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LG Funds: Court Rejects Governors Forum’s Move To Block Implementation Of NFIU Guidelines

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 admin

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request by the Governors of the 36 states for an order stopping the implementation of guidelines issued by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in relation to the operation of the States/Local Government Joint Accounts. The NFIU’s guidelines, which took effect from June 1, 2019, direct banks not to allow transactions in States/Local Government Joint Accounts, but that such accounts should only be used to distribute allocations to accounts of local governments directly. The guidelines stopped governors from tampering with funds…

Lagos Police Command Plans Total Eradication of Cultism

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU The Lagos Police Command on Monday, June 10, 2019, stated that plans are in place to totally fight cultism to a standstill in the state. Police Commissioner, Mr Zubairu Muazu, disclosed this during the parade of 202 suspected cultists said to have terrorised different parts of the State in recent times at the Ikorodu Police Divisional Headquarters along Ikorodu-Igbogbo/Oba Ogunlewe road. The police chief, who stated that credible intelligence has been gathered on the activities of these hoodlums, added that the command has initiated far reaching approach to…

Ikorodu Ex- SARS Commander, Onyabo Leader, Other Officers Honoured

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU The immediate past Commander, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikorodu, Superintendent of Police (SP) Godfrey Sowerei, has been honoured with special recognition for his outstanding contributions to security in Ikorodu. He was honored alongside other people at a special ceremony organised by O’Gunju Security Limited at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat hall in on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Other honorees were Chieftain of Onyabo Vigilance group, Mr Lanre Olabinjo who was recognized as the best security man of the year and Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina…

IDFA Easter Fiesta Football Tournament: 6 All Stars Teams To Compete In 3rd Edition

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU Five All Stars teams within the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State and one from Ogijo in Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria have been confirmed to participate in this year’s annual Easter Football Fiesta being organized by Ikorodu Divisional Football Association (IDFA). This year’s edition of the competition, which started three years ago and usually features established and veteran players of the round leather game, will hold at the Strong Tower Arena, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu, Lagos, between Friday, April 19 and Monday, April, 22, 2019. Those teams to do battle…

Green House Garners 15 Gold To Win 15th Edition of LATLAM Sports Competition

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU The 15th edition of the Lateef Lamina Memorial (LATLAM) Montessori, Nursery and College held at the Oriwu Model College playing ground on Thursday, April 11, 2019, has been won by the Green house with 15 gold, 13 silver, and 6 bronze. The house also scored 72% to win the match past of the sporting competition which was chaired by Comrade Japheth Odesanya, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of the Factor Newsmagazine and former Secretary to the Ikorodu Local Government. Blue house emerged the 1st runner-up with 14 gold, 6 silver and…

Lagos Fire Service Boss, Six Others Released

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 admin

The Lagos State Fire Service boss, Mr Rasaki Musibau and six others that were abducted last Saturday, at Iwoye Bridge, along Itoikin-Epe Road, Epe division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, have been released. They were released at about 11.45pm yesterday. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana Bala, in statement issued this morning, said, they were released unhurt and had reunited with their families. According to the statement: ” The Command’s Tactical teams are still in the creeks and forests combating the hoodlums. A water-tight security measures are emplaced across…

Photos: Ambode Decorates RRS Commander With New Rank

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 admin

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu was today decorated with a new rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos. Olatunji Disu who before his transfer to Lagos in 2015 as Commander, Rapid Response Squad had served as the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Rivers He was OC – SARS in Rivers, Oyo and Ondo states at various times and served…

We’re Working To Rescue Abducted Fire Service Boss, Others – LASG

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 admin

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday allayed fears over the abduction of the Director of the State Fire Service, Mr Rasaki Musibau, assuring that all hands are on deck to ensure his safe return, as well as other victims. Musibau and six others were abducted by unknown gunmen on Saturday night at about 8pm on Iwoye Bridge, along Itoikin-Epe Road. Briefing newsmen after the State Security Council Meeting chaired by the Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu again confirmed Musibau’s abduction with others, but…

Ikorodu Cult War Resurgence: Killings Continue Unabated As Eiye, Axe Confraternities Go Wild

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 admin

Kunle ADELABU -3 killed in two days Killings by members of the two rival cult groups in Ikorodu; Eiye and Black Axe confraternities, have continued unabated despite the heavy security presence in the town. . Following the brutal killings of Gbendu, a suspected Eiye member, at Sago and a Vulcanizer, a suspected member of Axe cult group, at Ota –Ona last week, the two groups have launched deadly reprisal attacks on each other at the weekend and early morning on Monday, April 8. These attacks were coming days after their…

Ambode Inaugurates 20-Man Transition Committee

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 admin

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday inaugurated a 20-member Transition Committee that would be saddled with the responsibility of ensuring a seamless transition to the next administration on May 29, 2019. Inaugurating the Committee, Governor Ambode, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, said a smooth transition to the next administration was imperative to ensure that the machinery of government continues to run smoothly without any hitch, considering the economic importance of Lagos to Nigeria. “In about seven weeks from now, the…