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By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) has engaged its customers at Akilo Community in the Ikeja area of the State. The engagement was held at the Akilo Waterworks on Saturday, August 30th, 2025. According to the LWC, this move is in fulfilment of its promise to provide water for at least 10,000 households in Akilo Community and environs The Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation, Engr. Mukhtaar Tijani, represented by the Director, Community Commercial and Customer Relations, Mrs. Adepeju Isola, during her speech, disclosed that the rehabilitation of the Akilo Waterworks has been completed, and the Corporation…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu A Lagos lawyer, Festus Ogun, has dragged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to court for blocking him on X. Festus made this known on his X page, asking the court to compel the governor to unblock and apologise to him, stating that the situation has affected his mental health. He said, “I have gone through mental stress and trauma over this matter but I will not ask for damages so I won’t be seen as a gold digger. Just unblock me.” The lawyer noted that he noticed Sanwo-Olu had blocked him in 2021 on his official X handle…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu The National Executive Council, NEC, on Thursday approved the Nigerian Medium-term National Development Plan for 2026 to 2030. The Renewed Hope Economic Development Plan is designed to build on current reforms and further President Tinubu’s ambitious goal of achieving $1 trillion in economic growth. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu, announced the approval while briefing State House correspondents after Thursday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima. He said the new plan will replace the existing 2021–2025 framework, which is set to conclude in December. Bagudu noted that the…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu The Rural Electrification Agency has launched the NEXTGEN RESCO Program to equip young graduates with valuable industry skills and to secure talented individuals in Nigeria’s rapidly expanding clean energy sector. This is part of the move to address the skills gap in the renewable energy industry and equip young graduates with valuable expertise, as well as to secure talent in Nigeria’s rapidly expanding clean energy sector. Darelasisionline.com reports that this initiative is implemented through a collaboration between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), and the Ecological Innovation Empowerment Initiative…
Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu Popular lawyer and human rights activist Deji Adeyanju has advised the former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to retire from politics if he is scared of criticism. Adeyanju made this statement on Friday while featuring on Morning Brief on Channels Television. Darelasisisonline.com reports that Mr. Obi had threatened to drag Adeyanju to court and issued a seven-day ultimatum to delete his defamatory posts on social media and issue a public apology. Adeyanju has been highly critical of Obi and the Obedients movement, especially on social media, where he describes them as extremists who should…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, August 25, announced that 1,379,342 Nigerians completed the online pre-registration process during the first week of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise held between August 18 and 24, 2025. The figures, contained in the CVR State Pre-Registration Report released to journalists, showed Lagos and Osun leading participation nationwide. Lagos recorded 222,205 pre-registrations, accounting for 16.11 percent of the total, while Osun registered 393,269, representing 28.51 percent, the highest by percentage. Ogun followed with 132,823 entries (9.63 percent). The Federal Capital Territory registered 107,682 (7.81 percent),…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has called on the Awujale Chiefs in Council to ensure a level playing ground in the process of appointing a new Awujale of Ijebuland. The Awujale’s stool became vacant when Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona joined his ancestors on July 13, 2025, at the age of 91, after reigning for over 65 years. Speaking after a meeting with members of the Awujale Chiefs in Council at Iperu, Governor Abiodun noted that the people of Ijebuland must have a new Awujale as soon as possible, as “nature abhors a…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the massacre in Malumfashi, Katsina State, where dozens of worshippers and villagers were brutally killed, describing it as further proof of Nigeria’s collapsed security architecture. National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a message, linked the killings to a broader wave of terror in Katsina and Zamfara that has claimed over 140 lives in two months. The party called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop “jet-setting across the world” and urgently declare a State of Emergency in the affected states. ADC also criticised the decision of PDP Governors…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu Former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed Peter Obi for criticising President Tinubu’s decision to construct bus terminals across the six geopolitical zones in the country with N124 billion. Omokri on his X page described Obi’s criticism as “a series of lies and misinformation which have become his stock in trade.” He said, “His latest attempt to de-market Nigeria is to attack plans by the Federal Government to build bus terminals in each geopolitical zone, amongst claims that the money voted for such is inflated. First of all, Nigerians may recall that…
By Adetayo Omotoyosi Adeolu Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the decision of the Tinubu-led administration to construct one bus terminal in each of the six geopolitical zones in the country. Obi, in a message, described the decision to use N142 billion for the project as a misplaced priority. He added that the decision further confirmed President Tinubu’s “lack of competence, lack of focus and poor leadership.” The former Anambra Governor cited the 2024 budget, which the country is currently using, stressing that the entire budget of all teaching hospitals across all the federal universities…