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  Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan. It was gathered that the APC candidate and Jonathan were in a closed-door meeting where they spoke on issues majorly around the presidential election next year. Tinubu said his visit to Jonathan was for consultation in his capacity as a former President of the country and an elder statesman. According to him, he sees leading Nigeria as going beyond partisan politics and seeks the support of all leading figures in Nigeria to brainstorm the best way to get the country on a right track. It was earlier reported that Tinubu had also visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence earlier in the month as part of his ongoing consultations. Tinubu had also visited Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in London where both men met behind closed doors. Just before the presidential primaries of the APC, Tinubu had also engaged in consultations w...

  •Governor approves construction of 750-seater theatre, buses, free Internet for Education varsity  •‘Why I donated project to school’ Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inaugurated a 250-seater lecture hall donated by Oloto of Oto-Awori Kingdom, Oba Josiah Ilemobade Aina, to the newly upgraded Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) in Ijanikin, Badagry Division. The Governor was in the Oto-Awori Kingdom to felicitate with the monarch on the occasion of his 15th coronation anniversary. The lecture hall was donated by the monarch to mark the anniversary. The king’s gesture, Sanwo-Olu said, is worthy of emulation, noting that the facility would be complementary to those being built on the campus by the State Government, as part of the projects initiated after the school was upgraded from College of Education to a university by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Governor, at the event, explained why the school, alongside Lagos State Polytechni...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Sunday Ohiagu, alleged to be the lead of a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport.  A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said Ohiagu was nabbed last Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Osita who was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25 kilogrammes concealed in cassava product, gari and crayfish.  Babafemi said one other member of the airport syndicate who works with Ohiagu has also been arrested while operatives are after another suspect. He said investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited 42-year old Obinna, to traffic the drugs and equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner to create access for the unhindered passage...

  The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that political parties do not  substitute names of duly elected candidates in the just concluded primaries with people that did not participate in the process. It also tasked the electoral body to ensure that its actions are guided by the Electoral Act to avoid external manipulations by anti-democratic elements. The group’s position contained in a statement issued yesterday by its Director, Dr. Sam Amadi,  came on the heels of the controversy surrounding the submission of the name of the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, which appeared on INEC portals as senatorial candidates of the party when they were said not to have participated in the elections that produced the party’s candidates The group contended that for anyone to emerge as a candidate based on the provision...

  In spite of the national retrogression in the value system and the world at large, the 1985 set of the Nigerian Law school have identified and honoured one of their own in the person of the former speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly,  Rt. Hon. Jokotola Abdulwaheed Pelumi. The sir Adetokunbo Ademola Dining Hall of the Nigerian Law School,Victoria Island Lagos, on Tuesday 23rd August , turned into a carnival-like atmosphere, as the Class 85 of the Nigerian Law School gathered for a re-union which is part of the activities lined up for the annual NBA week celebrated by lawyers across the country . The lawyers, as part of their annual event always identify with some of their classmates who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of specialisation by celebrating them during the law week. Despite the drop in our value system ,Rt. Hon. Jokotola Pelumi has been identified to have upheld high ethical standards in the law profession while displaying integrity an...

  The Lagos State Government has announced that there will be traffic diversion at the Jonathan Coker Level Crossing in the Fagba area of the State from Friday, 26th of August until Sunday, 28th of August 2022, between the hours of 10p.m and 3a.m daily due to the ongoing Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) extending to Lagos Ports Apapa. A release signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said motorists can make use of Ashade Underpass, Adejobi and Toyin Crossing alternately. The statement said the Level Crossing at Jonathan Coker will be closed off to vehicular movement during the five hours to enable the contractors work seamlessly. Dr. Oladeinde gave assurance that the officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would manage vehicular movement along the axis, urging the motoring public to cooperate with the officers to minimise inconveniences.

         Naziru Isyaku Rabiu has resigned from his Executive Director post at his father’s BUA Foods PLC less than a year after his appointment. BUA Foods Plc, one of Nigeria’s biggest and publicly-traded food production companies.More facts have emerged revealing the reasons behind his resignation. A corporate disclosure that was filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) said the resignation took effect on August 17, 2022. The statement did not offer further explanations. “BUA Foods Plc (the Company) hereby notifies the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of the resignation of Isyaku Naziru Rabiu as a Director on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from 17th August 2022,”  the brief statement said. However, a source at the company who spoke to us anonymously revealed that Rabiu’s resignation became necessary to enable BUA Foods to meet some regulatory requirements as set by NGEX. Nigeria’s Code of Corporate Governance (on fam...

   The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Dele Alake, has identified three major factors that will determine the outcome of the 2023 elections. In an interview on Journalist Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme on Tuesday, Alake said the economy, security and the vision of the candidates to deal with them, will influence voting decisions. Alake said Nigeria needs a leader with vision, knowledge and courage, attributes which, he said, Tinubu embodies.  Tinubu is not concerned about cash and carry or container economy. He is for something more enduring, Alake said. “There is no gainsaying the fact of all the candidates competing for votes to solve these problems, Tinubu stands far ahead of the competitors. In terms of track record of performance as a governor, in terms of  leadership,  social engineering, mental development, Tinubu is an embodiment of all the leadership qualities for a country...

     No fewer than 5000 youths from different parts of Lagos State were on Tuesday empowered with Point of Sale (POS) machines to enable the beneficiaries to become self-employed and financially independent. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, spoke at the event held in the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Alausa, saying the gesture is a pointer to the fact that the Lagos State Government is very keen on alleviating the economic challenges facing the less privileged in the State. In her words: "There is no doubt that Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is a youth-centric Governor who knows where the shoe pinches and that is the reason he is always ready to give his consent and approval to any programme that will benefit residents, especially vulnerable, indigent women and youths". She, however, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the machines given to them, adding that there will be strict monitoring of the devices to ensu...

  ...charges appointees to efficiently utilize state resources The Ogun State governor,  Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, sworn in seven new commissioners and a deputy Chief of Staff, charging the new appointees to efficiently utilize resources in their care towards ensuring the realization of the ISEYA mantra of the present administration in the state. At the swearin in ceremony held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor's Office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, also charged the new appointees to always be conscious of the fact that the responsibility of taking the state to an unprecedented height now rest on their shoulders. He further admonished them to be accountable to the people, and ensure that they remain connected to them as worthy ambassadors of the present administration's policy of inclusiveness. The governor noted that the new appointees should also efficiently integrate their visions into the present administration's approaches to governance and focus on the pillars of ISEYA...

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as a testament to the Buhari Administration’s unprecedented infrastructure development across the country.   The Minister stated this in Lagos on Monday, during a media tour of the Terminal.  “This edifice - and the others like it - is a testament to the commitment of the Buhari Administration to the unprecedented infrastructure development covering roads, bridges, rail, water dams, sea ports, etc.  “No Administration in the history of Nigeria has done this much, especially at a time of paucity of resources,” he said. Alhaji Mohammed said the tour of the new terminal was an exciting experience, adding that the facilities at the airport are comparable to what obtain anywhere in the world. “The terminal, which has state-of-the art  facilities and fittings, has the capacity to process 14 million passengers pe...

  Nigerians should be sure of getting experienced leaders who will hit the ground running immediately from 29 May 2023, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Kashim Shettima has said.  Shettima said this while representing the party’s presidential flagbearer Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Bar Association in Lagos on Monday. According to a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Bayo Onanuga, the achievements of the party in Lagos, Borno and other states will be replicated across the country by Tinubu and Shettima.  The former Borno State governor said despite the war situation in the North East, his time in charge witnessed a tremendous improvement in education in the state.  He said: “Nigerians have the capability to see through the worn-out rhetoric and sophistry of pretentious politicians.” “Nigerians should follow the man who knows the road. From day o...

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign  Council has urged the public to disregard  the list of members of the council being circulated on social media and published by some online news platforms. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said the list is not authorised and it is unofficial. He said the leadership of APC and the Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will formally unveil the campaign council in due time.  Mr. Onanuga noted that the party understands the interest of the general public in the APC and its presidential candidate and urged the media to exercise  more restraint in dissemination of information that are not correct.  While quoting the Secretary of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Hon. James Faleke, Onanuga explained that the various directorates of the campaign structure are still being put together in consultation with the APC Governors and other party stakeholders. 

     …Governor tours Agbowa-Ikosi Timberville, Says Govt Has Political Will to Complete Project      …‘We’re Ready to Move to New Site’ - Saw Millers’ Leader    The long wait for the planned relocation of saw millers of Oko Baba in Ebute Metta, Lagos Mainland, to a proposed permanent site in Agbowa, will come to an end in December, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu assured the timber traders.   The Governor gave the assurance on Tuesday during his tour of Agbowa-Ikosi Timberville in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to inspect level of work done on the site.   The State Government started the development of the Timberville during the Babatunde Fashola administration. The project was stalled afterwards, creating an atmosphere of uncertainty over the fate of the saw millers in Oko Baba.   Sanwo-Olu revisited the project by re-mobilizing the contractor back on the site. The saw millers could not hold back their excitement at...

    . . . As Government Announces 86% Reduction in Crime Rate, 63.7% Decline in Okada-Related Accidents   Lagosians are calling on the State government to ban commercial motorcycles. At a stakeholders’ forum convened to review the ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly called ‘okada’, in six local government areas, participants unanimously called for a total ban on the mode of transportation. Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso explained that Governor Sanwo-Olu mandated a committee to engage stakeholders and review the ban, which took effect on June 1, 2022. The Commissioner said, “After seeing the results of the ban in the six local government areas, many Lagosians have been calling on the government to expand the ban. Some say it should be statewide, considering the present anxiety over security. Mr. Governor has mandated us to have this meeting to discuss what next”. Calling on stakeholders to present sincere opinions and recommendations that...

