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Women Leader of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas has made a case for the eradication of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Lagos State in particular and in Nigeria generally. Speaking on this year's Lagos Gender-Based Violence (GBV) week and the 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women and girls, Okoya-Thomas said that the matter has assumed an alarming rate and that it should be curtailed to prevent further damage to the victims of the violence. The Women Leader, who spoke to journalists on Wednesday, appealed to all stakeholders to rally round the government and other concerned agencies as well as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) to end domestic violence and sexual harassment against women and girls. While commending the Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu-led government and the state's First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu for their efforts in this regard, Okoya-Thomas said that she would continue to play a positive...

Residents of Agege, Fagba and other areas of Lagos West Senatorial District have urged the Lagos State Government to send miscreants away from railway line and other parts of the state to avoid a repeat of the aftermath of the #EndSARS Protests that wrecked havoc in the state and all over the country. Commenting during the 3-day public hearing organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly between Wednesday 18th and Friday 20th November at the assembly premises on Friday, the residents of the senatorial district stated that the violence that led to the loss of lives and properties could have been avoided. Mrs. Bisi Mohammed from Fagba said that her house got burnt in the inferno and that she didn't have anything to show as evidence, which was why she could not present her cases properly in the form provided by the assembly. Also speaking, the Iyaloja of Daddy Savage Market, Fagba, Mrs. Oladoyinbo Toyin said that she would like the government to help the marketers as some of them lo...

Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday began the process of bringing succour to the victims of the aftermath of #EndSARS protests across the three senatorial districts in the state through a 3-day public hearing. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa had on October 26 set up a nine-man Ad-Hoc Committee to investigate the level of destruction of properties and loss of lives with a view to determine compensation for the victims. Going by the procedure of the Committee, residents of Lagos Central Senatorial District were attended to at Wednesday's sitting.  Residents of the the other two Senatorial districts, Lagos East and West are expected to attend the hearing between Thursday and Friday. In his speech, the Chairman of the Committee, and Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni said that the House was marking a giant stride to complement the efforts of the state government on the issue, saying  "We are want to display our indomitable resilience...

Chairman of the Ogun State House of Assembly Service Commission, Hon. Waliu Taiwo has promised to ensure a  good working relationship between the legislature and the executive in the state. Addressing newsmen shortly after the inauguration of the members of the newly constituted Ogun State House of Assembly Service Commission in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Taiwo said that time had come for the two arms of government to work together. The former two-term commissioner in the state added that time had come for the state to claim its rightful place among the comity of states in the country. "My plan is to create a good working relationship between the executive and the legislature and ensure good welfare packages for all the members and staff of the state house of Assembly. "As a former member of the state house of Assembly and a former commissioner in the state, I know what to do to ensure synergy between the two arms of government. "What we need to do is to serve as a reliable in...

Former  Governors and deputy governors of Lagos State including Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will lose their hefty pensions and emoluments with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's proposed new bill. Governor Sanwo-Olu announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors, deputies and categories of public workers on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while presenting the Year 2021 budget proposals of N1.155 trillion tagged: ‘The Budget of Rekindled Hope’ to members of the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The event had in attendance Deputy Governor, Femi Hamzat; Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Kazeem Alogba; Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mrs Folashade Jaji; Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola; Chief of Staff to the Govern...

On Friday, November 6, Citation, the seventh movie of filmmaker par excellence, Kunle Afolayan, will be released on video streaming platform, Netflix, to a global audience. The coming of age movie, written by Tunde Babalola, is a university drama centred on a female postgraduate student who has to find a way of dealing with the incidence of sexual harassment from a popular male lecturer. It was shot in Nigeria, Senegal and Cape Verde and features tested thespians like Haitian-born Hollywood actor, Jimmy Jean Louis, Sadiq Daba and Gabriel Afolayan with a cameo by Dr Mrs Ibukun Awosika, the chairman of First Bank of Nigeria. Last Saturday, Citation was premiered to a select audience at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island. The event had in attendance the cast of Citation; Dr. Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Temi Otedola, Ini Edo, Gabriel Afolayan, Seun Kuti, Toyin Ogundeji alongside the partners behind the movie; Ford Foundation, Access “W’ Initiative, Natnudos, Canon, Flyboku, GAC Motors, Arik Air, A...