Students of the Lagos State University have said they will embark on the Walk of Peace proposed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. President of the Student Union Government, LASU, Comrade Oladipupo Uthman Badmus, said this when the governor visited the school on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu who inaugurated a new Students’ Arcade at the school was welcomed by the SUG President, Speaker of the Students Union Representatives, Rt. Hon. Mustapha Adejuwon, and hundreds of students. The students who commended Sanwo-Olu’s giant strides in the state, especially in the education sector, said they would embark on the walk with the governor…
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The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, is currently in court as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned him for financial impropriety. Oleyelogun and some members and officials of the Assembly were alleged by Hon. Iroju Ogundeji, the deputy speaker of the Assembly who was controversially removed, of collecting and sharing some money for a seminar in Lagos which they never attended. Ogundeji had written EFCC to investigate the fund allegedly collected and shared by the speaker and others for a phoney seminar in Lagos. But operatives of the Olokuta Correctional Centre prevented journalists who were…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has finally reacted to the leaked EndSARS report on the clash between Nigeria’s security agencies and protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. The Islamic group handed down a resounding verdict of rejection of the report, describing it as full of loopholes and lacking credibility. MURIC’s verdict was pronounced in a statement on Thursday by its director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola. Recall that the Lagos State EndSARS panel had submitted its report on the Lekki Tollgate shooting last week. In the report, the panel had indicted the Federal Government, the police and…
A businessman, Mr. Ifeoluwa Oluwo, Thursday, narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, how Chidinma Ojukwu the murder suspect in the case of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, sold the deceased’s laptop to him. He said that he bought the laptop from the first defendant for N495,000, on June 18, two days after the body of Ataga’s body was found at the short service apartment in Lekki. The witness told the court that it was after he bought the laptop that he saw her (defendant) on social media regarding a murder case. He said…
A statement by the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, that women who deliver at primary health care facilities in the state would be given N500 has caused outrage from Nigerians. The Governor made the statement on Wednesday during a programme on Channels Television, Sunrise Daily. Ikpeazu said, “Abia State has keyed into the basic health insurance for pregnant women. If you give birth in any of our centres, you get N500. Delivery is free; they give you a delivery pack and N500, which is running for the vulnerable members of the society.” Furthermore, when the governor was asked what…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has given reasons why the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, cannot reject the report of the judicial panel on police brutality. In a speech delivered on Thursday when some leaders of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights visited him in Lagos, Falana said, “Pursuant to the Tribunals of Inquiry Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015, the Justice Doris Okuwobi Commission of Enquiry was instituted by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, last year to probe allegations of police brutality in the State. “Upon the conclusion of the…
THE Federal Government said Tuesday that it has no control over the rising prices of cooking gas. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the development especially as gas prices are determined by the global market. President Buhari has also directed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to proceed to Nembe, Bayelsa state to investigate the level of damage by the recent oil spillage in the area. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister said he was at the…
The Management of BEDC Electricity Plc has assured customers of her commitment to resolving complaints during a Customer Complaints Resolution session organized by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in partnership with MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday in Benin City, Edo State where they met with electricity consumers. The meeting had in attendance BEDC Management led by the Chief State Head of Edo State, Mr. Abel Enechaziam, FCCPC representatives and NEMSA engaging customers and addressing issues bordering on customer service, metering, estimated billing amongst others. In his remarks, Mr Enechaziam said, the company is committed to resolving issues bordering on…
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has ordered the indefinite closure of the institution as students protest against the institution’s policy of “no tuition payment, no examination.” A statement signed by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Gbenga Ige, urged the students to vacate their halls of residence with immediate effect. The students had protested on Monday protested against the school policy. Many of them are yet to pay their school fees and do their registration. The management of the school, it was gathered insisted that no student would be allowed to write…
The West African Examinations Council has increased registration fees for candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination from N13,950 to N18,000. WAEC Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, made this known while announcing the release of results of the 2021 WASSCE for school candidates on Monday in Lagos. Mr Areghan said the increment was due to unabating spiral inflation in the country, and worsened devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “As can be seen, in the general cost of doing business and the multiplier effect of insecurity in the country which have consequential effects on the cost of…