Tag: LAGOS STATE

Money laundering: ICPC investigates completed, unoccupied estates in Abuja, Lagos, P’Harcourt

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, (SAN) said the commission is set to investigate completed and uncompleted housing estates in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Owasanoye said the aim is to tackle money laundering and illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Nigeria. This was contained in his goodwill message at the 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Association held in Enugu. The chairman, who was addressing the leadership of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), warned…

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Tinubu receives grand entry in Lagos as tumultuous crowd welcomes him

Aminu Imam

…Gets blessing after visit to Oba Akiolu The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arrived Lagos yesterday from Abuja 12 days after he won the party’s presidential ticket. Before his arrival, motorists and commuters were stranded in some major roads, as residents thronged the metropolis to receive the Asiwaju to his State. Cultural display by severals cultural troops entertained the large crowd at the Presidential Wing of the airport in Ikeja, Lagos. Tinubu had after his emergence visited all…

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Supreme Court Okays use of hijab in Lagos public schools

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The apex court delivered the ruling upholding the use of hijab by Muslim students on Thursday in Abuja. Justices on the panel were Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Justice John Inyang Okoro, Justice Uwani Aji, Justice Mohammed Garba, Justice Tijjani Abubakar, and Justice Emmanuel Agim. The court dismissed an appeal by the Lagos State Government and upheld the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal which held that the…

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Sanwo-Olu bans Okada in six Lagos local councils

Aminu Imam

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has issued a ban on operations of commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada in some areas of the State. The ban followed the gruesome murder of a Sound Engineer, David. David was lynched and burnt by some irate okada riders in the Lekki area of the state, a sad incident over which 10 suspects were already in the police net. Speaking with all the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders across the State at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said the directive covers all…

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Sex video: Sanwo-Olu orders re-opening of Chrisland schools in Lagos

Aminu Imam

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the reopening of all Chrisland Schools in the State. Recall that Chrisland schools were shut down by the State government on April 18, 2022, over the controversies and outrage that followed the viral sex tape of minors who are pupils of the school. Some pupils from the school, during a recent trip to Dubai to participate in the World School Games between March 10 and 13, 2022, allegedly engaged in a sexual act. The controversies led to the suspension of the school by…

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Passengers shun Lagos-Ibadan trains over fear of terrorist attack

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Passengers have begun to avoid the Lagos-Ibadan trains following the recent bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train by suspected terrorists. This is coming as the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) attributed the slump in passenger turnout to poor marketing of its train services. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos yesterday, a civil servant who works in Lagos but shuttles Lagos to Ibadan via train every weekend explained that the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train bombing has forced him to now travel to Ibadan by road. At the Mobolaji Johnson train station in Ebute-Metta, some…

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Buhari commissions $2.5 bn Dangote Fertiliser Plant, Africa’s biggest

Aminu Imam

…Also commissions new airport terminal President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday conducted the tape-cutting ceremony marking the commissioning of the Dangote Fertiliser Plant, with a nameplate capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per annum in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The president inaugurated the $2.5 billion project in the presence of dignitaries including President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, and Minister of Trade and Investment Niyi Adebayo. The urea and ammonia fertiliser plant is the biggest of its kind in…

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Buhari visits Lagos tomorrow

Aminu Imam

…To commission Dangote Fertiliser plant, inspect Lekki Sea Port President Muhammed Buhari is expected to make an official visit to Lagos State to unveil the plaque inaugurating Dangote Fertiliser Plant and inspect Lekki Sea Port, tomorrow, Tuesday. This makes the first official visit the president is going to make to the nation’s commercial capital in the year. According to a programme schedule document sent to newsmen yesterday, while in the State, the President will do a factory tour of the Dangote TPA Fertiliser Plant, an inspection tour of the 650,000…

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Lagos indigenes drag Buhari, others to court over federal appointments

Aminu Imam

Lagos indigenes under the aegis of Lagosians Advocacy Group (LAG) has dragged the Federal Character Commission (FCC) and 18 others before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos over alleged continuous and deliberate violation of constitutional rights of Lagos State indigenes regarding appointments into public offices and career positions. The suit was filed by four legal practitioners; Yakubu Eleto, Adeyemi Onikoro, Shittu Akeem and Nurudeen Aregbeshola. Others are; Chief Muhammed Jamiu, Madam Titilayo Medeme Ogun and Gbenga Agoro (for themselves and on behalf of LAG). The 18 other…

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‘Over 50,000 northerners unjustly imprisoned in Lagos’, Arewa group alleges

Aminu Imam

A socio-cultural group, the Northern Youth Unity Forum, has revealed that over 50,000 northerners are currently held as prisoners in different prisons in Lagos State. According to the chairman of the forum, Dr. Ibrahim Yau Galadanchi, who was represented by Ibrahim Usman, disclosed that most of the northerners leave their states in search of greener pastures and are apprehended by security agencies. “Whenever our men trooped from different northern states and arrive Lagos, security agencies and the area boys interrogated them about the purpose of their visit to the state,…

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