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…Promises N5bn for Permanent Camp By Halimah Olamide Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced the gifting of 4,277 corps members passing out from the camp a sum of N100,000 each. He made the assertion at the passing out parade of the corps members at the NYSC temporary orientation camp at Iyana-Ipaja in Lagos State on Tuesday. He also earmarked five billion Naira for construction of a 14,000-bed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent site at Agbowa, Ikorodu, Lagos State. He also promised N100 million for NYSC support staff in Lagos State. The governor dressed in the NYSC outfit at…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Government has reiterated its stance on the planned enforcement banning operations of all unregulated commercial bus operations, such as Danfos and Koropes, along the Lekki-Epe corridor, from October 1, 2024. The special adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on transportation, Sola Giwa, disclosed this on Saturday. He said that the reminder on the planned ban, which is in line with the Lagos State Strategic Transportation Master Plan (STMP), was to dismiss rumours that the move had been suspended. Giwa stated that a stakeholders’ meeting was held with bus operators and union leaders on their need…
At least 22 people were killed in a strike Saturday that hit a makeshift mosque in a displacement camp in west Gaza City, according to an official at the hospital treating the casualties. The head of the emergency room of Al-Ahli Hospital, Dr. Amjad Elewa, told CNN that 20 men were killed in the strike on the field mosque in Al Shati camp, and two more men died on Sunday in the hospital from their injuries. CNN has asked the Israel Defense Forces for comment. The spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defense Mahmoud Basal told CNN that the bombing happened “in…
By Halimah Olamide The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulahi Ganduje, has disclosed that the party has initiated moves to de-marginalize Igbos to place them in the limelight of national politics. Ganduje made the assertion on Sunday during the APC South East zonal meeting in Abakaliki, noting that Igbos had shown massive support to the party and the President Bola Tinubu led administration presently. The APC national chairman said that though a line must be drawn between marginalization and low performance of the south east in the APC, the party had decided to break the vicious…
By Halimah Olamide The CEO, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Fertiliser plant would be listed in the capital market by the first quarter of 2025. Dangote made this known on Sunday in Lagos at a media parley and guided tour of the refinery and fertiliser plant by media executives. He said that the conglomerate had so far invested 20 billion dollars in the refinery and 2.5 billion dollars in the fertiliser plant. He described the completion of the refinery as another milestone for Dangote Industries Ltd. “It is the largest single…
By Halimah Olamide No fewer than 81 victims of the school building collapse in Jos, have been discharged from the various hospitals they were admitted to. Recall that the Saints Academy, a secondary and primary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were writing their third term examination. Dr Abel Izang, the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), of Plateau Specialist Hospital, disclosed this on Saturday in Jos. Izang said that out of the 39 patients hospitalised on Friday, 23 had been discharged, while two were referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), due to spinal injuries. Izang, further…
By Halimah Olamide The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a couple, Mmadu Agbakoba and Ijeoma Agbakoba as well as their associate, for trafficking in cocaine worth N2.1 billion. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said they were arrested during a raid of the Lagos base of a high profile cocaine syndicate led by the couple and their associate, Ifeoma Okoye. The director said that large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered from the suspects…
By Halimah Olamide No fewer than six people have been killed with 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno. Tragedy struck when the suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) in Gwoza town. The attack occurred at a busy motor park known as Marrarraban Gwoza. Borno State Commissioner of Police (CP), Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the attack saying that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. Lawal said that he was informed by the Divisional Police Officer in Gwoza, that at least six people were killed with 15 others evacuated to the hospital. An…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Saturday congratulated Mr Babatunde Fashola, former Governor of Lagos State, on his 61st birthday. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Saturday. The President described Fashola as a highly esteemed lawyer, administrator, author, essayist, and a public officer per excellence. “He has had a brilliant career trajectory – in private practice as a lawyer and in public service. “He was the Chief of Staff when President Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos State and had served in various capacities before…
US President Joe Biden has hit back at criticism over his age, telling supporters in a fiery speech that he will win re-election in November after a poor debate performance fuelled concern about his candidacy. “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” he told a rally in the battleground state of North Carolina on Friday, one day after he struggled in the televised showdown with his Republican rival Donald Trump. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to… I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he acknowledged. “But I know what I do know,…