This was contained in a statement made available to the Newsmen in Lagos.
The statement said that the [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 3 May 2013
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A 36-year-old carpenter, Sule Rasag, on Friday appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with stealing cables worth N500,000.
The accused, who resides at Openlo Joland Street, Idimu, a Lagos suburb, is facing a charge of stealing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that the accused had on April 30 at 7.00 p.m [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 3 May 2013
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Two housekeepers – Samson Mazelena and Wisdom Favour – were on Friday charged before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing jewellery valued at N5 million.
Mazelena, 19, and Favour, 20, live at No. 13A, Austin Ogbonna St., Magodo in Shangisha area of Lagos, and are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
According [...]
Posted in Around Lagos on 3 May 2013
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Urge prompt report of cases, issue red card to hard drug sellers as Security Council meets
The Lagos State Security Council on Wednesday met under the chairmanship of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) with the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umaru Manko urging continued vigilance and great caution especially while recruiting domestic staffs like cooks, drivers and [...]