Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has condemned the illegal activities of developers hiding under agencies of the Federal Government to build illegal structures at Banana Island in Ikoyi area of the State. Governor Sanwo-Olu blamed the collapse of the recent seven-storey building on First Avenue, Banana Island on ‘reckless’ operations of some developers hiding under the pretense that Federal Government agencies had issued approvals to hoodwink unsuspecting property owners. He said his administration will no longer tolerate the activities of greedy developers who reclaim land from water illegally in connivance with some government agencies. Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke on Saturday,…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A suspected cultist, Chima, also known as Jasper, was on Friday, 21 April, 2023 stoned to death for stabbing a mechanic, Chigozie Anumwee to death over a minor quarrel in Umuonyeashi, Nsokpo Ogbaku in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. Jasper, who hails from Amakohia Ubi in Owerri West LGA but lives in his maternal home, was allegedly stoned to death by an angry crowd after reportedly stabbing Anumwee to death. It was gathered that the tragedy occurred at about 11am on Friday, 21 April, 2023 at Umuonyeashi, Nsokpo Ogbaku, and the people of the community…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nigerian singer, Ahmed Oloade, popularly address as Asake has revealed that poverty made him consider a career in music after failing to make ends meet as a dancer. The 24-year-old said he was originally a dancer but added singing because dancing couldn’t fetch him enough money. He revealed this in a recent interview with ABC News. The ‘Mr Money With The Vibe’ exponent said his early exposure to music by his dad also made him develop an interest in singing. “My parents used to play me a lot of classical Songs. They love listening to songs. The kind of…
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent a special congratulatory message to one of his ardent supporters and loyalists, Mr. Ayo Oyalowo, on the occasion of his 50th birthday anniversary. Oyalowo, an economist and banker, is a committed All Progressives Congress member and political activist. Asiwaju Tinubu acknowledged the immense contributions of Oyalowo to the growth and development of APC, while also noting his consistency in promoting the party’s ideals including the programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the agenda for a Renewed Hope for Nigeria of the incoming government. “On this special occasion of his 50th birthday,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 18 cops have dismissed from service by the Nigerian Police Force for various offences ranging from abuse of power to gross indiscipline and extortion, an Ogun State based national newspaper reports This is according to an analysis of media reports showing the number of cops dismissed in October and December, 2022, and April, 2023. On October 4, 2022, the Police Service Commission(PSC) dismissed seven senior police officers over alleged gross misconduct and approved the demotion of 10 other officers. The PSC said the dismissed officers included a Chief Superintendent of Police, one Superintendent of Police,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike As the race for the 10th National Assembly leadership hots up, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has stated that opposition political parties would not determine the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Lawan however said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), must work with the opposition parties. Speaking with State House correspondents on Friday,21 April,2023 after joining residents of the Federal Capital Territory for a Sallah homage to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Senate president stated that the President was finishing strong and that he…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan is not possible at the moment. Nigerians trapped in the ongoing crisis in Sudan have been begging to be evacuated. It was gathered that fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramadan. Over 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted last Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s Army Chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Abimbola Ogunnaike The International Organization for Migration, a United Nation (UN) body, has disclosed that in the first quarter of this year, no fewer than 441 perished while trying to reach Europe, just as more than 20,000 refugees have drowned in the Central Mediterranean since 2014. The EU’s asylum policy has been slated during a debate in the European Parliament. The EU is paying billions of euro to Turkey and Libya to manage refugee flows. Campaigners say detention centers in Libya are particularly bad. Western powers have been accused of relentlessly creating refugee crises. They’re now being urged to deal…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report United States Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, has disclosed on Friday, 21 April, 2023 that its military is preparing options to evacuate the US Embassy in Sudan as the Joe Biden administration weighed whether to pull personnel out of the country’s increasingly unstable capital. “We’ve deployed some forces into theater to ensure that we provide as many options as possible if we are called on to do something. And we haven’t been called on to do anything yet. No decision on anything has been made,” Austin told a news conference at Ramstein Air Base in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Famous Nigerian music producer, Don Jazzy, has doled out a cash gift of N500,000 to a student who approached him about his school problems. The student had sent a message to Mavin Records’ CEO, explaining how difficult school had gotten and how they were feeling overwhelmed by the issues they were encountering. The unnamed pupil had expressed the need for Don Jazzy to give them a “big hug” because they were near their breaking point. “Currently going through it at school, I’m almost at my breaking point with literally everything. I need a big hug,” the student…