Scene of a 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos…on Monday. Photo: Saheed Olugbon By Tayo Ogunbiyi We were together the day before the tragic event. No one had the slightest premonition that calamity was lurking. As he sauntered into the meeting room, he made straight for a chair at the extreme end. […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the government will release its White Paper on the report submitted by the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry on November 15, 2021. The governor in a speech on Tuesday on the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020, said, “As an administration, are determined that the next steps that will […]
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Sokoto State government has banned “self-styled vigilante groups” whose alleged targeted killings in rural markets have been blamed for sparking reprisal attacks by bandits in some local government areas in the state. It declared that citizens willing to join the fight against criminals should join official vigilante groups that will operate under the supervision of […]
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‘‘Necessary action and sanctions will continue against the heads of such errant MDAs.” The Federal Government will sanction those who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers, President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja. Declaring open the 3rd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the […]
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A senator and former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he met with the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in detention on Monday and advised him to consider the consequences of his actions. He said that what Nigeria needs most is a peaceful and secured society. The IPOB leader is detained by the State […]
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By Ayo Oyoze Baje “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will reward them for what they have done”.-Proverbs 19 verse 17 (New International Version) The Holy Bible provides profound and inspiring admonitions, injunctions and unfailing principles on the power of giving out to the needy, by those who have […]
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My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry Report submitted to me two weeks ago, and how it has played out in public discourse since then. I believe — […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state will release a white paper on the report of a judicial panel set up to investigate the shooting of unarmed protesters by Nigeria soldiers and police at the Lekki Toll Gate on the evening of October 20, 2020. The judicial panel said what happened at to […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, declared the banishment of deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, from Kano State as unlawful and unconstitutional. Delivering judgement in Sanusi’s suit, the judge, Anwuli Chikere, awarded N10 million compensation to him and against the respondents comprising the police, the State Security Service (SSS) and the Attorney-General of […]
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To alleviate the sufferings of widows, octogenarians, and indigent youths, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Encouragers International Charity Organisation (EICO), has donated food items and assorted gifts to the aged and widows living in different local councils of Lagos State. Beneficiaries were selected by council representatives, who were part of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Speaking at […]
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