PINK REPUBLIC/ MY BLOG IS A STORY MARATHON.

      Over the last three months, Lagos State has experienced an upsurge in the number of trailers/tankers involved in major accidents on the Expressways and major arteries. We will continue to encourage people to do business in Lagos, but we will not allow the lives of Lagosians and visitors to be put at risk. Lagos State will not tolerate the recklessness of truck drivers when transporting goods on our roads. The Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS) is to step up its activities in the government’s bid to stop such accidents involving trucks and others. The government is also curious about the persistence of tanker accidents at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the resultant gridlock that trails the incidents, spiralling through the entire Ikeja axis of the State and traumatising motorists and commuters. On Tuesday, two incidents, one involving a tanker that fell and exploded in flames on Kara Bridge on the outskirts of Lagos and the other involvin...

       The Lagos State Government is set to build a befitting and comfortable orientation camp for Corp members at the permanent orientation camp in Agbowa. The Honourable Commissioner, for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins stated this when the outgoing State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for Lagos State, Mr. Sunday Aroni paid him a farewell visit. He said that "a thorough scrutiny of the old orientation site at Iyana Ipaja revealed that the camp was small and inadequate for over 29,000 Corp members deployed to the State annually. As such, there is a need to build a new, spacious and adequate permanent site as a replacement for the old Ipaja orientation camp". While commending the outgoing NYSC State Coordinator for his performance and contributions to the success story of NYSC in Lagos, Bamgbose-Martins wished Mr. Sunday Aroni success in his deployment and future endeavours. The Commissioner ...

      The Enforcement Team of the Ikoyi/Victoria Island Cleanup Committee on Tuesday came under physical attack from some military personnel at the roundabout opposite Bonny Camp in Victoria Island. The team, which had been conducting daily enforcement raids, visited the roundabout under the Bonny Camp to continue the exercise but were confronted by uniformed military personnel who prevented them from confiscating the items displayed and sold in violation of the law. During the encounter, the military personnel, in the company of some other individuals in mufti, questioned the audacity of the LASG officials to conduct raids near a military capacity and resorted to beating up all identified officers of the State within sight. The action of the military men emboldened some of the street traders who resorted to hurling stones and other dangerous items at the officers who were on enforcement duties. However, the enforcement team thwarted attempts by the assailants t...

     The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the House under him would continue to champion the rights of the weak and poor Nigerians. Gbajabiamila said being elected by the people, it is incumbent on members of the House as representatives of the citizens, to anchor the wellbeing of the people. Gbajabiamila spoke at the inauguration of the Nigeria National Group of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (NNG-PGA) chaired by Rep. Abdulrazak Sa'ad Namdas. Gbajabiamila, who expressed delight that this is the first time that the NNG would be confirmed and recognised in Nigeria by the international council of the PGA, said he believed the group would achieve a lot. He said as the largest non-governmental organisation, multi-party and international network of legislators globally, members of the Nigerian group should use the opportunity to engage, network with their peers from other parliaments to deepen the country's legislat...

       The swearing-in was witnessed by the   House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria   Speaker, Rep.   Femi Gbajabiamila   the Senate President, Senator Dr. Ahmad Lawan and members of the Federal Executive Council. The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) Act 2000 provides for a tenure of five years for the chairman and its 12 other members nominated from the six geo-political zones in the country.More photos below.

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Tuesday, February 24, 2020 secured the convictions of three undergraduates, namely: Cynthia Nwankwo Ifunanya (female), 22 years, Kingsley Omenazu 27 and Okorie Kosalachi Alex 29 years before Justice I Buba of Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State on two separate count charges of internet fraud. . . Justice Buba after reviewing the evidence against the convicts admitted that the prosecution counsel, Eunice Vou Dalyop has proved her case beyond reasonable doubt and convicted and sentenced Alex to three years imprisonment, while Ifunanya and Omenazu were handed two years imprisonment respectively. The threesome was, however, given N2 million (Two Million Naira) option of fine each. . . Justice Buba, further ruled that all the items recovered from the convicts by the EFCC should be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The convicts including the lady were arrested by the EFCC at...

        Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, granted the prayers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, for the final forfeitures of N60, 000, 000 (Sixty Million Naira) cash recovered from Murtala Muhammad. . . The Commission’s Sokoto Zonal Office had on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, arrested Muhammad who was conveying the amount in four ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags inside a Black Land Cruiser Prado Jeep with registration No: DKA 67 PX (Kaduna), at No.145 Igala Hausing Estate, off By-pass Road Gusau, Zamfara State.More photos below.

       Justice Dimgba Igwe of Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the corruption trial of the former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro till March 25, 2020. . . Moro is facing prosecution for money laundering and procurement fraud matter, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to the tune of N675,675,000 (Six Hundred and Seventy-five Million Naira). . . He is charged alongside Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, a former secretary in the ministry, Mahmood Ahmadu, currently at large and Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, a firm involved in the ill-fated 2014 nationwide recruitment exercise of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) that consumed 15 applicants with scores sustaining injuries due to the ministry’s shoddy preparations for the exercise.

       DETAILS OF THE BURNT TANKER INVOLVED IN  THE CRASH REPORTED ON LONG BRIDGE OF THE LAGOS - IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ON TUESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY, 2020.  Passengers Details Pple Involved: 3(3MALE ADULTS) Pple Injured: NIL Pple Killed: NIL  Vehicle Details Veh Reg. No: NOT AVAILABLE Veh Make: DAF Veh Type: TANKER Veh Colour: WHITE  RTC DETAILS Probable cause: Mechanical Deficiency  (Electrical Fault) Nature of RTC: MINOR Type of RTC: LONE. EARLIER REPORT. ROAD TRAFFIC ADVISORY BY  THE FRSC OGUN STATE COMMAND FOLLOWING THE  CRASHED BURNING TANKER  ON THE LONG BRIDGE OF LAGOS - IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ON TUESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2020  -  MOTORISTS  NOT CLOSE TO THE LONG BRIDGE MAY SEEK FOR POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AWAY FROM THE LONG BRIDGE INTO OR OUT OF LAGOS  TILL THE TRAFFIC  SITUATION  IMPROVES Following the unfortunate crash that involved a tanker conveying petroleoum products that engul...

      Traffic Situation Report: A Petrol Station along Kubwa dual carriageway (Katampe) is currently on fire. FRSC Traffic Control Team are on ground to ensure the safe passage of motorists & road users along that route. Kindly cooperate with all agencies on ground-FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPORATION {FRSC}. One more photo below.

       POWA ACTIVITIES:Unveilling of Police Hospital Onitsha and inspection of Police Children School under Construction in Onitsha by the Chairperson, Police Officers Wives Association,(POWA)Anambra State Chapter Mrs Christiana Abang.More photos below.

      The Lagos State House of Assembly has held a Stakeholders’ Public Hearing on the Bill for a law to amend the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law 2019 in order to incorporate the Amotekun security initiative. Speaking during the ceremony held at the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, Alausa, Rt. Honourable Mudasiru Obasa said the Amotekun Security outfit has come to stay, adding that the Neighbourhood Safety Corps will be reorgani sed to accommodate the Southwest security outfit Amotekun. “Kindly note that our challenges here in Lagos are quite different from other States in this part of the country and in that wisdom we are going to look at this bill and make sure we do justice to it. The most important thing is that Amotekun has come to stay and we must give it necessary recognition”, he said The Speaker explained that in 2016 the Neighbourhood Safety Corps bill was initiated to support the Nigeria Police and other security organisations, as part...

      Atere Joshua Adegoke has finally propose to an American woman he met online. The lady said yes because Atere was kind and lovable. She also said that since she divorced her husband, she has never met a kind heart like Atere. Though the woman is old enough to be his grandmother but I wish them all the best and Congratulations to both of them.One more photo below.

    February 26, 2020 Press Statement S/Court: PDP Uncovers APC’s Plot To Frustrate Reversal of Imo Judgment The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently mounting pressure on the Supreme Court to restrain itself from reversing the flawed judgment on the Imo State Governorship election despite obvious mistakes in that judgement, which is now threatening the stability of our nation. The party, which hailed Wednesday's verdict of the Supreme Court on Bayelsa state governorship election, however noted that the elements and grounds for the demands by the PDP and majority of Nigerians for the reversal of Imo state governorship election judgment are completely different from those of Bayelsa. The PDP explained that its demand on Imo is not in any way in contestation of the authority and finality of the Supreme Court but a patriotic effort to assist the Supreme Court affirm its infallibility by correcting the inherent mist...