In a bid to decongest correctional facilities and ensure quick dispensation of justice, the Lagos State Government has launched a restorative justice centre and secretariat of the Criminal Justice Sector Reform Committee (CJSRC). The Lagos State restorative justice centre will serve as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism and a tool for decongesting the courts of…
Tags: crime
Fisayo Ajisola Shoots Film On Banned Street Hawkers, ‘Road To Ruin’
Nollywood actress, Fisayo Ajisola, who is very passionate about the younger generation, especially the underprivileged, has commenced work on the new movie entitled ‘Road To Ruin’, which tends to address the plight of the banned hawkers who are now finding it difficult to survive since the Lagos State government had placed ban on street hawking.…
Criminals Were My Competitors As Governor—Fashola
Former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on Wednesday explained how he tackled the issue of insecurity in the state while he was at the helm of affairs. Fashola, during his ministerial screening at the Senate on Wednesday morning, told the lawmakers that the government must be sincere with the issue of security of…
Man, 25, R@pes Great Grandmother In Ekiti
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police in Ekiti for allegedly having a forceful carnal knowledge of an 85 years old woman. The accused, one Familola Ayodeji, a resident of 17, Oke Ido Street, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was accused of committing the crime on December 25, 2015. “The victim, a…