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Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governor, yesterday approved extension of the ongoing reconstruction of the Oshodi-International Airport Road to Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. The governor also announced plans to construct a pedestrian bridge at Toyota Bus Stop in response to the yearnings of traders and residents of the area, with the contractor expected to begin work on the bridge next week. Speaking during an inspection of ongoing projects across the state, Ambode said the extension was to complement the Airport Road reconstruction in line with the regeneration…

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​ The TMTR Training Room, a skills-based, practice-led certificate-awarding institute commenced operations with a training programme for select journalists drawn from the print, broadcast and online platforms on Saturday, February 10, 2018. It is run by Toni Kan and Peju Akande. The programme focused primarily on equipping the participants with tools and insights to better understand the Cybercrimes Prohibition Act 2015 and how it affects their practice especially with the imminent 2019 elections. The institute was conceived in January 2015 with the mission to evolve a teaching culture that will…

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All candidates seeking admission into all tertiary institutions in Lagos State must henceforth possess credit in Yoruba Language, the state Yoruba Language Preservation and Preservation Law has said. The law, which became effective last Thursday, would now make compulsory for all primary and secondary schools – private or public – in the state to include teaching of Yoruba Language as a core subject at all levels. The state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, had formally signed a bill into law “to provide for the preservation and promotion of the use of…

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The management of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is yet to come to terms with an explanation by an official in the Makurdi, Benue office of the Board that proceeds from the sale of admission scratch in the state, totaling N36million have been swallowed from the cash vault by a mystery snake that comes in the night. The mystery snake was said to have sneaked into the account office of the Board in Makurdi, a number of time, and made away with the N36m. A sales clerk, Philomina Chieshe,…

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Chinese security operatives have began to use smart glasses equipped with facial recognition technology to identify citizens. The new initiative is to help identify culprits, missing persons, or crime witnesses by scanning the faces of people in a crowd and areas where there are no CCTV cameras. Before now the country uses CCTV cameras that can identify citizens and even track their movements around, now the facial recognition sunglasses will help security personnel in both crowed area and areas where are no cameras. While this may be a good initiative,…

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