Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has said it would not rest on its oars until penchant disregard for traffic rules and regulations reduces drastically among commercial motor cyclists in the metropolis, just as it impounded 410 between last week and yesterday. Giving the breakdown of the figure, the Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated that 300 motorbikes were impounded on prohibited routes last week while 110 were seized yesterday. He explained that officials of the agency carried out enforcement in Isolo, Ojodu – Berger, Ojota, Lagos Island and Surulere last week while the enforcement drive of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence the first quarter display of Voter Register (VR) across the country on Sept. 24.Dr Joseph Chukwu, the Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who stated this at a news conference in Abakaliki, on Wednesday, added that the display will run from Sept. 24 and end on Sept.30.He urged those that took part in the registration exercise to use the opportunity to cross-check their biodata and any other relevant information and make corrections, where necessary.Chukwu noted that the exercise was sequel to the end of the first quarter of the Continuous…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. In the letter dated September 16, President Buhari explained that his proposal became necessary having carefully reviewed the administrative structure of both the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, and the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission. He listed the three areas of the Act he sought to be amended to include the appointment of…

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun weekend sent soothing words to three departed statesmen of the state origin: Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, Brig. Gen. Adetunji Olurin and Chief Jonathan Olopade.Describing the late Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye as a consistent politician and honest leader, Abiodun who gave this description at the final burial service for late Senator Durojaiye at the Cathedral Church of St. Matthew, Ijebu-Igbo, on Saturday, disclosed that the news of the passing of the late elder stateman was a shock to him, saying “it was like passing of a second father”.”Baba Durojaiye was another father to me and this is…

Contractors engaged by Lagos State Government to handle the construction of 1,188-unit LagosHOMS in Sangotedo area of Eti Osa now have a final completion date to deliver the project. After defaulting previous deadlines, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu mandated the contractors to finish up the 744 flats being developed in Scheme 1 of the housing project by the end of next month (October). The Governor, on Friday, handed down the new deadline when he inspected the housing project to assess the pace of construction work. The project, sited on 16.9 hectares, took off in 2012. It was revived by the Sanwo-Olu administration.…

Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been appointed as the 9th substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).The Professor of Medicine had earlier served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution before her elevation.Her husband is the current Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello.The appointment of Professor Olatunji-Bello was approved by Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu following recommendation by the Joint Committee of Council and Senate of LASU in accordance with the LASU Law, Cap 169 Vol 7, Laws of Lagos State.She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in LASU…

Governors of the 17 States in the southern part of Nigeria today met in Enugu where they unanimously endorsed the recent Federal High Court judgment that empowers states to collect the Value Added Tax (VAT).Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a statement, said the meeting was a follow up to the last one held in Lagos, adding they reviewed progress already made on the passage of the law against open grazing and encouraged southern states yet to pass the law to do so.”The Southern Governors also restated their commitment to pursue fiscal federalism by working with our National Assembly…

Governor Dapo Abiodun has been told to give a larger percentage of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to local governments in Ogun State after passing the bill into law.The suggestion was made on Thursday at the stakeholders’ forum on the Ogun Value Added Tax Law, 2021, held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.During the forum held today, the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, posited that the bill is to ensure equity and fairness in revenue sharing among the federating units.Oluomo explained that the bill would ensure improved revenue to Ogun, adding that VAT was not listed in the exclusive list of the…

A former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).The former PDP chieftain was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari as the newest member of the ruling party on Thursday during a visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.He was led to the meeting with the President by the APC National Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.

The Federal Government has again pledged to restore Twitter services in the country, a hundred days after the tech giant was banned in Nigeria.Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed,  disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.He said that the government is working hard to restore Twitter’s operations in Nigeria.“Honestly, we have gone very far. I won’t be specific, but we have gone very far,” the minister said.“Honestly, it is going to be very soon. Just take my words for that. Even Twitter itself gave a progress report on…