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Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, Thursday, 24 November, 2022 recovered a gun (Pump Action) inside an unregistered vehicle (Honda) impounded for driving against traffic (One-way) in Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bolaji Oreagba disclosed that the impounded unregistered vehicle (Black Honda) was apprehended by the patrol team of the Agency while driving against traffic (one-way) around Sango-Tedo inward Abijo G.R.A Along Lagos-Epe Expressway. Oreagba disclosed further that Police men attached to Lastma officers on routine patrol around Lagos-Epe Expressway were immediately alerted about the incident for confirmation. According to the General Manager “In…

The promoter of the foremost real estate company in Nigeria, BSTAN Homes and Properties Limited, has announced that the 7th edition of the National House Fair and Lagos Maiden edition in Lagos will hold on December 1st, 2022 at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. This was disclosed by the Coordinator, Lagos National House Fair, Mr Tolu Oluwo, during a press conference held on Tuesday, 22 November, 2022, heralding the forthcoming event tagged: ‘Property in a sachet.’ “The objective of the event is to bring affordable, accessible and functional housing to low income earners without stress,” Oluwo added. In her…

Insurance giants and a leading underwriter in Nigeria, LASACO Assurance PLC, has been given thumbs up for its positive contributions to the development of the insurance industry in the country. The company was rated A(NG) in the latest ranking of insurance and financial products providers by the world renowned rating agency, GCR, which applauded it for its “stable outlook” The agency, which put the performance of the leading financial and insurance operators in the country on scale for its 2022 ranking, found LASACO worthy of commendation for its creativity and strict adherence to standards. The…

  The Nigerian media industry has adopted the new co-regulation and code of ethics to address ethical and professional concerns in the industry. The decision was reached at the end of a media roundtable organised on Monday, 14 November, 2022 by the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) in conjunction with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP).   Media chiefs and operators at the roundtable also noted that the success of the co-regulation would be achieved via a workable enforcement mechanism.  …

The Osun State Commissioner of Police, CP Faleye S. Olaleye, psc is miffed about the Kingship crises that erupted in Ikirun town today 23rd November, 2022 despite series of peace meetings held with the relevant stakeholders/parties over the kingship tussle since the announcement of the installation of the new Akinrun by the State Government. It would be recalled that yesterday 22nd November, 2022, the Commissioner of Police held another round of peace meeting with the contending parties on the need to allow peace to reign in Ikirun and the State in general, where all consented to maintain peace, but was…

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Directorate of South-West Support Groups, has inducted a coalition of no fewer than 1265 support groups in Lagos State. During the well-attended event, the Assistant Secretary, Lagos State Directorate of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Hon. Olaniyi Isreal Fadane, acknowledged all leaders of the party, including the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu, the Director General of the campaign council and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, and the Head of the State Campaign Council, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, among several others. He expressed delight with the inauguration of the…

The Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion for the upcoming All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential rally scheduled to hold on Saturday, 26 November, 2022 at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos State from 9.00am to 4.00pm. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known on Wednesday, 23 November, 2022, through a statement released by the Ministry advising Lagosians to plan their movement around Teslim Balogun Stadium, Funsho Williams Avenue and Alhaji Masha areas in Surulere. Oladeinde revealed that human and vehicular movement around the affected areas would be regulated as there would be series of traffic diversions…

House of Representatives member for Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency, Honourable Jide Jimoh headline the crop of prominent and deep-rooted grassroots politicians who made the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt Hon Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, reports thegazellenews.com Jimoh was named the Deputy Director General of the Campaign Council and also chairs the Finance Committee. His former colleague at the Green Chamber, Honourable Jide Akinloye was also included just as former Chairman of Surulere Local Government, Tajudeen Ajide was named on the Advisory Board of the Campaign Council. Others in the Council are: the Woman…

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, late on Tuesday, 22 November, and Wednesday, 23 November, 2022, held Consultative and Town Hall meetings with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo Federal Constituency, where he urged the electorate to vote for candidates of the party in the forthcoming general elections. The Governor said that the PDP has become stronger in the Federal Constituency following the resolution of the internal wrangling among its members. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that he was confident that the PDP would win…

