By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Babaji Sunday on Thursday September 29 ordered the police to enforce the Court of Appeal judgement that reinstated members of the ‘’Incorporated Trustees of Apo XK Extension Residents Association’’ titles to over 400 plots of land. The policemen accompanied about seven bailiffs from the FCT High Court to serve the Court of Appeal enrolment order and the high court’s Warrant for Possession or the Writ of Possession to the current occupants of the land. The bailiffs also pasted the court documents evicting current occupants at estate’s gate and on every nooks…
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In Lagos today, incessant traffic, road hazards, traffic violations, and disregard for the lives and property of other road users are common. Avoidable traffic violations have caused many fatal accidents. This is why the Whistle app was born. Whistle is the first and only app that helps citizens validate vehicle paperwork, escalate accidents and traffic disruptions, and report traffic violations – and pays them for reporting. With the Whistle app, users are able to: · Report dangerous vehicles and dangerous driving · Report traffic congestion and get the appropriate authorities to clear bottlenecks · Report accidents to secure aid for accident victims and ensure the road…
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said the Divisional Police officer in charge of Ketu in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos, got a report about the attempted abduction on Wednesday at about 3.00 p.m. He said the report revealed that three women who were between the ages of 45 and 64, and a 61-year-old…
The Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the Supreme Court judgment affirming him as the authentic Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the July 16 election. Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Rasheed Olawale, on Thursday in Osogbo, said that outcome of the case was the manifestation of strong “hand of God” in his governorship project. According to him, the victory is dedicated to God and the good people of the state, whose tremendous supports had kept me going since the departure of my late brother. Adeleke, describing the apex court justices as “agents…
Nigeria’s Digital and Telecommunications services provider, Globacom, has announced the appointment of the current African, Commonwealth, and World Champion in the 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, as its latest Brand Ambassador. She was unveiled to the media at a ceremony held on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at the company’s headquarters, Mike Adenuga Towers, in Victoria Island, Lagos. Tobi became the first Nigerian world champion in an athletic event when she won the gold medal in the100 meters hurdles event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. She set a new world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal and followed this up with 12.06 seconds in the final to take the gold medal.…
The Lagos state Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials have retrieved a day-old baby in a dumpster while evacuating waste in a street in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said that at about 10 a.m. on Thursday, LAWMA officials went to the Ikoyi police division to file a report on the discovery of the baby. “The officials reported that they were on their routine duty of moving wastes around the Ikoyi area, when they…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Barring last minute postponement, the much-awaited Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 2022 Elective Congress will today (Friday) hold in Benin City, Edo state capital, with 11 candidates including two out-going Vice Presidents, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi and Mallam Shehu Dikko as well as Dr. Christian Emeruwa jostling for the post of the President of the federation for the next four years. Uncertainties have trailed the 2022 Elective Congress with several litigants and defendants running to the courts of the land to either stop the election or to vacate the injunction and go ahead with the Congress to…
The leadership of the House of Representatives will seek an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari on the resolution of the ongoing face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with the outcome of its interactions with stakeholders in the dispute, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said on Thursday. This is as the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AOGF) revealed its readiness to accommodate issues of concern to ASUU over the payment platforms, Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) that constituted a major part of the issues that…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has vowed that the Commission in line with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act and in its determination to play its role as a regulator, will vigorously monitor compliance to ensure that parties shun abusive, intemperate or slanderous language as well as insinuations or innuendoes likely to provoke a breach of the peace during the electioneering campaigns. Prof. Yakubu disclosed this on Thursday in his Goodwill Message at the Official Signing of the Peace Accord for Peaceful Campaign, organised by the National…
*** Onitsha Port ready for cargo By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr. George Moghalu has revealed that over 65 percent of cargoes coming into Nigeria through the Lagos ports namely Apapa Wharf and Tincan Island, end up in the big commercial cities of Onitsha and Aba in the Southeast geopolitical zone of the country. He also disclosed that everything is in place for the movement of cargo from Lagos Ports to Onitsha River Port after a successful trial of movement of cargoes from Onne Port to Onitsha in barges although…