‎Governor Fashola Closes All Lagos Markets Today For PVC Collection

 The Lagos State government yesterday ordered the closure of all markets within the state today Feb. 7th, to enable all market men and women to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC). 

 This comes a day after the state government declared work-free day to enable workers collect their PVCs

 The collection of the PVCs officially ends tomorrow Feb. 8th. But, yes there's a but..INEC is meeting today to determine whether or not to go ahead with the Feb. 14th and 28th election.

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Our Heroes: Meet The First Consultant Hospital Staffs Who Helped Fight Ebola In Lagos State

 See the faces of the team at the First Consultant Hospital in Lagos state, whose prompt action helped contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos.

 Pictured above: The Chief Medical Director of the hospital Dr Benjamin Ohiaeri (middle) Dr Adaora Igonoh (2nd left), Dr Ibeawuchi Morris (3rd left) Dr Fadipe Akinniyi (2nd right) who got infected but got healed. 

Unfortunately four of their colleagues including Dr Stella Adadevoh and nurse Justina Ejelonu(God bless their souls) died from the deadly viral disease. Source

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Synagogue Building Collapse: Lagos State Government Moves Against T. B Joshua - Report

 The Lagos State Government has moved against the popular Synagogue Church of All Nations, at Ikotun, after one of its buildings collapsed last week killing at least 80 people including a 10-year-old kid with many others left critically injured.

The structure, which was under construction, was initially a two-storey building before the addition of four new floors which were under construction. As of Thursday, after NEMA announced that rescue work has ended, the death toll in the building collapse hit 80. Among the dead were 67 South Africans. 

According to Punch, the Lagos State Building Control Agency has, therefore, marked the main building of the church, asking for relevant documents to prove its structural integrity.

The General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Mrs. Abimbola Animashaun-Odunayo, who confirmed that the building had been marked by the agency in a phone interview with Saturday PUNCH, said it had requested that the church provides some documents, adding that a structural integrity test would be carried out on all the buildings in the church complex.

She said:

“X’ (the mark on the building) does not mean demolition; it is for structural integrity test to be carried out on the building and the church is expected to provide all the documents for approval and the church has three months to do this.”

Asked if the building would be demolished in case the church failed to meet the requirements within the time frame, Animashaun-Odunayo declined to make further comments.

“Look, it is still under investigation; I can’t say more than that. I don’t even know who I am talking with on the phone,” she said.

Meanwhile, diplomatic tensions between South Africa and Nigeria have escalated as the SA government struggles to get answers about the building collapse that killed the largest number of South Africans outside the country since the downing of the Helderberg airliner in 1987.

Pretoria’s diplomats are reportedly contending that “Nigeria is obsessed with its competitive attitude towards South Africa”. Here's what a disgusted senior South African government official involved in the mission to bring the bodies of their citizens home said to Mail & Guardian:

“The Nigerians have flatly refused our search and rescue missions, the same way they initially refused international assistance during the search for the missing girls. They feel that this could send a politically worrying message that they don’t have capacity. The reality is that our search and rescue teams and sniffer dogs are the best on the continent.  

Making matters worse is Nigeria’s culture of secrecy and superstition. You find even government officials believing in the cult of this prophet and not asking questions during such disasters. It’s unbelievable. But there is also an element of cover-up by [preacher TB] Joshua, because there is a possibility of litigation cases against him for negligence. 

The worst thing to note [is that] the Nigerian government has not issued any statement: no condolences to our government, nor to the families.”

SA's Department of international relations and co-operation spokesperson Clayson Monyela confirmed that South Africa has identified most of the bodies through passports, and that the government will work with family members to identify the remains of their loved ones. Source

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Oh No! : Lagos State Records 5 New Suspected Ebola Cases

 The Lagos State government yesterday revealed that 5 new suspected cases of Ebola virus have been recorded at the Yaba Isolation Centre.

 The state Commissioner for health, Dr Jide Idris made this known yesterday, Wednesday August 20th, while addressing journalists. Dr Idris said that two of the five new cases were from secondary contacts and that 213 people are now being observed.

"Till date, we have recorded eight suspected cases, five of which came in yesterday August 19th, 12 confirmed. On the whole, five have died (including the index case). We are currently following up 213 contacts, and 62 have completed the two-day follow-up,” Dr Jide said.

Dr. Idris used the opportunity to pay tribute to late Dr Ameyo Adadevoh and other health workers who have so far died from the Ebola virus disease.

 "She, (Dr. Adadevoh) it was, who took the initiative to intimate the Ministry concerning the index case – Liberian-American (Mr. Patrick Sawyer) and substantially to her credit the moderate containment achieved is owed. She led the team who attended to the index case. Her doggedness and commitment to duty saw her personally reviewing the case even though the patient had earlier been seen by a doctor. The Ministry of Health commiserates with their families, co-workers, friends and loved ones on these irreparable losses which was on the line of duty,” he said

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Shocking : Soldiers Set BRT Buses On Fire In Lagos, After Their Colleague Was Accidentally Killed By A Bus(See Photo)

 Soldiers a currently on a rampage at Ikorodu, Lagos, after their colleague was accidentally crushed to death by a BRT bus this morning. They have been beating up innocent passersby brutally ever since the accident happened.

 And new report just reaching us are that the soldiers have set several BRT buses ablaze (photo above)near a petrol station. But why? why should the army meant to keep peace be causing such disaster over an accident. Anyway, may the soul of the deceased soldier rest in peace......Amen

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Lagos Ranked World’s 4th Worst City

 

Everywhere I turn its either Nigeria this or Nigeria that, well it shows we're meant to be doing better than our current form, truth is we all need to improve in the country, every individual in the country.  

