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*Jandor Rewards Victims with 1-Yr Salary, Car Gifts The Executive Governor of Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reportedly ordered the suspension of political appointees and civil servants who are members of the growing Lagos4Lagos movement being championed by Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, fondly called Jandor. The movement which has found deep roots in the Ibile-Eko Forum, a Lagos based indigenous group and front runners on advocacy for the advancement of Lagos indigenes, appears to be attracting the wrath of the powers that be.  According to a Press Release signed by the General Secretary of Ibile Eko Forum about three persons had been summarily suspended as at Thursday September 3 at two separate Local Council Development Areas within the Badagry Division of the Lagos West senatorial District. The affected persons are Hon. Olabode Benson Makinde, the Principal Coordinator of Ibile-Eko Forum who until his sudden suspension, was the Supervisor for Agriculture and Soci...

This decision is not cast on stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health     The Lagos State Government has directed all state-owned tertiary institutions to resume on September 14. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Saturday. “This decision is not cast on stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health,” Sanwo-Olu said.  

Chelsea confirm £50m Ben Chilwell transfer on five-year deal as he becomes Frank Lampard’s third addition to squad CHELSEA have completed the £50million signing of Ben Chilwell from Leicester City on a five-year contract. Frank Lampard has been eager to recruit a new left-back this summer, having not been convinced by Marcos Alonso or Emerson Palmieri. The England ace arrives as Lampard's new first-choice left-backCredit: Twitter @ChelseaFC And the Blues boss has secured his man, with England ace Chilwell, 23, arriving from the King Power Stadium. Upon sealing his move, a delighted Chilwell told Chelsea's official website: "I am delighted to be joining Chelsea at this very exciting time for the club. "I’m looking forward to being a part of this young, dynamic squad led by Frank Lampard as we challenge for honours next season. "I can’t wait to get started and hopefully it won’t be long before we’re playing in front of the Chelsea fans at St...

Commuters were stranded on Wednesday afternoon along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway as commercial bus drivers stopped operations. It was gathered that some operatives of the Lagos State TaskForce had earlier stormed the Abule-Egba and Ijaiye areas in the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state. The Taskforce officers were said to have been on enforcement duty when some unknown persons confronted them with dangerous weapons. It was learnt that the Task force operatives shot at the hoodlums suspected to be transport workers and allegedly gunned down two of the hoodlums. The ensuing confrontation caused a scare as commuters and traders in the areas scampered for safety. The Chairman of the Task force, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, confirmed the incident but denied that his men gunned down any of the hoodlums. He said, “Some hoodlums came in three buses to attack some of our men and we faced them. “We got the information from the National Union of Road Transpor...

A branch of Access Bank at Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State has been gutted by fire on Wednesday.  PUNCH gathered that a part of the bank's building was gutted by fire after a petrol tanker exploded near it. "Our men are on the ground, trying to combat the inferno. Thanks for notifying us," it tweeted via @Fedfireng.  Federal Fire Service confirmed the incident at 10.20 am.

   The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Edward Ajogun, on Tuesday, disclosed that he and his men employed technology to smoke out alleged serial killer and drug addict, Feyisola Dosumu, from a dungeon and shot him dead. Ajogun said the command employed technology to fish out the suspect when it became difficult to apprehend him where he hid in the bush. Dosumu, aka Spartan, had been declared wanted by the police. He had reportedly killed no fewer than seven people in Ogere and Iperu-Remo, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspect was shot dead by joint security forces in Ogere on Tuesday. Ajogun explained that the suspect was killed in his dungeon built in the bush in the Ogere area, after two days of operations. He said, “We employed the reactive means of always combing the bush each time this thing happens. He started this in April, then on August 21, he killed another victim. “Yesterday (Monday), we almost arrested him, but he slipped t...

Former Managing Director of Polaris Bank Plc Mr. Adetokunbo Mukail Abiru has finally joined the race for the Lagos East Senatorial District By-Election by picking up nomination and Expression of Interest Forms at the State party Secretariat.   The Ikorodu born Politician was received at the APC party Secretariat ACME by the State Chairman Hon Babatunde Balogun and State Party Executives.    The visit availed him the opportunity to address the party leaders on his Legislatives agenda and plans for the district, State and Nigeria .  

The federal government has appointed the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, John Momoh, as acting chairman of the governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. Mr Momoh, who is the president of the institution’s alumni association, has been a member of the council representing the association. His appointment follows the removal of lawyer and businessman, Wale Babalakin, from the position over the leadership crisis in the university. In a letter addressed to the ace broadcaster dated August 21, 2020, and signed by the permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, Mr Momoh was directed to convene an emergency meeting of the council to “consider and, if found suitable, approve the senate nomination of the acting Vice-Chancellor for University of Lagos, in line with the enabling Act.” The letter which is referenced; FME/PS/606/C.I/III/129, is titled; “Emergency Meeting of the Governing Council of University of Lagos.” It further reads in...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a new route used by criminally minded persons to import drugs into Nigeria. The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Colonel Muhammad Abdallah (rtd), who disclosed this, said the agency has discovered another 40-foot container at Brawal terminal in Lagos. He explained that the discovery was made during follow up investigations by the NDLEA after the police intercepted a 40-foot container laden with about 40 cartons of tramadol and other banned drugs, concealed in cartons of brushes. A joint examination conducted on the container revealed that 255 cartons of different types of tramadol and other banned medicines were concealed therein. According to Abdallah, further investigation by the NDLEA revealed that the tramadol was manufactured in Pakistan; a newly discovered country for the manufacturing of such drugs formerly known to have its origin in India. He described the latest discovery as a major br...

‌   The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, paraded a commercial boat helmsman, Bimbo Elebiju, for allegedly causing the death of 12 of his passengers while conveying them to their destinations. The victims were said to have drowned after the wave of a ship sailing along the Kirikiri waterfront made the boat, which engine had been switched off during an argument between Bimbo and his passengers over the fare, to capsize. Odumosu, while parading Bimbo at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said 20 passengers boarded the boat from Kirikiri to Badagry, but while on the way, the passengers disagreed with the helmsman on the fare. Odumosu said Bimbo indicated that the fare was N1,500, but the passengers insisted on paying N1,200, adding that the helmsman switched off the engine of the boat by the waterfront because of the N300 difference in fare. He stated that when the ship sailed along, the wave made the boat to drift towards a stationary barge, ...