The Lagos State Police Command has warned traffic robbers and cult members in the state to renounce criminal activities, as the command had resolved on new strategies to track them down. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Mohammed Ali, gave the warning while addressing journalists at the Command Headquarters, in … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday inaugurated the ad-hoc committee for the 2019 Hajj Pilgrimage with a charge to the members to ensure that the state sustains its enviable position as the best in the country. Speaking at the inauguration, Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor, urged the committee members to see to the welfare and … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Inspector General Police, Adamu Mohammed, have been barred from harassing or interfering in the legislative duties of the Edo State House of Assembly. Justice M. Umar gave the order following a motion ex-parte, filed by Alhaji Yayaha Audu Omogbai, Clerk of … Read more
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Mr. Debo Akande as his Executive Adviser, Agricbusiness. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa further confirmed that Governor Makinde also named Mr. Adejumo Samuel Ademola as his Special Adviser on Legislative Matters. According to the statement, the two … Read more
The Federal Government led by president Muhammadu Buhari has finally suspended the controversial Ruga initiative, it proposed to resolve the clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Ekohot Blog reports that the development was made known by the governor of Ebonyi state, Dave Umahi, at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday, July 3. The Ebonyi state … Read more
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for the immediate prosecution of electoral offenders, including members of the security agencies. He made the call in Abuja during a meeting of Interest Agency Consultative Committee on Electoral Matters. At the meeting, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, said during the … Read more
Rivers State Government has stated that it will not participate in the planned settlements for herdsmen. In a statement released and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Paulinus Nsiri, the government said the state has no land for the implementation of such a policy. It noted that in his second term as Governor, Nyesom … Read more
The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B Joshua has reacted to claims that he raped a woman. Only yesterday, a video of a woman on a lone protest surfaced online, and the woman was heard saying, the clergyman molested her. She went on to accuse him of camping under aged girls … Read more
The Lagos State Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mohammed Ali, on Tuesday, issued a stern warning to traffic robbers and cult members in the state to renounce criminal activities, as the command had resolved to track them down. Ali spoke when he played host to a group, Agege Community Media, at the Command Headquarters, in … Read more
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, on Tuesday ordered the arrest of four drivers who violated traffic laws by driving against the traffic on Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Hamzat ordered that their vehicles should be impounded, while the offenders should be made to face the wrath of the law for their actions. The deputy governor … Read more
Residents of Corporation Estate at Mile 12, in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, have nabbed a man for allegedly killing a lady, believed to be a sex worker, for ritual at his residence located inside the estate. It was gathered that the man whose identity could not be ascertained yet took the lady … Read more
Ten years after the commencement of the 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, life is set to return to the axis as the Lagos State Government today flagged off the continuation of the road construction that experienced low activities in the last four years. Performing the flag off, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat stated … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday engaged members of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) in a bid to consolidate institutional support for the attainment of its livable city goal. Receiving members of the Institute on a courtesy visit to the Ministry at Alausa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, … Read more
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday identified adequate remuneration packages for doctors and other professionals in the health sector, as well as the provision of key infrastructure as necessary incentives to tackle brain drain in the medical profession which, she says, is a major issue plaguing the country. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who … Read more
Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives has said that the various cooperative societies in the State, within the last three years, have received claims of N350 million since the State Government instituted insurance package for cooperators across the State. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Omobolanle Ogunmola, who disclosed this on Tuesday … Read more
The Lagos State Government, through the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, LSMPWB, is set to hold a one-day seminar for the 2019 intending pilgrims to the holy lands of Makkah and Madina on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television (LTV), Agidingbi, Ikeja by 10 am prompt. According to the Executive Secretary of … Read more
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday took a position on the federal government’s plan to establish RUGA settlements in some states of the federation. With an emphatic negative reaction to the proposal by the Buhari-led APC federal government, Akeredolu maintained that the state was not interested in making land available for RUGA Settlements. … Read more
Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa States capital were greeted with anxiety following the razing of the State-owned radio station on Tuesday morning. The fire, which started on Tuesday morning at about 7:30 am destroyed a critical section Bayelsa Radio, which is located along Azikoro Road in the state capital. Confirming the incident, the Commissioner for … Read more
Family members of some of the victims of last weekend’s boat accident in Lagos are blaming the boat’s helmsman for the accident that led to the death of many of the passengers According to Punch, the accident occurred at Egbin, near Ijede in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, with family members of victims pointing … Read more
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has so far recovered eight bodies comprising seven males and a female after Saturday’s boat accident at Ikorodu. LASEMA’s Public Affairs Officer Kehinde Adebayo who disclosed this on behalf of the agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyetolu, this afternoon, stated that rescue operation was … Read more