On the 2nd March, 2022, the High Court of Lagos granted leave to enforce the Judgement of Bada J in Suit No. IKD/118/1968 delivered on November 20, 1975 over a vast area of land in Surulere, Lagos measuring 315.9 acres. On the 30th of March, 2023, some residents of Surulere were alarmed when they found […]
PRESS RELEASE:LAGOS STATE ARRAIGNS EZE NDIGBO ON TERRORISM CHARGES
On the 9th day of May, 2023, the Hon. Attorney General of Lagos State represented by Mr. Jonathan Ogunsanya (a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice), arraigned Frederick Nkemdilim Nwajago (Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos) on a nine count Information (Charge) before Hon. Justice Y.A. Adesanya (Mrs.) in Suit No. LD/21505C/2023 – THE […]
PRESS RELEASE IN RESPECT OF THE COLLISION BETWEEN LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT STAFF BUS AND A TRAIN ON THE 9TH DAY OF MARCH 2023
1. Sequel to the unfortunate accident of 9th March 2023 between a Lagos State Government Staff Bus which collided with an oncoming train at Shogunle Railway Crossing, Ikeja on the 9th March 2023. 2.The Director of Public Prosecutions, has filed charges and arraigned the driver of the bus, one Osibanjo Oluwaseun, before His Lordship Hon. […]
PRESS RELEASE: MOJ ORGANIZES MOOT COURT COMPETITION FOR LAGOS COUNSEL
In a bid to achieve the objective of cross fertilization of ideas amongst counsel, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice on Wednesday organized a moot court competition for state counsel at the Treasury Resource Centre, Debt Management Office, Alausa, Ikeja. The one-day mock court proceedings had state counsel of the ministry of Justice, prosecuting and […]
PUBLIC NOTICE: LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT’S REACTION TO THE PURPORTED EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT WITHIN MASHA AXIS IN THE SURULERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE
The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to the purported execution of a Court Judgment within Masha axis in the Surulere Local Government area of Lagos State in which some houses were marked for possession, thereby causing fear, and anxiety which may lead to breach of the peace. As a responsive government, […]
PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LATE WHITNEY ADENIRAN, (CHRISLAND STUDENT).
On the 9th of February 2023, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran a Student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja aged 12 years, slumped during the Inter-house Sports organized by the School at the Agege Sports Stadium and was subsequently rushed to Agege Central Hospital, Agege, Lagos where she was confirmed “brought in dead” (BID) by the doctor on […]
PRESS RELEASE: UPDATE ON THE MATTER OF THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE LASG STAFF BUS AND A TRAIN
It would be recalled that on the morning of the 9th of March, 2023, a LASG staff bus collided with a train at the PWD railway crossing at Ikeja and the train dragged the bus with its passengers along the tracks until it came to a stop at Sogunle, a suburb of Ikeja, Lagos State. […]
PRESS STATEMENT – THE TRAIN/LAGOS STATE STAFF BUS ACCIDENT
In the early hours of 9th March 2023 at about 7:30 a.m, a Lagos State Government Staff bus with Registration Number 04A-48LA coming from Isolo to Ikeja while trying to cross the railway line at PWD, Ikeja, collided with a moving train. The Honourale Attorney General of Lagos State (HAG) will like to inform the […]
PRESS STATEMENT:LAGOS CONDEMNS ALLEGED PLANS TO EXHUME EX-CHRISLAND STUDENT’S BODY
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is aware of the current ongoing dialogue about the alleged plans to exhume the body of the late Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, a student of Chrisland Schools whose death as revealed by the autopsy, conducted by Lagos State University Teaching Hospital was as a result of asphyxia and electrocution. Whilst […]
REJOINDER – ONLINE PUBLICATION TITLED “LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: SHOCKING TALES OF WOE AND INJUSTICE: CLARION CALL FOR URGENT REFORM
The attention of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice (Ministry) has been drawn to the above captioned malicious and false publication and the reaction to the said publication is as follows: