……Inaugurates the Nigerian Police Force and DPP focal group. In a bid to ensure correctional facilities decongestion and ensure quick dispensation of justice, the Lagos State Government on Friday at Alausa Secretariat launched a restorative justice center and Secretariat of the Criminal Justice Sector Reform Committee (CJSRC). The Lagos State restorative justice center is to […]
Lagos Appoints Babajide Martins As Director Public Prosecutions(DPP)
… redeploys Oshinusi, Oluwafemi and Salau The Former Director, Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Dr. Babajide Martins, has been appointed as the Director, Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice. A memo signed by the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Ms. Titilayo Shitta-bey states that his appointment followed […]
LASG Encourages Victims of Harm To Take Advantage Of Restorative Justice
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice has urged the general public, especially victims of harm, to take advantage of Restorative Justice(RJ) in the State as it is an alternative to incarceration or statutory punishment for minor offences. The State’s Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs. Olayinka Adeyemi, stated this during […]
LASG Takes Witness Support Campaign to Bariga Residents
As part of efforts to ensure speedy dispensation of Criminal Justice in the State, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions Lagos State of Ministry of Justice, on Thursday sensitized the residents of Bariga LCDA on the importance of witnesses during court proceedings and the needed support available for them. The Deputy Director, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, […]
Lagos Encourages Victims Of Crime To Come Forward As Witnesses In Court Trials
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the State Ministry of Justice has urged Victims of Crime to remain courageous by coming out as credible witnesses in Court, to provide evidence during court trials to ensure speedy delivery of justice. The State Director of Public Prosecutions, Olayinka Adeyemi, gave the charge during an interview on Lagos […]