Funsho Williams: Epileptic power supply destroys evidence
A prosecution witness (pathologist) in the ongoing trial of six suspected killers of Engineer Funsho Williams, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, 2007 governorship candidate for Lagos State, told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, that the postmortem conducted on the deceased in 2006 got damaged due to epileptic power supply.
Sand dealers, Police clash: More questions, few answers
It began as a minor face-off which soon turned violent, leaving four people, including a policeman, severely injured. The fracas which occurred on Friday April 12, 2013 involved some policemen attached to Ijede Division and some sand dealers in Agura area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
NHRC to investigate Baga fatalities
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, is to undertake an independent assessment of the incident in Baga, Borno State, between alleged insurgents and personnel of the uniformed services, with a view to establishing what actually transpired.
Lagos outlaws Makoko ultra modern floating school
…Community sues govt over stance
THE Lagos state government has outlawed the ultra modern Makoko Floating School barely seven months after the construction started. The school that is expected to address perennial flooding that truncate access to education by children of the community may never be allowed to operate after-all.
In Lagos, maternal and child health is our priority, says Idris
IN a bid to reduce the high Maternal Mortality ration, MMR, in Lagos, the State State Government commissioned a research which showed unacceptably high maternal mortality ratio of 555 per 100,000 live births higher than the national average put at 545 per 100,000 live births.
Transformation: DPR introduces truck monitoring
Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the regulator of oil and gas operations in Nigeria, has instituted the monitoring of trucks bearing crude or refined petroleum products, with a view to checking products adulteration, diversion and other unethical practices.
