Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has dismissed alleged illegal eviction and demolition threat against tenants of a landed property along Apapa Road, Ebute-Metta area of the state. In reaction to media reports on the alleged threat to demolish the property, LASBCA General Manager, Arc. Gbolahan Oki refuted the reports described as misinformation and undue public alarm. Oki, while speaking with the press, said the agency operate within the confines of the Lagos State Urban and Regional Plannning and Development Law, 2019. He explained that the owners of the property in question were, last year, served Distressed Notices…

Agency Report Former member of House of Representatives, Chief Sam Onuigbo, says the establishment of South East Development Commission (SEDC) by President Bola Tinubu would spur economic and infrastructure development of the area. He said that Tinubu had, by signing the SEDC bill into law, had demonstrated genuine commitment the development of the region in line with the post-civil war 3Rs. At the end of the war in 1970, the then Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon initiated the Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reintegration (3Rs) policy as a mechanism for healing the wounds. “President Tinubu has touched a sensitive nerve…

Safiu Kehinde Imo State Government has joined other Nigerians in celebrating Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, over her emergence as African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive time. As contained in a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Sports Development, Obinna Onyeocha, in Owerri, the state government commended Nnadozie’s consistency and outstanding performances which they said had continued to bring pride to Imo and Nigeria. The commissioner highlighted Nnadozie’s heroic displays during the past football season, which earned her recognition as one of Africa’s finest athletes. Onyeocha praised the goalkeeper for her dedication and encouraged her…

Safiu Kehinde No fewer than 18 convicted internet fraudsters have been sentenced to various jail terms in separate judgement at Bauchi Federal High Court and Adamawa State High Court. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement issued via its official X handle on Tuesday. According to the statement, 17 out of the 18 internet fraudsters were last week arraigned before Justices Aminu Garba and Aisha A. Ibrahim of the Federal High Court 1 and 2 sitting in Bauchi, Bauchi State and were sentenced to various jail terms following their conviction by the courts. In similar…

A New York judge has ruled Donald Trump’s hush money conviction is valid, rejecting the president-elect’s argument that it should be dismissed in the wake of a landmark immunity ruling from the US Supreme Court. In July, the country’s top court ruled that presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for “official actions” they take while in office. But on Monday, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan – who presided over Trump’s trial this past spring – sided with prosecutors, saying the convictions on 34 felony counts centred on “unofficial conduct”. The decision preserves Trump’s historic conviction which, if upheld, would make…

The Russian general in charge of the country’s nuclear protection forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was leaving a residential block on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter went off The bomb was remotely operated and contained around 300g of explosives, Russian state media reports On Monday, Kirillov was charged in Ukraine for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine Kirillov had already been sanctioned by the UK, and others, for his role in Russia’s use of chemical weapons The UK said Kirillov was also “a significant mouthpiece for Kremlin…

A student opened fire at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin, injuring six people and killing a teacher and teenaged student. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the attacker on Monday night as a 15-year-old female student at the school. Authorities say the attacker was in attendance at Abundant Life Christian School before opening fire and was found dead at the scene. Six students were injured, including two who suffered life-threatening injuries. A second grade student was the first to call in the active shooter report, according to Chief Barnes. “Today is a sad day not…

Safiu Kehinde Borno State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Baba Mallam, has attributed the rate at which Nigerian women die during child birth to indecision by most families. Mallam stated this on Monday, when he received a donation of two tricycle (keke) ambulances from an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Doctors Without Borders, in Maiduguri. He expressed that there are many reasons Nigerian women are dying at the point of labour. “The indecision by the family of the pregnant women during labour has been a major cause of women’s death. “The indecision comes in because the pregnant women are…

Agency Report The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Region, has announced the restoration of electricity to most parts of Bayelsa following a four-month blackout. The region covers Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Imo, and Rivers states. The General Manager of TCN’s Port Harcourt Region, Emmanuel Anyaegbulem, made this known during a news conference on Monday in Port Harcourt, while outlining the company’s achievements in 2024. He explained that the blackout was caused by criminals who vandalised about 20 transmission towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132 Kilovolt (KV) electricity lines on July 29. “The 132KV line is the only…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has appointed eight new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service to fill existing and upcoming vacancies across various states and geopolitical zones. This was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The appointments, according to Onanuga, marked the second set of eight permanent secretaries appointed by President Tinubu. It follow those made last June, which included individuals from Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Jigawa, Ondo, Zamfara, the South East, and the South-South regions. “The Office of the Head of the Civil Service…