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  LCC SHIFTS RESUMPTION DATE OF TOLL COLLECTION AT THE LEKKI-IKOYI LINK BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA ...as LCC shift date, to announce new date after consultation Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) has shifted the resumption date of toll collection at the Lekki- Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza indefinitely, thereby changed toll collection date from April 16th, 2022 till after consultation with residents. This was contained in a statement signed by Yomi Omomuwasan, Managing Director of LCC on Friday. According to the company, delay in the resumption of toll collection was due to the need for further consultations with key stakeholders in the Eti-Osa, Lekki area. The MD said the new development was in a bid to address their concerns and arrive at a mutually favourable resolution of all issues. Besides, the shift will give customers more time to register for the electronic devices. He said, “As a responsible organisation, we must take full cognisance of everyone within the axis. Therefore, we wan

Femi Falana (SAN), Lawyer and activist  has alleged that officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) allow criminals to escape court verdicts by getting young men who will serve jail terms for criminals. Speaking on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity”, Falana said the country is at war and the level of criminality is on the rise. He noted that solving the country’s security challenges goes beyond hiring mercenaries. Falana revealed that criminals that have been convicted of a crime are allowed to walk freely on the streets after warders connive with convicts to pay youths willing to serve jail terms on behalf of criminals. According to him, some of them who have been condemned to prison terms in Kirikiri hardly get there as the exchange is made at Mile 2, a few kilometres to the prison.   He also said that there were some convicts who don't seek a replacement or representation in prison but simply pay c

Following Alh. Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) refusal to show remorse after his suspension by the national leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURW), Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, NURTW national president and Alhaji Kabiru Ado Ya’u, general secretary, in letter jointly signed on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, have announced the dissolution of the Lagos council of the NURTW under his leadership. The duo of the National President and Secretary of NURTW, acting on behalf of the National Administrative Council (NAC) of NURTW in the letter seen by Editorials, titled:- Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council, revealed that the decision of the body to finally dissolve MC's led administration was based on the provisions of the union’s constitution. It would be recalled that the union under Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) in Lagos state has been in a running battle with the national body of the union in Abuja. He was suspended for insubordination and in ret