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Some community leaders in Lagos on Sunday lauded the southwest governors’ initiative of launching the “Operation Amotekun” to curb security challenges in the region. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the new security outfit would help to strengthen the operations of regular security outfits. NAN reports that governors in the region had on Jan. 9 launched the security outfit in Ibadan. Commenting, Mr Bisi Yusuf, a member, Lagos State House of Assembly, said the essence of government was to provide security for the citizenry. Yusuf, representing Alimosho Constituency 1, said: “Once there is security, there…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and All Progressives Congress(APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Lagos graced the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Rasaq Okoya, founder of Eleganza Group of companies. Other notable Nigerians that attended the event were Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, businessman, Aliko Dangote as well as traditional rulers. Born in Lagos on Jan. 12, 1940, Okoya is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos. The guests were thrilled by renditions from different musicians, while the vice president and…

Piqued by a trending report on social media, foremost financial institution, Access Bank PLC, has refuted the alleged arrest of its Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The bank, in a memo sighted by The Eagle Online and signed by its Company Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, said the Commission had invited for interrogation officials of Access Bank who were handling the Bank’s recovery efforts on Slok credit, including its Group Managing Director. Slok Group of Companies is owned by former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was recently found guilty over allegations…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, has sealed 15 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) skid stations for operating without valid licences. Mr Ademola Makinde, DPR’s Operations Controller, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo, said the stations were sealed during routine surveillance by the department in the state. Makinde said the department had commenced a total clampdown on illegal gas stations for the safety of gas users in the state. The Controller added that the agency would continue to intensify its surveillance operation in the state. Makinde, who decried the recent Kaduna…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on his 61st birthday, on behalf of the Federal Executive Council and all Nigerians. The President joins the National Assembly and all members of All Progressives Congress in celebrating the milestone, which has been lined with many years of contributions to Nigeria’s development, with fruitful years of lawmaking, starting from House of Representatives in 1999. President Buhari extols Dr Lawan’s discipline, maturity and selflessness in always looking at the broader picture in decision making. The President affirms that Lawan’s maturity has translated into the many achievements of the…

In line with the administration’s plan to embark on urban regeneration of identified communities in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu early Saturday morning visited some locations in Lagos Island. The Governor, who was accompanied by the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Sanni Eshinlokun and some members of the State Executive Council including the State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, went round the Onala playing ground; the demolished Jankara market; the Isale gangan regeneration site; Adeniji Adele; Ebute Elefun and some areas around Idumagbo designated for redevelopment. Sanwo-Olu restated his administration’s commitment…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the 36 state governors in Nigeria to “publish details and breakdown of payment of pensions to each of the former governors and other ex-officials, and the names and number of ex-governors and other officials receiving pensions under their respective State pension laws between 1999 and 2019.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/19/2020 filed last Friday, SERAP is seeking: “an order for leave to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus to direct and/or compel the 36 state governors to publish names and…

Mr Labaran Maku, the National Secretary, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has described as fake news reports that he has met with Sen. Asiwaju Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, among others, to float a new political platform ahead of 2023. Maku, a former minister of information, dismissed the speculation on Sunday while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Wakama, Akun Development Area, Nasarawa State. Maku, a 2019 APGA governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, urged his supporters and other Nigerians to disregard the reports in its totality in the interest of peace. “Please disregard such report. It’s…

The Association of Psychiatrist in Nigeria says that passing of the National Mental Health Bill into law will help reposition the health sector to meet emerging modern challenges. “It will also in general terms enhance the mental health and well-being of all Nigerians,’’ the President of the Association, Dr Taiwo Sheikh, told newsmen in Enugu on Sunday. Sheikh was speaking after the inaugural meeting of the newly returned executive of the association held at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu. He said that the bill, which had passed its first and second reading, was at the public hearing stage at the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of Oman as “a great loss not only to his country but also the entire humanity. The Nigerian leader, in a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, lauded the Sultan’s record as a peacemaker and tireless mediator for peace in the troubled Middle East. ”The promotion of peace is one of the most important contributions we can make for humanity, and I am pleased that the late Sultan Qaboos dedicated his life to this worthy…