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Amosun buys 30 armoured tanks to fight crime

Amosun buys 30 armoured tanks to fight crime

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State is said to have ordered for 30 Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC and a hundred Toyota hilux vans to assist the police to combat the rising crime wave in the state especially armed robberies.

EFCC docks US-based lawyer over alleged theft

EFCC docks US-based lawyer over alleged theft

A United States-based Nigerian lawyer, Mr Ephraim Ugwuonye, was, Tuesday, arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Lagos, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly stealing $94,948 belonging to his client, Sola Adeyo.

Ogun community wants gov’s assistance

Ogun community wants gov’s assistance

Residents of Iyesi Ota community of Ogun State have appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun to come to their aid by providing security for them against thugs hired by a land agent who have been terrorising them.

Kirikiri farm tank operators accuse LASEPA officials of extortion

Kirikiri farm tank operators accuse LASEPA officials of extortion

Residents of Kirikiri Town, Lagos State have urged the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, to restrain from extorting operators of the oil tank farms operating in the area, in other to allow them fulfill their social responsibilities to the area.

Court orders ex-LG boss’ arrest

Court orders ex-LG boss’ arrest

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, has ordered the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Moses Oniriti, to immediately arrest former caretaker chairman of Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State, Akinyemi Akinlabi, to answer charges preferred against him by the state government.

Oshiomhole: Eagles taking me away from Labour

Oshiomhole: Eagles taking me away from Labour

Edo State Executive Governor, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshomhole, says he feels that despite his huge love for the labour movement, sports and particularly football, is now a competing force with his first love.

A bloody Eid gift

A bloody Eid gift

AT this stage even the most starry-eyed Nigerian must admit that the Nigerian state represented by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan is at the point of capitulating before the terror tactics of the fringe Boko-Haram group.

Senate probe: FCTA debunks reports of contract scams

Senate probe: FCTA debunks reports of contract scams

In reaction to reports that Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has uncovered fraud with respect to the contracts for the residences of Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of House of Representatives and other principal officers of the National Assembly, FCT Administration, FCTA, has said the media…

NAFDAC to clampdown on distributors of uncovered bread

NAFDAC to clampdown on distributors of uncovered bread

LAGOS- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Tuesday, threatened to commence a nationwide clampdown on Bread bakers, who distribute bread products without wraps and labels.

NAAPE/Air Nigeria face-off resolved —Balami

NAAPE/Air Nigeria face-off resolved —Balami

Following the grounding of all Air Nigeria’s flights nationwide, President, National AssocAiation of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, Engr. Balami David, yesterday, said the circumstances that led to the grounding of the airline’s operations had been resolved.

LAGOS PDP: Dancing on the ceiling

LAGOS PDP: Dancing on the ceiling

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State has for long sought to upstage the dominance of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in the politics of Lagos. At a time PDP was about getting its acts right, trouble has broken out in the fold. Is it a conspiracy or what?

Lagos to allocate more funds for communities’ devt

Lagos to allocate more funds for communities’ devt

LAGOS-As part of the ongoing infrastructural development, Lagos State Government said it will be laying more emphasis on opening of rural roads in the year 2012, aimed at impacting positively on dwellers as well as reducing the rural urban drift in the state.