Lagos State government has received and accommodated 138 internally-displaced persons, IDPs, created by building collapse and the ongoing demolition of distressed buildings at the State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Resettlement Centre, Igando, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The other resettlement camp at Agbowa, Ikorodu area of the state, was yet to be opened … Read more
President Buhari has departed Nigeria for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall. This is according to a statement by Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement in part read “On the invitation of his host, President Buhari, who is ECOWAS Chairman, will be Special Guest … Read more
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has commenced sitting at the resumed hearing of Justice Walter Onnoghen’s trial for alleged non-declaration of assets. The tribunal had on Friday ruled that Justice Onnoghen has a case to answer. Justice Onnoghen’s counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, raised concerns that the proceedings from Friday’s hearing have not been made available to them. … Read more
Her name is Sibeth Ndiaye. Previously Macron’s communication adviser, she takes over as government spokeswoman. French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his Senegalese-born media advisor as government spokeswoman, one of three new faces for his cabinet as it gears up for the European Parliament elections next month. Sibeth Ndiaye, a 39-year-old born in Dakar, only obtained … Read more
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of three Commissioners of Police, Jona Mava, Olushola David and Titus Larmode, to the next rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). The Commission also promoted 8,913 senior Police officers to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. A statement by the PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu … Read more
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has endorsed the candidature of Femi Gbajabiamila for the position of House of Representative Speaker. The former minister his endorsement of Gbajabiamila through a statement obtained by The Blog Nigeria. “I have known Femi Gbajabiamila for 40 years and I can assure you that he will make a … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday evening expressed sadness over the death of a founding father of Lagos State, Pa Hassan Fasinro. Popularly called HAB, Pa Fasinro, a Senator in the Second Republic and the first Clerk of Lagos City Council, passed on at exactly 8:29pm on Sunday evening after a brief illness. … Read more
The death has been announced in Lagos of one of the architects and founding fathers of Lagos,Pa Hassan Fasinro Pa Fasinro, passed on at exactly 8:29pm on Sunday evening after a brief illness at the age of 99. The number one citizen of the state,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,in a statement credited to his Chief Press … Read more
A 34-year-old furniture maker, Seye Yinka, has said as a cult leader, he needed a gun and that was why he bought a gun for N30,000. According to him, “I use the gun to protect myself any time there is cult violence in Oworoshoki and Bariga communities. “I am a cult leader, … Read more
A bus transporting illegally-bunkered fuel in Ejigbo area of Lagos State was intercepted by operatives of the Anti-Crime Unit attached to the Lagos State Police Command, at Canoe area of Ejigbo, with one of the three suspects, Wasiu Oyewole, arrested. The operatives led by Sergeant Sunday Joseph suspected the bus which was painted … Read more
Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that the withholding of his Certificate of Return by the INEC has the potential to stir tension in Imo State. In his reaction to the development, Okorocha argued that the move to withhold his certificate of return based on allegation without hearing his own side of the story was unjust. … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the newly elected members of the House of Representatives. INEC had earlier published a statement noting that the event will take place at Africa Hall of the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja on Thursday. At an earlier ceremony which kicked off at … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been barred by the Adamawa State High Court, from conducting the supplementary governorship election scheduled for the state on March, 23. Justice Abdulaziz Waziri, granted an interim injunction by one of the governorship candidates stopping INEC from conducting the supplementary polls in the 44 polling units where voting … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, sympathized with the families of victims. The President in the statement charged the Lagos State government to do all that was needful, to avoid future recurrence of such tragic developments. He said: “It touches one to lose precious … Read more
The Medilag 90 Group, made up of the 1990 medical and dental graduates of University of Lagos, College of Medicine, have urged the Lagos State governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu to resuscitate 37 non-functional Primary Health and Dental Care Centers in the state when sworn in. They made the demand in a press statement congratulating … Read more
Some Lagos residents has urged the governor-elect in the state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and incoming lawmakers to make welfare of the people their priority when they assume office. They spoke in separate interviews in Lagos. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday declared Sanwo-Olu winner of the March 9 governorship election and … Read more
Ambode on Wednesday visited the scene of a three-storey building which collapsed in Ita Faaji area of Lagos Island, where he commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives, most of whom are children. Governor Ambode, who got to the scene of the incident at about 2:42p.m., described the incident as unfortunate, however, … Read more
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, alongside other prominent personalities, on Wednesday held a candle light memorial in honour of Nigerian-born Canadian scholar, Professor Pius Adesanmi in Abuja. Late Adesanmi was among the 157 passengers and crew on board the Ethiopian airline, ET 302, which crashed en route Nairobi, Kenya from Addis Ababa. None of … Read more
Lagos State governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the families of the victims of the collapsed three-storey building on 14 Massey Street, Lagos Island, which housed a primary school, yesterday. Sanwo-Olu expressed his sympathy to the victims’ families in a statement by his media office, describing the incident as “one tragedy too many”. … Read more
At least 24 victims, mostly children have been rescued from the rubbles of a three-story building which collapsed in the Ita Faji area of Lagos Island. The children, most of whom are pupils of a primary school located on the top floor of the building, were rescued by officials from emergency rescue agencies and residents of the … Read more