By Gabriel Olawale
THE Centre for Women’s Health and Information, CEWHIN, weekend, called for more collaboration to stem increasing cases of gender based violence in Nigeria.
Speaking during a two-day gender mainstreaming training workshop for the Justice Sector Partners towards better integration of VAWG/SGBV/HP in their institutional plans and programmes in Lagos State, Director of Administration CEWHIN, Atinuke Odukoya said that the lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that a lot of gender based violence are going on in the communities.
She said the situation which threatens the lives and livelihoods of women and girls made the United Nations label the country ‘shadow pandemic’.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says that Amotekun is not yet in Lagos because the operatives of Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps are presently doing their work in the state.
He disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television at the Lagos House.
According to the governor, aside community policing, operatives of the LNSC also engage in border patrol.
Sanwo-Olu said, “It’s just a name change in the case of Lagos. I appreciate what my colleague governors are doing, and they also appreciate the peculiar nature of Lagos.
“I have got over 7,000 neighbourhood watch personnel in Lagos, who are doing exactly the same thing that we have Amotekun doing.
Why Lagos is yet to have Amotekun -Sanwo-Olu
Published 12:58 pm
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that operatives of Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps are currently doing the work of Amotekun in the state.
He spoke during an interview on
Channels Television’s Sunday Politics at the Lagos House.
According to him, apart from community policing, operatives of the LNSC also engage in border patrol.
Sanwo-Olu said, “It’s just a name change in the case of Lagos. I appreciate what my colleague governors are doing, and they also appreciate the peculiar nature of Lagos.
“I have got over 7,000 neighbourhood watch personnel in Lagos, who are doing exactly the same thing that we have Amotekun doing.
How enthusiastic Lagos fans received Super Eagles after 20 years absence
Line up of Super Eagles before their match against Crocodiles of Lesotho on Tuesday at the Teslim Balogun stadium Surulere, Lagos
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Fri Apr 02 2021
For the first time in 20 years, the Super Eagles played a competitive match in the city of Lagos on Tuesday, March 30 when they thrashed the Crocodiles of Lesotho 3-0 in the final Group L 2021 AFCON qualifiers.
On the day of the highly entertaining encounter, the atmosphere around the Teslim Balogun stadium, Surulere venue of the match was electrifying as adjoining streets were adorned with various shapes of banners welcoming the Eagles back ‘home’.
It will be facilitated by the state’s Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI), headed by Prince Oyekan Falade.
After the training, all state-funded law enforcement officers will be commissioned to wear body cameras for their operations. With body-worn cameras, the law enforcement officers will be better equipped to protect lives and properties, thereby, making Lagos safer.
According to Governor Sanwo-Olu, the move would improve transparency and accountability in the activities of law enforcement agencies, and put the state government in a better position to respond to security challenges in real time.
Provision of adequate security, the governor said, is a key pillar of his administration’s agenda, stressing that the initiative reflected his government’s resolution to ensure Lagos remained secure for residents and investors.