Lagos State Government Seek to Ban Smoking in Public Places

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday January 20th passed a bill seeking to make smoking in public places illegal in the state, with first offenders having options of paying a fine of N10,000, three months in jail or both. The bill which is waiting the approval of Gov. Fashola to be signed into law prohibits residents from smoking in places such as libraries, museum, public toilets, schools, hospital, day-care centres, public transportation, restaurants among others.

Lagos residents who break this new law repeatedly would either be sent to prison for 6 months or pay a fine of N50,000, while owners of public places who encourage the breaking of this law would pay a fine of N100,000 or be sent to jail for six months.

The bill also seeks to punish anyone who smokes in front of a child with a fine of N15,000 or six months imprisonment. The bill also directs corporate organizations to place the 'No Smoking' sign in their premises. Companies who default would pay a fine of N250,000.

The Bill when passed into law would be supervised by the Lagos Environmental Protection Agency.

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Rapper M.I [The Chairman] Becomes Lagos State Ambassador For Energy

And now, in other “INCREDIBLE NEWS”, guess who the ambassador for Energy in Lagos State is! Here's a clue >> He’s the Chairman. #CESM
— jude abaga (@MI_Abaga) September 3, 2013

Now, for the BIG announcement! I'll be Hanging out with His Excellency Babatunde Raji Fashola (@tundefashola) live on Google+, Sept 27 #CESM
— jude abaga (@MI_Abaga) September 3, 2013

It really is the era of the Chairman! First, MI was named UN ambassador for the Smuggling of Migrants; Then a Glo ambassador. And now, Africa’s number one rapper is the Lagos State Ambassador for Energy! To find out more about MI’s activities as Lagos State Ambassador for energy, follow him on Twitter (@MI_Abaga), Google + (MI Abaga), and Facebook (M.I).

Ladipo Market: shut down by Lagos Govt over Sanitation Offences.

The LAGOS State Government Monday made good its threat to shut down the popular auto spare parts market, Ladipo in Mushin area of the state for allegedly contravening the State Sanitation law, paralysing business activities of traders among other users of the market.

Arrest and recovery of weapons
 During the exercise the taskforce claimed 10 suspected armed bandits were arrested from a section of the market. The taskforce said they included five hoodlums who initially prevented the taskforce from carrying out the operation.

However, Vanguard gathered that those arrested were members of the proscribed “Bakassi Boys”  put in place by the union to provide security and check other criminal activities in the market.