WHAT began as a mutual transaction between unsuspecting tenants and two sweet talking ‘property developers’ in Lagos, has ended in a monumental fraud which is currently being investigated by the police.

THE Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, has arrested a traditional high chief (Baale) for alleged land grabbing.

THE detention of five under aged children of a community leader and Chairman of Uruebo village, Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State by authorities of the 33 Police Station in the area almost caused a riot in the station, forcing the police to release them immediately.

THE Lagos State Government intends to register about 21 million residents of the mega-city in the ongoing residents’ registration exercise which was flagged off four months ago by Governor Babatunde Fashola. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba disclosed this while reacting to our story ‘Echoes of pains as Lagos residents’ registration enters 4th month’ which was published on Friday January 24.

THE Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr. Ade Abolurin has urged the leaders of NSCDC Cooperative Society in all the states of the federation, to be resolute and firm in their dealings. He charged them to shun all acts of corruption and maintain integrity and credibility in their transactions.

Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point wireless links. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, homes, casinos, airports, military installations and convenience stores.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, top members of his executive counciland some senior journalists, penultimate witnessed a public demonstration of the use of 1,200 security cameras CCTVs already deployed in Lagos State by the Federal Government.

Nigerians demonstrated their disdain for same-sex relationships last week when an angry mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals who were brought for trial before Sharia Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State.

A visibly weighed down Dr Sunday could not respond when VM asked for his own side of the story. Pressed further, he retorted” I am dizzy and do not need to be disturbed on this issue.”
Meanwhile, the matter has been charged to the Magistrate Court 2, Ikeja. When the case came up for hearing last Friday, Sunday was granted bail with two responsible sureties who must be working and who have evidence of tax clearance Each to the sureties who must have verifiable addresses, was required to deposit N50,000.

On top of the one storey building located at 163, Itire Road, Mushin, Lagos, is a bold inscription ‘’JOSSY-JD LTD, Obstetric and Gynecology.”

Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, Iku Baba Yeye, on Wednesday, January 14, 2014, clocked 43 years on the throne of the Alaafin of Oyo. How time flies! Time has moved at such a fast pace that one of the Yoruba most revered traditional rulers, during an interaction with Sunday Vanguard, could not understand how the feat of two scores and three that he has been on the throne was achieved. He, however, was certain that, “It is God Almighty; not by my power or effort. I give glory to Him.”

FOUR months after the registration of Lagos residents was flagged off by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, echoes of anguish have continued to trail the exercise which according to the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency, LASRRA Bill, is meant to create a reliable database of all residents in the State.

A few years ago, Ikorodu was a haven for armed robbers and cultists. The activities of these agents of darkness were so pronounced that residents of the area were thrown into panic and could hardly sleep with their eyes closed.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the Mobile Court on Environmental offenders in the state will be more active in prosecuting offenders of the state laws on the environment.
The Governor who spoke during his inspection of ongoing projects in the state, said it was nauseating to see some residents turn the drainage channels being constructed into drains for human waste.

Some residents of Oshodi Local Government Area last week, stormed the office of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, Mafoluku, Oshodi to protest alleged extortion by IKEDC officials and incessant blackout in the area. The protest which lasted several hours paralysed activities in the council area.