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By Hallimah Olamide Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday declared zero tolerance for indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages. Sanwo-Olu made the declaration while addressing newsmen at the ongoing four-day 2023 Onboarding Retreat Programme for Members of the State Executive Council, the Body of Permanent Secretaries and Heads of some Agencies and Parastatals, held in Epe. He said the government would not take the issue of dumping of refuse lightly, as such contributed to flooding in the state. The governor expressed concerns on houses being submerged during the rains, while urging residents to prepare for the rains.…
By Kamil Opeyemi Tragedy struck in the Ile-Epo area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos on Saturday as a motorcycle rider was swept into a canal by flood resulting from a morning downpour. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. Farinloye said that the rider, simply called Mr Abe, was swept off after refusing to heed to warnings from his colleagues not to ride during the rain, close to the Ile Epo Bus-stop canals in the area. He said that the incident happened around 10.30a.m. and…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Senate has refuted the report that some Senators are planning to impeach the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. “Our attention has just been drawn to a syndicated satanic verses in a section of the media, of purported and illusory plots of leadership change in the Senate. “The Nigerian Senate is one united and fraternal family,this imaginative composition is in the realm of the fake and fallacious story of 100million per legislator. “It is…
Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos state police on Saturday expressed its desire to welcome those with useful information that could lead to unraveling the mystery behind the death of popular singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba, also called Mohbad. This was just as the police revealed the setting up of a special panel to probe the death of the singer and bring forth the truth about the insinuations and allegations surrounding it. Benjamin Hundeyin, command spokesman was quoted in media in Lagos said on Saturday that the command was poised to get to the root of the matter. “Hundeyin said, “To this end,…
By Halimah Olamide A group of elders from Yoruba land under the aegis of Council of Yoruba Elders on Saturday asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tender apology to obas in Yoruba land over his alleged insults on them. Obasanjo had at a function on Friday, ordered all the Obas present to rise up and then immediately ordered them to sit down. The video of the scene, which had gone viral attracted attention from far and near with many condemning the former president for alleged desecration of the royal institution. Describing the action of Obasanjo as sacrilegious, the council in…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Saturday said the former President Olusegun Obasanjo would not order him around the way he allegedly did to some traditional rulers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday. NPO Reports that Obasanjo had commanded the traditional rulers present at a ceremony to stand up for him and sit down immediately. The video of the scene, who has gone viral, has caused controversies, with many condemning Obasanjo for allegedly desecrating the Yoruba tradition and dragging monarchs on the floor. Reacting, Oba Akanbi, in a statement signed by his…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Chicago State University has told the CBS, an American news organisation, that President Bola Tinubu graduated from the institution in 1979. The institution said the NIgerian president graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration. The news search followed intense insinuations that Tinubu did not attend the institution. The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, had filed a suit in the US compelling the CSU officials to release Tinubu’s academic documents. The statement from the Chicago State University on Tinubu published by CBS on Thursday reads, “As an educational…
By Kamil Opeyemi United States President Joe Biden, on Sunday patted Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu on his back for what he called his resolve to reform the Nigerian economy. Tinubu also earned Biden’s commendation on what he called his leadership role in the Niger crisis and other crisis in the continent of Africa. Biden made his feelings known to Tinubu on the sidelines of the G-20 summit holding in India. In a statement released by the United States Embassy in Nigeria on Sunday, the consular office said President Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu today on the sidelines of…
By Ibrahim Former Governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel on Sunday described as an act of executive lawlessness the destruction of his wife’s plaza in Ijebu Ode Ogun state. NPO Reported earlier that the state government said the building contravened regulations and did not have approved plans. The building, a five storey structure had come under destruction in the wee hours of sunday. It was not clear why the pulling down of a section of the building took place in the midnight. Daniel’s lawyer, Adeyinka M. Kotoye (SAN), in a statement on Sunday, described the demolition of the plaza as…
By Halimah Olamide The government of Ogun state on Sunday said former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s multi-storey complex in Ijebu Ode, contravened state’s building regulations hence the decision to partially pull down the building in the wee hours of Sunday. The Government said DATKEM Plaza, located on Folagbade Street, is an illegal structure which has no approved plan. The state government also added that the building contravened the state’s physical planning laws. Governor Dapo Abiodun’s government’s reaction was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun. He said numerous defects…