The State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had last month promised to set up viewing centres in key locations that would afford residents watch all the 64 World Cup matches live in a serene and secured environment.
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Rasaq, who resides in Lagos Island, appeared on a count charge of attempted kidnap to which he pleaded not guilty.
The kids, between the ages of seven and 17, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, also fancied playing in one of the best clubs in the world with the opportunity at their doorstep in achieving their dreams.
Addressing newsmen in Ikeja on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said the suspects came in a tinted glass Toyota Camry and opened fire on their target.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, disclosed this shortly after the Security Council meeting held at the Lagos House, Ikeja and chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
The Governor, who spoke at the foundation laying ceremony of the J.K. Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Onikan, Lagos, said the Centre was part of a grand plan by his administration to turn the Onikan axis into a critical tourist hub, not just in the country but in the continent.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obanikoro, a former minister under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration, left the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC on Saturday in Lagos.
In a statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the State Government said the upgrade demonstrates its commitment to use sports as a potent tool for development and job creation, adding that the stadium, which is the oldest in Nigeria, was originally built in 1930 but was last renovated in the 1980s.
SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, the Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, who led the enforcement operations, disclosed that these six vehicles and 68 motorcycles were caught driving or riding against traffic, which is an offence under the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of 2012.
The pregnant lady, in her early 30s was inside a danfo bus enroute Lagos Island when she started calling for assistance of other passengers in the bus that the baby’s head was out.
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, while reacting to the menace of the hoodlums on the Lagos Island, denied that shops had been under lock and key as a result of the clashes
The alert is premised on the visit to Lagos Island by former President of the United States of america, Bill Clinton; and Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The police is reacting to the Boxing Day explosion at the Jankara Market in the state, where fireworks stored in a three storey building exploded, killing one person, injuring forty others and burning over 20 buildings and cars