Lagos ready to integrate commercial buses into reform initiative

Lagos ready to integrate commercial buses into reform initiative

The Lagos State Government says it is ready to integrate mini and midi buses (Korope and Danfo) operating on the Lekki-Ajah axis into the state’s Bus Reform Initiative. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on transportation, Sola Giwa, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos signed by the ministry’s Director of … Read more

Lagos govt set to take action against Dj Kulet’s husband

Lagos govt set to take action against Dj Kulet’s husband

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has launched an investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse against Ohis Emmanuel, the estranged husband of popular Nigerian disk jockey Kudirat Gbemisola, aka DJ Kulet. The agency’s action comes after a viral video surfaced online, showing Mr Emmanuel allegedly confessing to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old … Read more

Lagos moves to enhance health workers’ capacity to combat hepatitis

Lagos moves to enhance health workers’ capacity to combat hepatitis

The Lagos State Government has commenced a four-day residential training programme aimed at equipping medical officers in secondary health facilities with advanced hepatitis care strategies. The training, which kicked off on 25 November in Lekki, Lagos is organised by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOMLPforR). … Read more

EFCC files objection to suit disowned by Sanwo-Olu

EFCC files objection to suit disowned by Sanwo-Olu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a fundamental rights suit filed in the name of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop possible arrest by the anti-graft agency. In its counter-affidavit opposing the suit, the EFCC described the legal action as speculative and a … Read more

Family rejects Mohbad’s autopsy result, demands independent post-mortem

Family rejects Mohbad’s autopsy result, demands independent post-mortem

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has rejected the autopsy results conducted on him, demanding an independent post-mortem and toxicology. Mohbad died on 12 September at the age of 27 under controversial circumstances, leading to the police exhuming his remains and conducting an autopsy on 21 September to ascertain … Read more

Yemi Alade tackles Lagos Govt over house demolition

Yemi Alade tackles Lagos Govt over house demolition

Singer Yemi Alade has weighed in on the ongoing demolition of residential properties in Lagos State. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the federal government began the demolition of properties affected by the right of way on the proposed Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction. Last week, demolition videos surfaced online, sparking outrage from residents who accused the … Read more