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Nigeria: DSS Invade Court while in Session to Rearrest Sowore Despite Court Order (Video)

6Dec

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Breaking News, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria, Security

Nigeria: DSS Invade Court while in Session to Rearrest Sowore Despite Court Order (Video)

Officers of the Department of State Services today stormed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in an attempt to rearrest Omoyele Sowore, convener of the Revolution Now Movement, and his co-defendant, Bakare. In an unprecedented event, lawyers and other onlookers witnessed a total disrespect for the judiciary as even the Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, had to be escorted to her chambers as a result of the disruption. Sowore's supporters fully resisted the attempt at rearresting him even after the court had expressly ordered that he be released and the DSS fined N100,000.00. The presiding Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, had yesterday threatened the Director of the DSS with arrest for the continued flaunting of court orders and Nigerians had thought that the DSS had finally decided to obe...

BRT Bus Accident: LASG Arraigns Truck Driver for Reckless Driving

8Nov

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Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Safety, Transportation

BRT Bus Accident: LASG Arraigns Truck Driver for Reckless Driving

The Lagos State Government, through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ministry of Justice on Friday arraigned the Dangote cement truck driver who was involved in the road accident that led to the death of four persons in Ikorodu. This contained in release by the Ministry stated that the accused person, Mr. Sheriff Adebayo, was arraigned before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Ikeja High Court on a four-count charge of involuntary manslaughter contrary to section 224 of the Criminal Law of Lagos. The prosecuting team, led by Mr.Yaqub Oshoala of the DPP, accused the truck driver of dangerous and reckless driving, resulting in the collision with a BRT Bus with registration number LSR 228XS on the 27th of August, 2019, and consequently killing four passengers inside the vehicl...

Education, Healthcare top Lagos’ N1.1trillion 2020 budget

8Nov

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Economy, Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Education, Healthcare top Lagos’ N1.1trillion 2020 budget

... Sanwo-Olu earmarks 62 per cent for capital spending With a proposed fiscal plan of N115 billion for public infrastructure, Lagos State, next year, will be a massive construction site. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, presented the Year 2020 Budget proposal to the House of Assembly, unveiling his administration’s plan to accelerate the growth of the State’s economy by proposing aggressive investments in critical priority areas - physical infrastructure, environment, human capital and security. Sanwo-Olu announced that the State expenditure of N1.168 trillion will be funded from a projected Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N1.071 trillion while the budget deficit, put at N97.53 billion, will be financed through internal and external loans, just as he noted that the...

Sanwo-Olu Declares Emergency on Lagos Roads, Rallies Julius Berger, HiTech, Others to Fix Damaged Roads

14Oct

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Breaking News, Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Sanwo-Olu Declares Emergency on Lagos Roads, Rallies Julius Berger, HiTech, Others to Fix Damaged Roads

…Rehabilitation Work Begins On Monday …Appeals To Lagosians, Says I Feel Your Pains Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriages within the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday at the Lagos House Marina, ordered massive construction work on critical roads and highways across the State, beginning from Monday (tomorrow). The Governor’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings with eight multi-national engineering firms, which began a few weeks back. After his final meeting with the contractors on Sunday, which lasted for about three hours, Sanwo-Olu declared the commencement of major construction work on the identified highways considered critical to the reduction of traffic congestion in the State. ...

Employees in Lagos are Stressed, Burned Out and Exhausted because of ‘Hellish Traffic’

14Oct

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Economy, Employment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Employees in Lagos are Stressed, Burned Out and Exhausted because of ‘Hellish Traffic’

On 2nd August 2019, CNN published an article describing the state of traffic in Lagos, Nigeria and how that it was causing employees to burn out. A few months after that publication, things appear to have gone from worse to worst with the persistent rains. You can read the post below: "Lagos traffic is so snarled and gridlocked that a recent trip from the airport to Ajah, on Lagos Island -- a journey shorter than 50 kilometers -- took me eight hours. That was two hours longer than my flight from Istanbul to Nigeria. "Welcome to traffic and travel Lagos-style, where the roads are clogged and millions of commuters are choked with frustration about the daily hassle in Nigeria's commercial capital and Africa's fifth largest economy. "Disgruntled commuter Yinka Ogunnubi is a typical e...

