The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has commenced the removal of perimeter fences located within two meters of drainage channels on Norman Williams, Awolowo, and Dodan Barracks drainage in Ikoyi. It said the demolition of the perimeter fences followed the expiration of served contravention notices and an additional grace period arrived at during a stakeholders meeting with the property owners convened by the state government. The spokesperson for the Ministry, Kunle Adeshina, made this known in a post shared on his X (Twitter) handle on Monday. “Operatives of the Drainage Enforcement and Compliance dept of MOE&WR on…
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The Lagos State government has reopened the Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, having met some of the conditions set for reopening sealed markets in the state. The reopening of the market followed the closure of the market last week for various environmental infractions. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, visited the market on Sunday for assessment, said that the market was reopened after meeting set sanitation compliance conditions and called on all markets to prioritise cleanliness and adhere to environmental standards. In a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Lagos Waste Management Authority on…
The Ohinoyi of Ebira and the paramount ruler of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, is dead. The monarch was said to have died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 95. It was gathered that he died in an Abuja hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailment. His remains will be buried today in Okene according to the Islamic rites. Before ascending the throne, he was a successful businesman who lived most parts of his life in Lagos.
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, got the sum of N1,219,000,000 from the imprest accounts domiciled in the office of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), a thirteen prosecution witness in the trial, Abubakar Madaki has told court. Madaki, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, that the money was delivered to the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Saturday said Fayose and Spotless Investment Limited were first arraigned…
The days of the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila appeared to be numbered following allegations that he has been trading off appointments in the government of President Bola Tinubu to the highest bidder. Already, TheHintsNews reliably gathered that there is a lot of outcry among Tinubu’s loyalists, who were impressing it on the President that Gbajabiamila should be eased out of Villa before he causes more embarrassment and do more damage to his government. Recall that on Thursday the President appointed 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Those appointed were: Mr.…
Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the State High Court, Benin- City, Edo State, has convicted and sentenced 13 (thirteen) internet fraudsters to different jail terms. They were jailed on October 24 and 25, 2023 after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on possession of proceeds of crime and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents, upon their arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The anti-graft agency in a statement issued Friday said the convicts are: Eboh Chukwuma, Onyeukwu Emmanuel Onyeka, Ebuka Odukwe, Omozuafo Collins, Elect Osayuwu, Omorogbe Christian, Odiete Timothy, Odede Enitome Patrick and …
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has assured that the security agencies would not interfere in governorship elections scheduled to hold in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on November 11. He added that the security agencies are mapping out strategies and ready to ensure that the elections are free, fair and transparent. Ribadu gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja the meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), stressing that security agencies in the country are getting prepared and are ready to meet the requirements and standards the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) want them…
A new report by the Save the Children International (SCI) has revealed that Nigeria has 23 million child brides, with two in every five women married as children. The report added that in Northern Nigeria, where rates are highest, 48 percent of women are married before age 15; while 78 percent are married before age 18. The report pointed out that child marriage was both a cause and a consequence of adolescent pregnancy and also linked to maternal mortality, poor education, ongoing exposure to gender-nased violence, illiteracy and intergenerational poverty. The report was launched on Friday in Abuja by the…
The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to review the National Social Register to accommodate Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion on the urgent need for specific recognition of persons with disabilities in poverty alleviation program moved at the plenary on Thursday by Hon. Bashiru Dawodu. The lawmaker said the discrimination against Persons With Disabilities Act 2018 was assented into law by former President Muhammed Buhari in 2019. Dawodu noted that President Bola Tinubu signed the instrument of Ratification of the protocol to the African charter…
The leader of Afenifere Worldwide, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2020 governorship election in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu have congratulated President Bola Tinubu victory at the Supreme Court. Fasoranti in a statement issued Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Jare Ajayi, described the verdict by both the Tribunal and the Supreme Court as monumental. He said the verdict was monumental because of the clarifications made in respect of certain aspects of the country’s electoral processes. Fasoranti noted that one of such was the pronouncements made regarding the position…