A Police officer who last year killed a woman lawyer, Bolanle Raheem in Lagos has been sentenced to death. The court on Monday said must die by hanging. Inspector Drambi Vandi had fatally shot Bolanle Raheem at the Lekki area of Lagos . Justice Ibironke Harrison found the defendant guilty on one count of murder saying “You will be hanged ... Read More »
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CLARIFICATION ON TAX PAYMENT AND FREE EDUCATION POLICY OF LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT.
The misconception of parents and guardians on the payment #8,100 tax Levy as school fees for pupils and students in the on-going resumption of a new academic calendar year 2023/2024 has generated the usual criticism of Lagos State Education Governance. The realization that taxation is one of the core internally generated revenue for the Government in order to meet its ... Read More »
No More Business As Usual – Obasa Warns Council Chairmen, Others
Local government chairmen, vice chairmen, councillors and other top officials of the 57 councils in Lagos State will henceforth face strict monitoring to make them meet the yearnings and aspirations of their people, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has declared. Dr. Obasa said reports available to the House have shown that some of ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU MOURNS RENOWNED CORPORATE LAWYER, ENTREPRENEUR, CHRIS OGUNBANJO
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passage of elder statesman and renowned corporate lawyer and philanthropist, Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, expressed his condolences to the Ogunbanjo family and the entire Erunwon community in Ijebu, Ogun State on the passing of the ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU VOWS TO REGENERATE WATERLOGGED LAGOS ISLAND NEIGHBORHOODS
Clogged drainage, waterlogged roads, muddy streets are an eyesore that has made Idumagbo Avenue and adjoining areas in Lagos Island an urban nightmare. But the ugly sight is about to give way for a major regeneration by the Lagos State Government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, took a tour of the area for a firsthand assessment of the environmental degradation ... Read More »
“Sunday Igboho Regains Freedom After Two Years in Benin Republic”
Nigeria’s Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom after spending two years in Benin Republic. Sunday Igboho, who wanted to use Benin Republic to flee from Nigeria, was arrested and kept in prison for some months. At some point, he was also tried by the Benin Republic Government. However on Sunday in a ... Read More »
Again, Gov AbdulRazaq seeks immediate dredging of River Niger
• Says River Basin Development Authorities key to food security • Gov receives Minister of Water Prof. Utsev on visit • Commends FG on WASH, ODF programmes Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again called on the Federal government to expedite action on the dredging of the Rivers Niger and Benue to check the annual flooding and human losses along ... Read More »
Courtesy visit by the Minister of Water Resources
L-R: Commissioner for Water Resources Usman Yunusa Lade; Special Assistant Technical to the Minister Engr Dahiru Abdulkarim; Donald Anagende; Director River Basin Operations and Inspectorate Federal Ministry of Water Reasource John Ochigbo; Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Engr (Prof) Joseph Terlumun Utseu; Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON); Secretary to the State Government Prince AbdulKadir Aliyu Mahe; and Managing ... Read More »
STORYNDLEA Nab 67-Yr-Old Man At Abuja Airport For Ingesting 100 Wraps Of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 67-year-old alleged trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Chukwuemeka who was arrested last on Tuesday during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, claimed he ventured into the enterprise to raise ... Read More »
Ogun Ranks 6th in Socio-Economic Scorecard Among 36 States, FCT
Analysts Data Services and Resources has ranked Ogun State 6th out of 37 States in the just released Socio-Economic Scorecards of Nigerian States. Ogun State, under the leadership of Governor Dapo Abiodun, came top in the Financial Sector; third in Capital Importation; third again in Industrialization & Business Competitiveness; fifth in Citizens’ Livelihood & Welfare; fourth in ICT Infrastructure and ... Read More »