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AS CIVICS WEEKLY SETS TO UNVEIL THE HIGGEST HONOUR IN ALIMOSHO From the Editor's Table When Civics Weekly Magazine concluded to seek the honour of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu (BOS). To grace the occasion of COP’24 Event, hosting over 1,500 guests (1,000 Head Boys and Head Girls and their accompanying teachers per school) from across Lagos State in Alimosho Federal Constituency, two factors made the defining issues. The one is the intrinsic idiosyncrasy you will find him exhibiting out of passion for youth presence and matters. The other is about his footprints in his tread of governance across the territorial space of Alimosho. The COP’24 event appears to be one occasion the County’s residence would want to see him bringing forth this mannerism and simultaneously taking his induction into the highest honour of the land – to be unveiled at the event -- for his unique governance impact in his own five and half portion of the 25 years of this democracy. ...

By Toyo C. Ngem As part of its corporate social responsibility in commemoration of its 40th anniversary celebration, Flocoh Estate Club, Ipaja, a Non profit and non governmental organisation is offering free medical services to residents of Ipaja and its environs. This was disclosed in a release signed by the Chairman of the 40th Anniversary Planning Committee of the Club, Akinola Bashiru yesterday in Lagos. Headded that the President of the Club, High Chief Aìna-Kushoro, and other executive members are expected to lead in all the programmes. Speaking on the medical programme, the Club President emphasised that the Club "wants to ensure that many people in Ipaja and the environs benefit in the exercise, particularly in the detection and treatment of general body ailments". He also clarified that special attention would be given to examination of the eye for any feasible defects, and consequential treatment. This programme , which is targeted at residents of Ipaja ar...

**COMMUTES OVER 3.1 MILLION PASSENGERS WITH FREE TRANSPORTATION RIDES IN 2YEARS Story by Razaq Adedeji Jimoh & Ololade Barakat In empirical evaluation, the contributions of Crown Prince of Isheri Olofin Ancient Kingdom, Idris Balogun, in supports to Lagos State Government at alleviating hardship in the transportation sector has reached over N1.56Billion in market value as at Tuesday, October 15 when Governor Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu flagged off the Red Line Train. It is a common knowledge that the Governor has always requested the support of well-meaning residents of the state to support his administration for the desirable success of his governance. At the flag off of the Red Line transportation system, he reiterated his commitment to giving the people a means of "seamless" mode of transportation for their daily social and economic endeavours. "We are on a mission to keep Lagos moving, and the Red Line is a key part of our vision to create a seamlessly conne...

Story by Raising Adedeji Jimoh The law is first of all a common sense matter, going by the general letters of the constitution. To this extent, the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria gives allowance to individual for self-representation in court without the proxy of a lawyer, except in the case of fundamental human right abuse. Accordingly, must be understood that it is always the conspiratorial artifice of the Bar and Bench that often kills this value of common sense when they make recourse to ass of the law on the strength of perceivable lacuna in clause, phrase, word and even punctuation in body context of the constitution. When the Obedients set out to argue that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu could not be adjudged winner of the 2023 presidential election because he did not win ¼ of the Abuja votes, it was the mere conjunction “and” that made the strength of their argument. And before you knew it, common sense interpretation of that word ‘and’ had almost began to create facts...