It was gathered that the fire outbreak started around 6 pm on Sunday, 14th February 2021. Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who confirmed the fire outbreak, said men of the federal and state fire services are on ground battling to put out the raging fire. Oke-Osanyintolu said, “The agency activated its response team to the above scene to discover a fire which was caused by a power surge when electricity was restored. “While there appears to be no loss of life, the agency is working alongside the Lagos And Federal Fire Services to control…
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The Federal Capital Terriory Administration (FCTA) says it will demolish Cool Leo and Paris Nightclubs in Karu Site for arbitrary change of land use from residential to mix use of commercial and hospitality purposes. Ihkaro Attah, Head, Public Enlightenment, FCTA Ministerial Taskforce on Enforcement of COVID-19 Protocols, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Attah said that FCTA authorities would stop at nothing to ensure demolition of the two popular nighIhkaro Attah, Head, Public Enlightenment, FCTA Ministerial Taskforce on Enforcement of COVID-19 Protocols, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja.t clubs unless they reverted…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, retired Colonel Hameed Ali, says he wants to be remembered for putting the NCS on “a pedestal of fast development”. Ali made the announcement when he featured as guest on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He said he was working hard to put the NCS on a training pedestal where the capacities of officers and men would be well harnessed. The customs chief said his dream and passion were to make the customs technology-based, where every process would be done electronically. He said: “I want to leave Customs…
An armed robbery suspect who had been terrorising Obada Oko and its environs in Ogun State, Ibrahim Fatai, also known as Emir, has been apprehended by men of the Ogun State Police Command. Emir, according to the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was apprehended on February 10, 2021. The suspect, who violently dispossessed one Tijani Sodiq of N120,000 and two bags of rice along Araromi Street on February 5 was sighted by the victim who quickly alerted the police. Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer of Obada Oko Division, Bernard Ediogboyan, swiftly mobilised his patrol team and moved…
Worried by the seeming helplessness of security agencies to stem the tide of incessant attacks of communities in Yewaland in Ogun State allegedly by Fulani herdsmen, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos West) has threatened to join his kinsmen in self defence. The Senator, who made the threat in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said his action in that direction is being fuelled by the inaction of both the Federal and Ogun State Governments to stop incessant attacks of communities in Yewaland by Fulani herdsmen. Adeola, in the statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Kayode Odunaro, said the latest…
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ogbomosoland rose from a meeting in the historical town on Saturday and declared that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State remains PDP’s best choice to fly its flag in the 2023 governorship election. The stakeholders, who rose from a two-hour meeting at the Lagbami Osekun Hall, Ogbomoso South Local Government Secretariat, Arowomole, said that Makinde has been fair to Ogbomoso zone with the delivery of democracy dividends. ADVERTISEMENTInsideoyo.com gathered that Honourable Mulikat Akande Adeola was absent. The reason for her absence was not known They thereafter resolved that the governor should be…
In Nigeria, clashes between ethnic Fulanis and other groups have cost thousands of lives in the past decades and now a car salesman has emerged as a controversial national figure in this increasingly deadly conflict, as the BBC’s Nduka Orjinmo reports. Hailed as a hero by his supporters, Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo is seen as a dangerous rabble rouser by his opponents, accused of inciting ethnic hatred and killing. Once only well-known in his part of south-western Nigeria, he has now become one of the most talked about – and divisive – figures across the country. Through a series of inflammatory…
In view of the security challenges confronting the nation, the Federal Government is set to convene town hall meetings in the six geo-political zones. Government is expected to confer with state chief executives, religious leaders, women and youth groups in a bid to find lasting solutions to the spiralling, multiple security threats in the country. A statement issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said the move was in furtherance of Federal Government’s commitment to address multiple security threats facing Nigeria. It said the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) convened a meeting of…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday urged governors of the Northern states to start preparing to receive law-abiding Fulani herders who may be compelled to relocate from their present abodes in different parts of Nigeria, following conflict with various host communities. On the same day, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State faulted the statement made by his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, supporting the free movement of herders with AK-47 rifles. The NEF made the appeal in a statement signed by its spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, where it alleged that some groups are fuelling tension in the country in order…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday faulted the statement made by his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, which supports the free movement of herders with AK-47 rifles. Mohammed said the herders use the weapons to protect themselves from the dangers in the forest and also from cattle rustlers. Faulting the Governor’s declaration, Ortom, in a statement through his spokesman, Terver Akase, wondered which law Mohammed cited to support his stance. The statement reads: “Governor Ortom wonders which section of the law the Bauchi State Governor cited to support herdsmen’s free movement around the country with sophisticated weapons. “He recalls…