Nigeria: Former President Goodluck Jonathan Responds to David Cameron

5Oct

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News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Nigeria: Former President Goodluck Jonathan Responds to David Cameron

Following the claims that former prime Minister of England, David Cameron made in his book regarding former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, former President Goodluck Jonathan has released a statement as follows: "I read the comments by former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in his new book, For the Record, in which he accused me and the Nigerian Government, which I headed, of corruption and rejecting the help of the British Government in rescuing the Chibok Girls, who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014. "It is quite sad that Mr. Cameron would say this because nothing of such ever occurred. As President of Nigeria, I not only wrote letters to then Prime Minister David Cameron, I also wrote to the then US President, Barrack Obama, and the then French President, Françoi...

Lagos Gov Appoints Abdullahi as Acting Commissioner for Waterfront

30Sep

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News, Nigeria

Lagos Gov Appoints Abdullahi as Acting Commissioner for Waterfront

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday approved the appointment of Mallam Ahmed Kabiru Abdullahi as Acting Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development. Abdullahi, who is from Kastina State, was initially appointed by the Governor as Special Adviser on Urban Development. He was also a former Executive Secretary of Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission. According to a circular signed by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, Abdullahi's redesignation takes immediate effect.

Independence: There’s Hope for Nigeria to Emerge Among the World’s Greatest Nations, Sanwo-Olu

29Sep

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News, Nigeria

Independence: There’s Hope for Nigeria to Emerge Among the World’s Greatest Nations, Sanwo-Olu

…Lauds Sacrifice Of Founding Fathers To Free Nation From Colonial Rule Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the ability of the country to emerge among the world's greatest nations, but rather team up with government to bring about positive changes that would ensure progress and development. He said this at a special thanksgiving service organized by the State Government to commemorate Nigeria’s 59th Independence Day Celebration held at Chapel of Christ The Light, Alausa, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu said there was a strong need for Nigerians to cohabit in love and be extremely tolerant of others to pave the way for the peace of God to reign which in turn would ensure transformation of the country. The Governor, who was represented by his w...

Nigeria: I will be President After Buhari – Pastor Tunde Bakare

27Sep

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News, Nigeria, Religion

Nigeria: I will be President After Buhari – Pastor Tunde Bakare

One time Vice Presidential candidate under President Muhammadu Buhari and Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, a church in Lagos, Nigeria has caused some furor by declaring that he had been ordained to be the next President after President Buhari's tenure elapses. He said this while addressing the congregation at his Church at Ikeja. In his statement he said this about President Buhari “His assignment is that of Moses, to take Nigeria to River Jordan, but he can’t cross it. It will take a Joshua to go to the other side and begin to distribute the resources to the people of this nation. "To this end was I born and for this purpose came I into the world. I have prepared for this for 30 years. When he (Buhari) chose to run in 2019, he is still number 15, when he steps out, I step in....

A Message of Gratitude to Nigerians For Your Support on this Necessary Journey – Atiku

20Sep

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News, Nigeria

A Message of Gratitude to Nigerians For Your Support on this Necessary Journey – Atiku

Dearly beloved citizens of Nigeria, I write to personally thank you for your support for our shared common goal and the solidarity I enjoyed from all walks of life and every strata of society, right from July 21, 2018, when I informed you, the good people of Nigeria, that I would contest the 2019 Presidential election, to Wednesday, September 11, 2019, when the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal rendered its verdict. Nothing good comes easy, and hard as the task to rid Nigeria from the forces of fascism, and be an instrument for the full restoration of the rule of law and democracy in Nigeria is, your support makes the struggle worthwhile. I owe so much to this great land of Nigeria that took me from the streets of Jada, where I sold firewood, to the heights I have attained, ...