Day: September 11, 2020

Former Commissioner Gets Restraining Order Against Oriwu Sun Publisher

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Kunle Adelabu The High Court of Lagos State has restrained an Ikorodu-based community newspaper, Oriwu Sun, from printing, publishing and circulating any defamatory publication against a former Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in the State, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye.  The court, which sat at the Ikorodu Judicial Division on Tuesday September 8, 2020, gave the order of interlocutory injunction after hearing the Motion on Notice supported by Affidavits and exhibits filed by Ogunleye who is the Claimant in a libel action against the publisher of Oriwu Sun,  Alhaji Monzor…

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Road Construction: Lagos Shuts Ketu-Mile 12 BRT Lane

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As part of the ongoing reconstruction of Ikorodu Road, (Mile 12 – Ketu), the Lagos State Government has announced that there will be partial closure of a section of the BRT Lane at Ketu for 14 working days, effective from Monday, September 14, 2020. In a statement released on Friday, the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said that the partial closure is to allow the contractor handling the project to commence construction of additional Relief Culverts across the road at Ketu Bus Stop from Monday 14th of September,…

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Lagos Primary Schools Won’t Reopen On September 21 – LASG

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Primary schools in Lagos State will not resume on September 21, the state government said on Thursday, as it adopts phase re-opening of schools. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had said recently that primary and secondary schools in Lagos State would resume on September 21, but said the date would be tentative. Special Adviser on Education to the Governor, Tokunbo Wahab, in an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said even though it was announced that schools would reopen on September 21, it would be done in phases. “Primary school…

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