The Lagos State Government has said that demolished buildings in the state were not approved by any of its agencies and that the structures were rushed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in the state, Oluyinka Olumide, made this known on Channels Television’s Sunrise Dailyprogramme on Wednesday. He challenged any of the owners of the demolished structures in the Ikota, Lekki, Alaba, Ajao Estate, Abule Ado, Ladipo Market and other areas of the state to come forward with their building approvals. “We will not demolished any approved building, that’s for sure. So, if…
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President Bola Tinubu has urged the media to expand its monitoring role to states and local governments to ensure that allocated funds were judiciously used to cater for the people and build a self-sustaining economy. President Tinubu made this call on Tuesday in Lagos at the 40th Anniversary Lecture of The Guardian Newspaper. The event also featured the public presentation of the Guardian Federalist Papers, entitled: “Federalism is the Answer.” The anniversary lecture was held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. Represented by Bayo Onanuga, his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Tinubu said that there was too…
The Kaduna government has reiterated its readiness to conduct surgical castration for male rapists and bilateral salpingectomy for their female rapers. Rabi Salisu, the ministry of human services and social development commissioner disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Kaduna. Ms Salisu spoke at the gender-based stakeholders conference organised by the ministry in collaboration with the Centre for Integrated and Health Programmes (CIHP). Ms Salisu said the punitive measures were contained under the Kaduna government’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (VAPPL), 2018. “The law followed a lengthy process of advocacy, lobbying and awareness raising by civil society organisations…
Idris Dayo Mustapha, a person who is from both Britain and Nigeria, admitted in a court in New York that he took part in a criminal plan that lasted more than seven years. This plan involved breaking into computer systems of banks and companies that trade stocks. As a result of this crime, customers lost more than $6 million. He confessed to doing things like using fake access to get money, planning to break into computers, lying about investments, and being part of a plan to cheat people using the internet. He made all these confession when he was in…
The murder of a 16-year-old boy could prove a “tipping point for French society”, Emmanuel Macron’s government warned as civilians were told not to take the law into their own hands. The stark words from spokesman Olivier Véran came as officials called for calm after armed “paramilitary” activists marched in a suburb where suspects arrested over the killing are thought to live. The teenager, named only as Thomas, was killed on November 19 at a village dance party in Crépol, south of Lyon. He was stabbed during a brawl that is believed to have broken out when a group of…
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to sign and submit an undated resignation letter. The Ondo Speaker, Rt. Hon Olamide Oladiji, made this known during Tuesday’s plenary while presenting the report of the resolutions reached at the Abuja meeting to the people of the state. Oladiji said Aiyedatiwa’s resignation was part of the resolution reached during the peace meeting brokered by President Tinubu on the political crisis in the Sunshine State. The speaker said the Ondo All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin, the Secretary to the State Government, Princess Catharin Oladunni Odu, and himself were appointed to monitor compliance with…
In the aftermath of a daring jailbreak orchestrated by armed assailants on Sunday, the Sierra Leone police have issued a list of 34 individuals, including a Nigerian national, declared as wanted fugitives. The prison break, whose scale remains uncertain, transpired concurrently with an attack on the Wilberforce barracks, a facility housing several foreign embassies, including those of China, Germany, Austria, Gambia, Lebanon, and Syria. This prompted a nationwide curfew in response to the escalating situation. President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone refrained from explicitly labeling the events as a coup but emphasized that they constituted an attempt to destabilize the…
The Balogun of Eko, Abisoye Oshodi, has faulted the claim by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, that Lagos was founded by Binis. The Oba of Benin, who was in Lagos State on Sunday, had claimed that according to history, Lagos was founded by the Binis. The monarch, who was in the state to meet Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said, ‘’It is in the history books that the Binis founded Lagos. When some people will hear it now, they will go haywire, what is the Oba saying there again? But it is true. However, Oshodi, in a video, debunked the…
The Nigerian government has settled to pay almost $500 million to Global Steel Holdings Limited (GSH) to bring an end to a long-standing contract dispute over the Ajaokuta Steel Mill deal. Pramod Mittal, chairman of GSH, is effectively getting a helping hand- and a possible way out of financial distress – from Nigerian taxpayers, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The agreement, tainted by allegations of fraud from a previous administration, has resurfaced, shedding light on the controversial journey of Pramod Mittal and his involvement in Nigeria’s steel industry. Global Steel sought arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce, Court of Arbitration…
The Directorate of Citizens Rights (DCR) from the Ministry of Justice in Ekiti State has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ekiti-born Chef Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef Dammy against Pastor Jeremiah Adegoke and the Ekiti State Police Command for alleged infringement of the chef’s rights. The DCR also seeks compensation of N10 million for damages on behalf of the student chef. Chef Dammy rose to fame after attempting a cook-a-thon challenge to break the Guinness World Record in June. The DCR also asked the court that a restraining order be enforced to prevent Adegoke and the police from…
