Nigeria’s economy can be turned around with a sound perspective for fisheries and aquaculture governance, former Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Professor Adebisi Balogun,has said. While delivering a lecture titled, ‘Activities of Fisheries Institute Of Nigeria (FIN): A Future Perspective In Fisheries Governance In Nigeria,’Professor Balogun said as the nation now talks of diversification of the …

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The Lagos State government said arrangements are being concluded to install additional 10,000 High Definition (HD) CCTV cameras across the state. The move is part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme designed to provide a 24-hour driven economy,the government said on Friday during the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. According to …

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Folake Sokoya The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi,has said his Command has “explicit confidence” in the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idriss. Imohinmi, in a statement made available to National Wire on Thursday, noted the reassurance was necessary because Idriss,”a lawyer by training,” and “a firm believer in the rule of law” has helped in “no small …

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Lagos State government has begun payment of over N11.8billion as compensation to owners of properties affected by the developmental projects across the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Lands Bureau, Mrs. Yetunde Onabule, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year anniversary of governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. She listed the …

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Folake Sokoya Despite the statement jointly signed by the Lagos State Police Command and the Monarch of Ikorodu to assure females around the town that they could move freely during the Oro Day festival,National Wire can report that major areas of the town are now deserted by women. In a statement jointly signed by the State Commissioner of Police, Edgal …

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Folake Sokoya The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five pipeline vandals accused of tampering with NNPC pipeline at the Ekoro area of Abule-Egba. According to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, the suspects were arrested based on information received and analysed by the intelligence arm of the command. The CP said that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) …

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General Overseer of the Greater Liberation City Family,Dr.Chris Okafor,has empowered over a hundred widows and several others to mark his birthday. At an event on April 29, Dr. Okafor,whom many refer to as the Oracle for his “concise and accurate prophecies” gave each of the widows the sum of N200, 000 and several food items. He said the gesture was …

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The Lagos state government has said about 67,763 persons are currently undergoing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment care in the state as against the 64,000 it had as of June last year. The state Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris, who revealed this at the on-going ministerial briefing in Lagos State, said its Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis programmes have been …

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Folake Sokoya A traffic robber arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has confessed that he has stolen over 1,200 phones from Lagos commuters since he joined pickpocketing gang. The suspect, Femi Solomon, from Ogun State was arrested last Thursday by the operatives in Iyana Oworo, Lagos, after stealing a Samsung phone …

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Engr. Mayokun Ilo, has described the party’s ward congress elections that took place in the state as a huge success. Ilo stated this after the conclusion of the exercise in his Eggua ward of the Ketu Constituency, Yewa North Local Government Area. He expressed satisfaction on the conduct of …

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