Author: Funke

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Abiodun Alabi has been urged to grant a bereaved woman on bail. The woman, Mrs. Comfort Ebele Martins according to her lawyer, Odiana Eriata lost her daughter, Abimbola Ogbonna in a mysterious circumstances through a fire incident. The prime suspect, Ikechukwu Ogbonna was arrested and charged to a Magistrate Court for a lesser offence of negligence instead of murder before a Magistrate court in Oyingbo. Now, the family through Odiana Eriata raised an alarm that base on the petition from the said Ogbonna, Mrs. Comfort was arrested and detained. Describing the Police action as a…

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The Lagos State Government has met with owners and Chief Executive Officers of Lounge, hospitality and entertainment facilities in the State and agreed on friendly and safe operations through the yuletide period and beyond in other to prevent avoidable accidents and chaotic situation. The meeting according to LASEPA Spokesperson, Bola Ajao, was a stakeholders’ parley, jointly presided over by the Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola and the General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe. The event which took place on Tuesday at the Eko Hotels was to sensitise the business owners who…

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The National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, LP, Dr. Abayomi Arabambi is reacting to the conviction of the former Director General Of Peter Obi Campaign Organization, Doyin Okupe. He is particularly not happy with the tone and content of Doyin Okupe resignation letter from the campaign community. According to him the letter is ill conceived”The Unending, Empty, Bitter, Misdirected Ill-will From a Thoroughly Demystified Letter of Resignation from the ousted former self appointed DG LP Presidential Campaign, Dr. Okupe.” He considered the letter as not only out of place but insulting to the personality of Peter Obi. “My attention as…

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In order to legally prove his stance that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been breaking the rule of law, especially with the manner it prosecutes matters relating to states of the Federation, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said he is heading to court. Agbakoba said he would be praying the court for a declaration on the exact scope of powers of the Commission, especially in relation to states of the Federation, while maintaining that the EFCC must not in the fight against corruption undermine the rule of law. He quoted…

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As a result of harsh economy being experience in the country, the Lagos State Barbers Association, LASBA, Lagos Island West branch has given free barbing service to over 850 children and adults to alleviate the suffering of the masses in the local government area. The free barbing service on Thursday by the association was held at the front of the Wemabond Plaza along Alli Street, Itafaji area of Lagos Island from 8:00a.m to 9:00p.m. The information of the exercise which was earlier sent to the residents in Lagos Island local government council West through the Community Development Associations, CDAs, mosques…

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By Dennis Isong There’s so much wrong information out there. Beware! Don’t just believe everything. Not everything you see out there is correct. The fact is this, there are different types of occupancy but people know only one type which is the one that last for 99 years. A Certificate of Occupancy is a certificate given to a land that shows that you are the rightful owner of that land. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY Let me first make reference to the most popular one which we know. 1. RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY This particular one is the one…

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Documents have emerged indicating why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, withdrew its celebrated case against Kogi State Government on a N20 billion salary bail-out fund alleged to have been fixed by the state government. The EFCC had, last August, accused top officials of the Kogi State Government of diverting the N20 billion bailout loan channeled through Sterling Bank and fixing same with the bank instead of using the funds for the purpose for which it was meant. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, had, however, strongly rebuffed the EFCC, insisting that the funds were judiciously…

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