Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, on Monday, reassured residents of the state that the dialogue with stakeholders on the new Land Use Charge Law would bring about “a positive outcome in the overall interest of the people going forward.” He said the state government would come out with a positive position to ameliorate the issues raised by stakeholders on the …

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Folake Sokoya The police high command on Monday debunked rumours of protest by its officers and men attached to Aso Rock Villa. Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, who spoke on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, noted that non of its personnel carried out any form of protest in the villa. According to Jimoh, in a statement made …

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Oxfam said it has followed the news and developments about advocacy championed by the female folks with frustration at the slowness of change in institutions and a renewed sense of optimism in the potential for change. Country Director of Oxfam in Nigeria,Iftikhar Nizami, speaking on Thursday in a statement to commemorate the International Women’s Day,also said the International humanitarian organisation …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday, received Bayode Treasures-Olawunmi, who set a new Guinness World Record in the longest reading marathon. Bayode, who was received by the governor at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, set the new record under the Read Aloud project co-sponsored by the state government, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Tagheuer, among others. The new record was set …

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Lagos State government has said that the purported 400 percent increase to the Land Use Charge is not only erroneous but misleading,saying the calculations were based on arrears. Making clarifications regarding the amended Land Use Charge,Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade, stressed that the government was not unaware of the reactions of a section of the public on the …

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*** Says Chinese Investment Leads To Debt,Unemployment Tayo Olanipekun The U.S Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, said Americans students should pay visits to Nigeria and other African countries, explaining that going to the hard places on earth will “change” their views of the world. Tillerson said this at the George Mason University, Virginia, ahead of his trip to five African …

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Tayo Olanipekun The United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, on Tuesday, announced an over $128m humanitarian assistance for Nigeria and countries in the Lake Chad region. The amount was part of the $533m aid the U.S. is handing out to the country alongside the people of Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and countries in the Lake Chad region. This assistance …

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Chairman of the Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Hon. Apostle Oloruntoba Oke has enjoined the youths to embrace skills acquisition and vocational trainings. Oke made this call today in his office when the executives of the Ifako Ijaiye Community under the Strengthening Citizens Engagement in Electoral Processes (SCEEP) paid him a courtesy visit in his Oke-Ira, Lagos …

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Folake Sokoya The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man and his son for selling Tramadol and other hard drugs to primary and secondary school pupils in Itire, Lagos. The father, Ibrahim Sheu and his 23 year old son, Franku Ibrahim, were arrested last Friday after the officials of the Office of …

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Folake Sokoya Luck ran out on two suspected members of a kidnap syndicate on Thursday when they engaged men of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) in a gun battle as the police tried to rescue an abducted woman. Trouble started at about 1:00pm when a distress call was made to the Police that one Mrs Ajayi, a pastor’s …

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