By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has issued a 23-hour eviction notice to illegal occupants squatting under Ijora bridge. The state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced this in a post on X on Friday, 25 May, 2024. The notice gives the illegal occupants a 23-hour ultimatum to vacate the area, after which KAI operatives will take action to remove them. The post read, “Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps #LAGESCOfficial (KAI) served the illegal occupants squatting under Ijora bridge a 23-hour vacation notice.” The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has issued a…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Governors and leadership of the ruling APC in the North Central on Saturday held a high-powered zonal meeting during which issues affecting the growth of the party and developmental priorities of the region were discussed. The meeting specifically commended President Bola Tinubu for his impressive handling of national issues, including the reforms which the meeting observed would enhance sustainable development. Held in Lafia, the capital city of Nasarawa State, the leaders drummed support for the establishment of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) to tackle issues affecting the region, particularly huge infrastructural deficits, banditry and other violent crimes which they…
Few days after the death of the father of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, another Lawmaker Is bereaved, reports thegazellenews.com The lawmaker representing Badagry State Constituency 2 in the Assembly, Honourable David Setonji has lost his wife. Thegazellenews.com learnt that Mrs Adenike Setonji died in the early hours of Saturday, 25 May, 2024, after a protracted illness. She was reported to have been sick since last year before she eventually gave up the ghost at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in the early hours of Saturday, 25 May, 2024. She…
Popular Nollywood actor, Lateef Adedimeji has spoken out on some of the challenges he faced when he came into the film industry, reports thegazellenews.com Adedimeji, a guest on the ‘King of Talk’ podcast, stated that he was advised to “join a caucus if I wanted to be successful in the Yoruba industry”. The award-winning actor claimed it was predicated on the assumption that he had joined a gang of filmmakers. Adedimeji stated that he was eventually assigned to help cameramen on film shoots, which made him consider leaving acting. “I heard that to be successful in the Yoruba industry, they said…
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. This medium learnt that the former Anti-graft fighter died in Egypt at the age of 61. Premium Times said a close associate of the ex-police officer confirmed the incident Sunday morning. Lamorde was receiving medical treatment for undisclosed ailment in Egypy. Lamorde, who joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 and retired as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2021, was EFCC chairman between 2011 and 2015. He was appointed in an acting capacity as EFCC Chairman on November 3, 2011 following the removal…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Working Committee of the Labour Party, on Saturday, 25 May, 2024 picked holes in the suspension of its National Chairman, Julius Abure. The committee said the Edo State chapter has no locus standi to take such action without recourse to its constitution. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, described the suspension as illegal and unconstitutional in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, 25 May, 2025. Ifoh stated that Article 17 Subsection 1 of the 2019 constitution of the Labour Party is clear that only a national convention arranged solely for the purpose…
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has warned that Nigerian children are at risk of losing their identity, if necessary, steps are not taken to make amends. She gave the warning at an event tagged “Celebrating the Women” organized as part of activities to mark President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s one year in office. The event was specially put together to recognize the women have made significant contributions in their various spheres of life, communities and in the nation at large. Senator Oluremi Tinubu emphasised the importance of women as the foundation of the home and society, stressing the need…
Ahead of the first anniversary of his administration on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, Saturday, 25 May, 2024, departed Abuja for Lagos to begin a commissioning spree of projects completed under his administration. In Lagos on Sunday, 26 May, 2024, the President will inaugurate the concrete-paved road to the nation’s major ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island. The reconstructed road which began under the Muhammadu Buhari Administration was financed by the Dangote Group, using its tax credits. On the same day, President Tinubu will formally inaugurate, by virtual means, the refurbished Third Mainland Bridge, which…
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria have hosted a private screening of the feature film “Deafening Silence” to advocate for gender equality and women empowerment in Nigeria. The film which is a result of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative aligns with the government of Nigeria’s gender priorities as well as the European Union’s and the United Nations’ Gender Action Points. empowerment, and combating SGBV and Violence Against Women (VAW). “Deafening Silence” produced by the UNDP within the framework of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, leverages the power of storytelling to explore themes of Gender Equality. The…
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project has been hailed as a beacon of hope for Nigeria’s agriculture sector and landscape restoration particularly in semi-arid regions like Nasarawa State. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the joint World Bank/FAO/FGN Hybrid Implementation Support Mission for the ACReSAL Project, Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Sule Abdullahi A. Sule, represented by his deputy, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, emphasized the significance of ACReSAL in addressing pressing challenges facing the agriculture sector. “Nasarawa State, like every other state in the semi-arid region, experiences the adverse effects of climate change, which threatens our security and livelihoods,” said…