Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday declared that Lagos has officially joined the League of Oil Producing States in Nigeria following the discovery of crude oil by Tunde Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry, Lagos. Governor Ambode who made the declaration when the management of the company led by the Group Managing Director, Mr. Tunde Folawiyo paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Ikeja, commended the firm for their doggedness to achieve the feat after 25 years of hard work, saying that by the provision of Section 162 Sub-Section 2 of the Nigeria Constitution, Lagos has…
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The Lagos State government has approved the reopening of buildings belonging to Lekki Worldwide Estates Limited, owners of Lekki Gardens which were recently sealed after an uncompleted building collapsed at one of the construction sites belonging to the company. Subsequently, the Lagos State Material Testing Laboratory was mandated to carry out integrity tests on all the houses built by the real estate giant to ascertain their structural stability. Reports indicate that the buildings passed the integrity tests and have now been reopened to the occupants. According to a statement credited to Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development,…
The economy of Edo State has received a major boost as the State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has injected N2 billion into the economy through the presentation of cheques to 10,000 beneficiaries of the state Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund (MSMEDF). Speaking during the presentation of cheques to beneficiaries of the scheme in Benin City, Monday, Governor Oshiomhole said, “the whole idea is to help you sustain or advance your businesses and your cooperative society. The 18 Local Government Areas and the 192 wards are well represented.” Oshiomhole enjoined the beneficiaries to use the funds judiciously for the…
Former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu was today arraigned by the EFCC over a number of charges bordering on corruption at the Federal High Court. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is alleged to have procured Slok Nigeria Limited while serving as Governor of Abia State, to retain its account domiciled with a commercial bank in the sum of 200 million Naira. The charges also alleged that the sum formed part of funds illegally derived from the treasury of Abia State government through another commercial bank. The trial was stalled when Justice Anuli Chickere said she could not go on…
Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District at the yet to be concluded legislative re-run election in Rivers State has charged the people of Yeghe community in Gokana Local Government Area to take their destiny in their hands by restoring peace through rejecting the extermination of their people by criminals in the community. Speaking at the funeral service in honour of Late Chief Hon (Dr.) Vincent Elvin Eebee, a lecturer in the Ken Saro Wiwa Polythenic, Bori, who was recently assassinated, Abe explained that nobody has the power to kill everybody in…
Worried by the rate of rape cases in Lagos State, a lawmaker in the State, Gbolahan Yishawu has defended his bill on rape, which is currently before the State House of Assembly. The lawmaker maintained that the right of fatherhood would be taken away from the offender as a way of punitive measure. Gbolahan Yishawu, who sponsored the bill titled; “A Bill For A Law To Provide Shield For Rape Victims, Create Civil Liabilities For Sexual Offenders And Prevent Harassment In Lagos State And For Other Connected Purposes,” stated that the bill addresses areas that were missing in the existing…
Following the resumption of the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, Alhaji Mohammed Lawal Balarabe who held forte in the absence of Okonkwo, has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Bank, subject to regulatory approval. The Bank, in a statement revealed that Balarabe is an erudite banker with over 24 years’ experience in corporate, commercial and retail banking. He has worked in various capacities in Nigeria’s financial services industry where he acquired strong strategic management, leadership and people skills. Balarabe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (UK),…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West geo political zone on Saturday held its zonal congress in Akure, the Ondo state capital where the one time Commissioner for Information in Ondo state, during late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Chief Eddy Olorogun Olafeso was elected the zonal chairman of the party. Elected at the congress, along the chairman are the Zonal Secretary Rev Bunmi Jenyo (Osun), Organizing Secretary, Hon Wasiu Bankere (Ogun), Youths Leader, Hon Femi Adetola (Oyo) and Women Leader, Mrs Ajigbeda (Ogun). Others are the zonal Publicity Secretary Hon Abiola Makinde (Ondo) Financial Secretary Chief Aifoji, Auditor Hon…
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Another moment of excitement is here again for more Skye Bank customers to reach for the Sky and achieve their dreams, as the Skye Bank ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire’ reward scheme train arrives Akure, Ondo State; affording more people an opportunity to participate in and witness the making of more millionaires. The reward scheme which has seen 30 lucky customers of the Bank winning N1million, 40 customers winning N250, 000 and 100 customers winning N100, 000, will open up for more winners at the Oba Main Market, Akure, as the 11th edition holds in the ancient city on the…