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Lagos Assembly Urges Government Support for Schoolgirl Suffering Teargas Injury The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the government to support Amina Alege, a 12-year-old student of the Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Lagos State, who suffered an eye injury after she was allegedly tear-gassed by the police. ...

Lagos Assembly Suggests Ways To Strengthen Naira Against Dollar The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the dollar.   As at Tuesday, a dollar hovered between N1,474 and N1,500 and the lawmakers, at plenary, advised the federal government ...

Sustain Late Wigwe’s Legacies, Lagos Assembly Tells Late Banker’s Colleagues – House observes a minute silence   The Lagos State House of Assembly resumed plenary on Monday with a call on colleagues of late banker, Herbert Wigwe, to sustain his legacies.   Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, ...

Why Individuals, Society Must Protect Girl Child – Lagos Assembly – Bill on office of public defender scales second reading The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion seeking better protection of the female children. The House also commended itself for passing laws that have favoured the ...

Lagos Assembly Scrap Houses for Rx-Governors, Others in Pension Reform Law The Lagos State House of Assembly (Lagos Assembly) on Thursday approved the report of its committee on establishment which recommended the reduction of pensions to former governors and other affected officials by 50 percent. The Lagos Assembly is committee ...

Lagos Assembly Backs Southern Governors On Rotational Presidency, Others   Members of the Lagos Assembly on Thursday declared their support for the resolutions reached by the southern governors at a recent meeting held in Lagos.     The governors had demanded that the south produces the next president of the ...

Breaking: Lagos Assembly passes bill stopping parade of suspects   The Lagos Assembly on Monday passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the state barring the police from henceforth parading suspects before the media.     The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by the ...

The Lagos Assembly on Thursday debated two bills proposing the establishment of two tertiary institutions – a University of Education and a University of Science and Technology – in the state. The bills, which scaled second reading on the floor of the Lagos Assembly presided over by the Speaker, Rt. ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly and the Speaker of the House Dr. Obasa on Monday ordered Local Government councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to desist from extorting and harrassing operators of courier and logistics services in the state. This was as the Speaker of ...

…Lawmakers seek amendment to the pension bill + Want security agents, domestic staff retained The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday read for a second time a bill that seeks to repeal the law which grants pension and other emoluments to governors and deputies after leaving office.     ...