Aggrieved indigenes of Ikirun in Osun state today, Wednesday, 23 November, 2022, set the palace of Akirun of Ikirun ablaze to stop the coronation rites. One person has been confirmed dead as a renewed crisis engulfed Ikirun township on Wednesday, 23 November, 2022, over the alleged forceful mission to smuggle Oba Olalekan Akadiri into the palace. The deceased has been identified as Lukuman Omoola, a descendant of the Gboleru Ruling House – one of the houses fighting to fill the vacant throne. He was said to have been shot dead. The Akinrun royal tussle, which has been rocking the…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has held a virtual town hall meeting with Igbomina think tank to lay bare his administration’s proposals for an industrial hub located on the Amoyo-Jimba Oja-Idofian corridor, master plan, and sustainable action on the IV-TEC. The talk was preceded by a verifiable catalogue of the administration’s multi-sectorial achievements in the region and across the state, including road projects, bridges and culverts, water, education, health facilities, social investment, workers’ welfare, and appointments into key positions in government. In an interaction that lasted about four hours on Wednesday night, the Governor sought their buy-ins for…

Barely two days after she was elected into office by fellow lawmakers, the new Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba, has received the endorsement of a women-based interest group. Mrs. Adelugba, who represents Emure Constituency, made history on Monday when she emerged as the first female Speaker at a plenary in which her predecessor, Rt. Hon. Olugboyega Aribisogan, was impeached by 17  of 25 members of the Assembly. The ascension of Mrs. Adelugba has received the backing of Ekiti Women Voters Network, a non-partisan organisation of women of voting age, who described her emergence as…

The Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned judgment to a date to be communicated to parties on the dispute arising from the governorship election held on 18th June, 2022 in Ekiti State which produced Governor Biodun Oyebanji as the winner. The Chairman of the three-member panel hearing the case, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, reserved judgment for a later date after all parties before the jury adopted their final written addresses at the sitting held inside a packed courtroom on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. At the adoption of written addresses, Governor Oyebanji, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and…

By Wole Olujobi Nigeria is back again to the familiar terrain of subterfuge. After a long drought in blackmail and campaign of calumny against the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC), the recession is fast giving way to a boom in partisan bull-fight plotted to pitch the unsuspecting members of the Nigerian public against the ruling party and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The setting is Nigeria’s political firmament where familiar faces from the same roots  line up in various political turfs with varying schemes and tacts to score same goal. The style, they say, is the man.…

State of Osun House of Assembly on Wednesday, 23 November, 2022 passed the 2023 budget estimate of N138 billion. The 2023 budget estimate, tagged; “Budget of Consolidation”  by Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun was presented through a letter dated September 29th to the Assembly totalling N136,265,988.140 billion. The Parliamentarian had switched into action on the 2023 budget estimate due to its public importance so as to meet with budget circle of a particular fiscal year. The Budget estimate however was jerked up with 2 billion Naira to accommodate the take off of the newly established University of Ilesa thus making…

PROTOCOLS 1. It is my pleasure to address the good people of Lagos State through the entire media on the All-Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential rally scheduled to hold on Saturday, 26th November, 2022, between 11am and 2pm, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. 2. The event holds a promise for mass attendance by members of our great party and members of the general public because of the popularity of our Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has remained the most consistent, the biggest contributor and the most visible democratic icon since the advent of this dispensation in 1999. 3.…

As part of his administration’s effort to ensure quick take-off of academic activities at the newly approved and licenced University of Ilesa, Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday, 22 November, 2022 inaugurated the Governing Council of the University. The immediate past Minister of Health and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole chairs the Council. This is even as the Governor charged members of the Council on fairness and proactiveness towards ensuring the financial sustainability of the institution. Members of the Governing Council are: Chief Akinwande Akinola – Pioneer General Manager, International Breweries Ltd; Professor Sola Akinrinade…

Union Bank of Nigeria is pleased to announce that it has received high ratings in five categories of the 2022 Euromoney market rankings. The Bank was recognised as ‘Highly Regarded’ in Corporate Banking, Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance and classified as ‘Notable’ in SME Banking and Digital Solutions. Euromoney Market Leaders is an independent global assessment of the leading financial service providers across key categories in each market. The ‘Market Leaders’ rankings take multiple sources of data including qualitative and quantitative to build a robust and objective picture of industry leaders. These recognitions in five…

By Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in its present form was reorganized and re-operationalized in 2015. It has its headquarters in N’djamena Chad and former Nigerian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd) was its first Force Commander (FC). The initial MNJTF was founded in 1994 by the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Headquarters in Baga Nigeria and had troops from Nigeria, Niger and Chad as participating members. This Force did reasonably well in tackling the cross-border crimes and light banditry issues it was set up to tackle. However, the advent of the Boko Haram (BHT)…

President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the new naira notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Buhari unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning, 23 November, 2022 before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was in attendance during the unveiling ceremony. SaharaReporters had reported in October that the Central Bank of Nigeria announced its plan to redesign all major naira notes. It gave December 15, 2022 the date to start circulating the new notes. The central bank announced that it would redesign…