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      Lagos State Acting Commissioner of Transportation, Prince Anofiu Elegushi has assured inter-state transport companies currently operating from Jibowu and Yaba axis that the space allocated for their relocation at Ojota Park was more than enough to accommodate them. Speaking on the planned relocation recently, Prince Elegushi said efforts are ongoing to re-arrange the Ojota Park for proper utilisation of the  available space, saying that operators only need to approach the government for allocation of space to continue their operations at the Park. While justifying the ban, Elegushi maintained that there are two basic reasons for the ban saying, “The first has to do with the transport policy of removing inter-state vehicles from Lagos metropolis and taking them a little bit to the outskirts of Lagos so that buses with other colours will not come into the State and run intra-city transport”. The second, he said, has to do with the Master Plan of the...

       The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, Mr Ahmed Zaki has commended the EFCC for its professional ways of tackling the menace of corruption across the country.   He gave the commendation on Tuesday, while paying a courtesy visit to the Zonal Office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to him, the Commission has distinguished itself in the credible and professional ways it is plying its job and charged the officers not to besmirch the great image of the EFCC. "Anywhere any personality of the Commission goes out, he goes out with his shoulders high because of the level of professionalism he exhibits in doing the job, please keep it up, don’t disgrace us, don’t mess up the name you have given to yourselves”, he said.More photos below.

        1. Following the clash between the military and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), I hereby call for calm and restraint by all Nigerians so that we would all jointly find the right solution to the current problem rather than worsening the crisis. 2. Our brothers and sisters in the South-east, in particular, should continue to maintain peace and tranquility and go about their lawful business. This crisis will not benefit anybody but would only expose innocent people to unwarranted danger. 3. At this point, Nigerians outside the South-east who have worked to ensure that the crisis does not spread to other parts of the country deserve our commendation. I therefore call for continued efforts to sustain peace, unity and stability in all our communities so as to ensure that all residents, no matter their religion, tribe and creed remain protected and safe under the law. 4. It is also important that commentators and purveyors of informati...

                                    The Federal Government has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of using fake videos of mass killings, harvested from other parts of Africa and doctored to look current, to mislead the international community and win their support. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this when he addressed Online Publishers in Lagos on Monday. ”We must warn the nation against IPOB’s next line of action, which is to externalize their lies and propaganda. Now they are writing to the governments and the national parliaments of some Western nations to give the impression that they are victims of an ethno-sectarian violence orchestrated by the government, hence they need protection. ”Some of the tools that have been employed by IPOB include blatant lies and cheap propaganda, and the medium of choice for the organization is the Social Me...

                                      The three piece lady's leather black suit from Pink Republic design collection,which is mine and I designed this three piece myself.The short coat hand was done deliberately because of our Nigerian weather and at the back of the leather camisole, I used black organzer material to avoid heat and sweats because leather can make you sweat.I love long skirts alot,so I decided to make the skirt long with a slit at the back so that I can walk and drive properly.The short hand coat have a very long zip in front so that i can wear it independently as a top and I can pair it with any colour of skirt or trouser.I designed this simple leather outfit about two months ago during when the rains were still very heavy,but now is a bit sunny.So on sunday when the weather changed as if it wanted to rain,I decided to rock my self designed leather outfit.I carried a black ani...

      The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on the media to support the Commission in the ongoing fight against corruption. Magu made this call on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, while presenting a paper titled “Corruption and National Development: Issues, Challenges and Solutions” at the 20th Anniversary Public Lecture and Award of the Finance Correspondents Associatio n of Nigeria, FICAN, held in Abuja. In the paper, which was presented on his behalf by Mr. Tony Orilade, Head Public Interface of the EFCC, Magu said, “Corruption is fighting back through the media and that is why I am using this platform and opportunity to call on you all, members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, to support the fight against corruption. I have said it at previous fora and I want to say again that we at the EFCC cannot do it all alone”, stating that the agency does not “have the monopoly of knowledge or resources”.More photos b...

      The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has fixed November 3, 2017 to hear an appeal filed by the wife of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, against the temporary forfeiture of the sum of $5.9m found in her Skyebank account. The order of Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for the temporary forfeiture of the money to the Federal Government, followed an exparte application filed by the EFCC. 

        The ill-health of Jolly Nyame, a former Taraba State governor, stalled his trial before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court, Abuja for an alleged N1.64 billion fraud, September 18, 2017. Counsel to Nyame, H.T. Fajimite, told the court that his client suddenly took ill, and needed to attend to his health, which caused his absence in court for the “continuation of his defence”.

      The Lagos State Government has re-opened William Street, beside Central Bank of Nigeria Building, to ease traffic flow between Broad Street and Marina as well as enhance security of lives and property along the axis. Speaking during the clearing of barricade and shanties erected on the street, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, said the State Government has received seri es of complaints by residents and commuters on the inconveniences and security threat the continued closure of the road had posed to them. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria had closed the road, which serves as a link between Broad Street and Marina, to traffic over ten years ago during the extension work on CBN Building by Julius Berger PLC and since then had failed to open the road to traffic even after completing the extension work. According to him, “We receive daily complaints on robbery incidents and the inconveniences the closed r...

        The duo of Kanu Agabi and Rotimi Jacobs, both SAN, yesterday  entertained the FCT High Court presided over by Justice Adebukola Banjoko during the trial of Joshua Dariye, a former Plateau State governor. Dariye is facing a N1.162 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the EFCC. Before adjoruning the case, at the instance Agabi to October 10, 2017 for further proceedings, Jacobs told the court how Agabi's request was  a frivolity since as the AGF and Minister of Justice during the Obasanjo's government, it was Agabi who requested for documents and relevant information from UK government upon which Dariye's charges was prepared.But Agabi replied Jacobs that as his SA then, Jacob is in a position to know better. But insisted that he needed time to study the new brief just given to him by Dariye.  The matter could not go on at the last sitting, June 19, 2017 as Dariye had at the time not got himself a new counsel, prompting the judge to adj...

      The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall joined war veterans, who received a standing ovation from the guests at Westminster Abbey on sunday, for a Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum said he finds the service "more and more emotional each year”. The Battle of Britain was a WWII military campaign in which the  Royal Air Force  defended the United Kingdom. It was the first major ca mpaign to be fought entirely in the skies and took place between July and October 1940. Those who fought in the campaign earned the nickname, The Few, taken from Winston Churchill's line: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Following the service, The Prince and The Duchess enjoyed tea with the veterans at a reception and the guests watched a Spitfire and a Hurricane flypast.More photos below.

       One of my reporter Chinenye Genevieve is reporting today about some pre-wedding photos of a Delta man who is about to marry two women in Delta state.Remember last year a Delta man also married two women the same day,evidently he married his main and side chick the same day,is this the new trend of marriage in that region?.Chinenye captioned all the photos she sent in '' Pre wedding photo shoot as Nigerian man from Delta state is preparing to Wed his 2 brides. The wedding will take place in Delta state.''.More photos below.