Funke Busari, Lagos The Lagos State Government is working towards creating an environment devoid of air pollution. The State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in pursuit of this innovation has directed all relevant agencies to put machinery in place aimed at improving air quality in the State. This was disclosed at a webinar session themed Clean Air for A Healthy and Sustainable Environment in Lagos (Fantasy or Reality), in commemoration of the First International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies held on Monday. The General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe said that the State Government…
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Funke Busari, Lagos Suspected notorious criminal terrorising Rivers State, Honest Digbara is dead. He died few hours after he was arrested by the operatives of the Rivers State Police Command. Report says he died following injuries he sustained from a gun duel with the security operatives. He was smoked out from his hideout in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The kidnapper who was paraded at the Police headquarters in Moscow Road, Port Harcourt has been linked to most of the criminal activities recorded in Ogoniland.
Funke Busari, Lagos The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos Chapter, Dr. Qasim Akinreti and his campaign team berthed at the secretariat of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN on Friday, to solicit for votes of crime reporters in the State in the Council’s upcoming election slated for September 29, 2020. The Chairman vying for a second term in office met with top executives and members of CRAN in the company of some aspirants seeking various offices to seek the support of their members to clinch victory in order to take the Union to a greater height. Speaking…
Funke Busari, Lagos The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Hekeem Odumosu, has appointed a Judicial Liaison Officer, JLO, for the command to work with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and other relevant Non-Governmental Organisations and agencies and Civil Liberty Organisations, CLOs, to promote smooth and prompt dispensation of justice in Lagos State. According to a statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Police boss made the declaration on Thursday while receiving a delegation from the Legal Aid Council, South West Zone, led by Mrs. Lateefat Salawu, in his Ikeja office. CP Odumosu…
Nigeria got an edge over Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development, P&ID, on Thursday as an English court ordered it to pay the country £1.5million within 21 days. This is to cover legal costs incurred as part of its successful application for extension of time to challenge the $10billion arbitration award and procedural hearing earlier in the year. Spokesman to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu stated that the country for a scheduled hearing to bring a fraud challenge against a $10 billion arbitration award obtained by vulture-fund-backed P&ID well outside the normal time limits.
Funke Busari, Lagos The International Press Centre, IPC, has condemn the unlawful arrest of four journalists, Ifeoluwa Adediran of Premium Times, Abiodun Ayeoba of Sahara Reporters, Awoniyi Oluwatosin of Objective Media and Daniel Tanimu of Galaxy Television on Thursday while covering a peaceful protest on the fuel price increase in Yaba, Lagos State. Spokesperson for the organisers of the protest – the Socialist Party of Nigeria – Comrade Hassan Soweto, who was equally arrested confirmed that, “The cameras and phones of the journalists were seized while they were taken to the Lagos State Police Command.” IPC disapproves the harassment and…
Funke Busari, Lagos For residents of Lagos State, this may be the time for them to sleep with their two eyes closed if the promise of the Police boss in the State, Hakeem Odumosu is anything to go by. According to the Commissioner of Police, the Lagos State Police Command is poised for better policing of the State. He assured the residents that the Command is embracing plans which includes relevant ideologies that will promote robust intelligence-led and effective policing of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police said this on Wednesday during a visit by the Zonal Manager, Nigerian Postal…
200 staff of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, have benefited from the free medical eye screening exercise organised by the General Manager, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe in conjunction with Kingstripes Care Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation in order to preserve their visual acuity and also effective service delivery. The two day event was held on Friday and Monday at the conference room of the agency and themed “Enabling Clearer Vision for a Cleaner Environment” according to the initiator, the exercise centred around the pressing need to ensure effective performances, boost agency morale and also raise awareness for environmental sustainability. “Good…
Funke Busari, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command now has a new Spokesperson, he is SP. Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The Police Public Relation Officer resumed office after the immediate Spokeperson SP. Bala Elkana briefed him about the happenings in the State and handed over to him in a brief ceremony at the PRO’s Office located at Oduduwa, GRA Ikeja at exactly 2:40p.m on Monday. The new image maker SP. Adejobi has however assured the general public of commitment to duties and responsiveness to issues that can promote effective policing, protection of human rights and sustainability of justice across board in…
Shortly after he surrendered for the Amnesty program, soldiers on Tuesday killed wanted gang leader, Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana. Report says he was seized on his way to Markurdi by military officials. He had earlier surrendered along with 172 Militia boys amid traditional rulers, priests, and local government officials in Katsina-Ala local government in Benue. The Commander of the Four Special Forces command, Doma local government area, Brigadier General Maude Ali Gadzama confirmed his killing. Gadzama revealed Gana was killed in a firefight with military personnel. Meanwhile, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said soldiers snatched Gana from a government…