The Government of Ogun State has keenly taken note of the events on the floor of the Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday regarding the alleged impeachment of the Speaker of the Assembly, Honourable Olakunle Oluomo, by members of the legislative arm during a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Honourable Bolanle Ajayi. Working with the leadership of our Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Government intends to see all the contending issues resolved in a democratic, fair, and just manner. There had been internal wrangling in the Assembly that had persisted and degenerated despite several interventions.…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Lagos has been ranked as the 19th best city to visit in the world, according to Time Out, a British media and hospitality company that publishes guides and magazines. Time Out said the conclusion was drawn from a survey of more than 20,000 city dwellers around the world with its network of editors. Criteria used to rate the cities include food (quality and affordability), culture, nightlife, how the city makes people feel, strong community vibes, access to green space, historic sites and much more. In the report published on Tuesday, Time Out said it worked with Potentia Insight, a research…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called for the support of Lafarge and other multinational companies operating along the Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Expressway as government makes efforts to reconstruct the ever busy road. The Governor said reconstructing the road will have multiplier effects on the socio-economic development of the state, while companies who have their base of operations along the route stand to benefit more. The Governor spoke when the management team of Lafarge Africa Plc paid a courtesy visit to his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Prince Abiodun regretted the deplorable state of the road, even as he recalled the various…
The government of China has reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria’s infrastructure development and economic growth. The commitment was expressed on Thursday during a high-level visit by a Chinese delegation led by the Director-General of the Department of African Affairs, MFA, China, Mr. Wu Peng, who met with Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. Also at the meeting the groundwork was laid for a potential ministerial and presidential visit later this year. The meeting centered on building bridges, boosting trade and infrastructure development. The Chinese delegation lauded China existing involvement in major Nigerian projects, emphasising its recent loan to the…
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi have commended the synergy between their two agencies, insisting that the collaboration is a strong warning to drug cartels that they’ll continue to lose their investments in the criminal trade. The duo spoke at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, when the Customs CG led his team to hand over illicit drugs seized during joint examination by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies of containers the anti-narcotic agency had…
Lagos State has mulled the idea of establishing an airline for passenger operations just as the State prepares for groundbreaking to commence the construction of its own airport in Lekki. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed the plan, on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, at the Lagos West Senatorial District People’s Town Hall Meeting, where he rendered stewardship and presented a catalogue of achievements recorded by his administration in the West of Lagos. A former Permanent Secretary and retired Auditor General for Local Government in Lagos, Alhaji Mubashiru Hassan, believed the State was ripe to own an airline; he threw the poser to…
The Federal Government has launched the handbook of citizenship administration in the country which will aid in underlying the basic requirements needed of all Nigerians. Speaking at the launch in Abuja on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo revealed that the project was instituted in pursuant of the Ministry of Interior’s core mandate of citizenship integrity management, adding that: “It is in pursuit of this critical goal that the Ministry embarked on codifying the processes involved in Citizenship Administration in Nigeria.” He said: ‘In doing this, we made efforts to consult stakeholders and to encapsulate…
Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, January 22, 2024 convicted and sentenced one Ohaguim Ifeayin Emmanuel to one year imprisonment for dating scam. Emmanuel, a graduate of Computer Science from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University, Uli, Anambra State , was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 19, 2024, on two-count charges bordering on cybercrime. One of the counts reads: “ That you, Ohaguim Ifeayin Emmanuel, sometime in October, 2023, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to gain advantage…
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to secure the nation’s natural resources as the presidential inter-ministerial committee held an expanded meeting with service chiefs. The Inter-ministerial Committee chaired by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake met with the Security Chiefs on Thursday in Abuja. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu at last week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC), established an inter-ministerial committee to draw up a blueprint for securing the country’s natural resources, including solid minerals, forests, and marine economy. The committee held its maiden meeting last Friday. Giving highlights of the expanded meeting, Dr. Alake…