...As IGP Orders Mopping Up Of Weapons In Custody Of Bandits, Kidnappers, Other Criminal Elements  The four kidnap for ransom kingpins arrested by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and kidnappings have confessed to the killing of a retired Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Garkuwa and a serving lawmaker, Hon Musa Mante of the Bauchi State House of Assembly. While the suspects said that they killed the Police officer after his retirement for making life tough and miserable for them by constantly searching for them, they also said that they killed the lawmker and kidnapped his wives and children for failing to assist them with funds after making several requests for it.   The syndicate’s key suspect is Hamishu Galadima 48 alias Kan Wuka and Abdulwahab Alhassan alias Emeka and Abdulwahab Ahmed alias Dan mama and Hamidu Saleh. They are kidnappers arrested by the IRT operatives after intelligence reports on th...

  *Directs Constant Visibility Policing Across Board*  The Inspector-General of Police, *IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc*, has ordered the deployment of water-tight security arrangements to cover all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructures around the country. The IGP has equally ordered regular patrols, stop and search, raids, and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on pockets of crime and criminality recorded in some states of the federation.  The IGP gave the directive while reviewing the general security situation of the nation via reports from commands and formations across the country. The IGP has however tasked strategic police managers at various levels to prioritize the use of intelligence gathering networks, particularly traditional/local intelligence to locate criminal hideouts and flush them out before they strike. He has equally charged all officers and men to be on the offensive, and take the fight agai...

  BUA Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, donates 10bn Naira Security Support Fund for various interventions through ASR Africa Leading Nigerian Businessman, Industrialist and Philanthropist, Abdul Samad Rabiu, paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari today in Abuja, to update him and to thank him for creating an enabling environment for business to thrive, and also brief him on the strides BUA Group has made in the past few years. Thereafter, Rabiu briefed the President on the activities of his foundation, The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) during which he also announced the donation of a N10billion Nigeria Security Support Fund from ASR Africa towards the provision of some security equipment, medical and other supplies, upgrade of health facilities and other infrastructure for families of those on the frontlines.   According to Rabiu, the visit was in order to identify with President Muhammadu Buhari, during whose tenure BUA has built over 10 factories with two ...

  An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Thursday ordered the remand of one Chinasa Michael, accused of setting fire to a BRT bus terminal at Oyingbo in Lagos during a protest in the year 2020 over alleged police abuses. The defendant, 21, who is unemployed and resides at No. 21, Ilogbo St., Apapa Road, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, arson, and causing the breach of peace. The magistrate, M.C. Ayinde, who refused to take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional centre until 1 September, pending legal advice. Mrs Ayinde ordered that the case file should be duplicated and sent to the office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice. The prosecution counsel, Segun Oke, told the court that the offences were committed in October 2020 at the Oyingbo BRT bus terminal, Lagos. Mr Oke said Mr Michael and others at large set the BRT bus terminal on fire during the #EndSars protest. The offences, he said, contravened the p...

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  A ranking member of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly,  Hon. James Abiodun Faleke  has been appointed as the Secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council, Tinubu/Shettima 2023. The Law maker who started as an Executive Secretary of a Local Government *became a two term Chairman of same Ojodu LCDA between the year 2004 and 2010.* And of course, he was the Chairman of all the Council Chairmen in Lagos State as at that time(Conference 57). Hon. James Abiodun Faleke was a first term member of the House of Representatives in 2011 - 2015, *he was the Chairman, House Committee on Anti Corruption, Ethics and Privileges.* He was also re- elected for a second term in 2015 to further serve the good people of Ikeja Federal Constituency as a member of the lower chamber after serving *as the Lagos State Co-ordinator of Buhari/Osibajo Campaign Organization.* He was also the Chairman, House Committee on Custom and Excise 2015 - 2019. The indefatigable and distinguished honor...

  •Says Religion Is A Weapon Of Manipulation In The Society  •Insists Power Shift, Restructuring Must Gain More Currency Than Religious Agitations  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has condemned the incursion of religion into the political arena of the country, adding that it portends danger for the polity ahead of the 2023 general election.  Governor Akeredolu, who stressed that the solution to the challenges faced in the country will not be found in the faiths of individuals, noted that a person’s religious persuasion is based on personal conviction.  The Governor spoke on Wednesday at the 1st year Monograph of Memorial Lecture and Celebration of Life of Professor Bankole Olusiji Oke, held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Oyo State capital.  Arakunrin Akeredolu delivered the Lecture titled  “Nigeria: The Politics Of Religion In A Transitional Society.” While pointing out that the public space mus...

  Professionals converged at the BOOC Conference Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria recently, to mark the 16th annual Faculty of Dentistry Conference and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the College of Health Sciences, of the institution, respectively.        The Conference tagged; “Dentistry Without Borders”, provided avenue for scholars, researchers, stakeholders and students, to deliberate on issues affecting dentistry and how to look deeper beyond  immediate practices.         In her welcome address, the Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Prof. Morenike Ukpong, said that the Faculty of Dentistry of the institution is trailblazer, being the first and only University in Nigeria to organize a Faculty Conference over two decades ago.  She noted that the feat was achieved under the leadership of the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, when he was the actin...