 

Lagos is the fourth worst city in the world, Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, an independent forecasting and advisory business within the Economist Group has said. And its top worst cities, are scattered around Africa and Asia. 

 

Lagos, the fourth on the list, shares its 137 position with Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea on 38.9 per cent.The report made available yesterday described it as the second-fastest growing city in Africa and the fourth worst city on earth.

 

“Rapid growth is not always a good thing because Lagos is now a magnet for two perpetual threats to peace: pirates and Islamist warriors. Boko Haram have a problem with cities like Lagos and also lots of weaponry. Pirates threaten trade and use kidnapping as a method of funding. Islamist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram (“Education is forbidden”) want to create their own version of heaven on earth by destroying cities such as Lagos and imposing strict sharia law.

 

Lagos has enormous potential but as yet little to show for it – hence its poor ranking,” the report said. EIU in its 2013 annual survey of the world’s 140 major metropolises, said Lagos has a long way to go politically, socially and economically before it joins the emerging market club.

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SHOCKING: Man Defiles A 4-Year-Old And Charged To Court

 

Sometimes when we need read news like this its quite hard to comprehend, cause there's no logical reason for such act.  

 

30-year-old man, Adedeji Amusa, was on Friday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old girl.

 

The accused, who resides in Epe, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and assault, The Police Prosecutor, Cpl. Babaji Ishiaku, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Oct. 6 at the Bada area of Epe.

 

“The accused conspired to assault and defile a four-year-old girl.“

 

The girl was sent by her aunt to collect the money for the `garri’ which she sold to the accused.“

 

The accused took the girl into his room and used the opportunity to commit the offence,” he said.

 

Ishiaku said that the offence contravened Sections 170 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

 

Amusa, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.Magistrate O.O. Fowowe granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000, with two sureties each in like sum.

 

The case was later adjourned to Nov. 19 for mention. (NAN)

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Government Bars Underage Pupils From Public Schools

The Government of Lagos State has declared that henceforth no underage pupil would be allowed entrance into it's public schools without completing primary six and sitting for the exams.

 Lagos State commissioner of Education Mrs. Olayinka Oludunjoye, revealed this in a meeting with school proprietors, saying was a set back to the state's academic sector.

 She also advised parents to cultivate the habit of speaking the local dialect with their children at home, so as to promote their culture, as well as the continuous existence of their language.

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Deported Igbo's Sue Lagos State Government To N1 Billion Lawsuit Over Unlawful Deportation

The Lagos State Government says it is unmoved by the N1 billion suit filed against it by seven of the Igbo destitute relocated to Onitsha, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, in July this year.

Seven of the destitute, namely, Joseph Aniebonam, Osondu Mbuto, Osondu Agwu, Nnenna Ogbonna, Emily Okoroariri, Friday Ndukwe and Onyeka Ugwu, sued on behalf of others, the Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Commissioner of Police and Lagos State Government to the tune of N1 billion.

Responding to the suit, Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye said the government was not moved by the N1 billion suit as it would appropriately respond to the challenge.

Ipaye said the state government had been served the court papers and government was ready to meet them in court.

He stated that the suit could be politically motivated but that government was going to respond to it appropriately.

“We are not moved by the N1 billion suit. The suilt could be politically motivated or not. We are going to respond to it as we have been served the court papers,” he said.

Interim Lagos State Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe said: “we will meet them in court,” adding that the suit was politically motivated as those relocated could not have garnered the power to sue the government.

According to Igbokwe, those behind the suit should also sue Peter Obi for deporting several Igbo in his state to Ebonyi State in 2011, while accusing the Anambra State Government of being behind the suit because of the coming governorship election.

In the motion filed on behalf of the destitute, through their legal counsel, Barrister Ugo Ugwunnadi, an Onitsha-based legal practitioner, the applicants are praying the court to declare that they, as Nigerian citizens, are entitled to the enjoyment of their fundamental rights as provided for in Sections 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

They applicants are also seeking a declaration of the court that their arrest and detention in various camps, Oshodi rehabilitation centre, police cells and prisons, within Lagos State for no offence known to law and without trial and conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, amounted to a serious breach of their rights as provided for in the relevant sections of the constitution, saying such action was illegal, null, void and unlawful.

The victims also sought an order of the court to declare that their deportation from Lagos State of Nigeria to Anambra State of Nigeria on 24 July amounted to a gross violation of their rights and a breach of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

They noted that the court should mandate the first respondent to re-absorb and accommodate the applicants within Lagos State of Nigeria since they are Nigerian citizens and are entitled to reside in any part of Nigeria, including Lagos State.

The applicants equally sought a perpetual injunction restraining the respondents, their agents, privies, subordinates, workers and officers, howsoever called, from their further deportation or refusing them free entry into Lagos and free exit therefrom, as well as an order mandating the respondents to tender a written apology to them by publishing the apology in the following newspapers: Thisday, Vanguard and Daily Sun continuously for 30 days, from the date of the first publication, for unlawful and gross violation of their constitutional rights.

They added that the issue for determination is whether the action of the respondents in arresting, detaining and their subsequent deportation from Lagos to Onitsha, Anambra State is justified in law, in view of the supreme provisions of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, adding that if the issue is resolved in the negative and against the respondents, the applicants are entitled to the reliefs sought.

The Lagos State Government had on 24 July, 2013 relocated at least 67 Igbo destitute to Onisha, Anambra State, an action that had generated serious controversy for several weeks.

Governor Babatunde Fashola has since apologised to the Igbo over his action, saying he had no strained relationship with the Igbo people.

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Police Detain 4-month-old Baby in Lagos

 

I know it seems a bit unbelievable but trust me its very true, a nursing mother, Chigozie Osinachi, and her four-month-old baby are currently being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

 

Chigozie, the wife of a well-known kidnapper,  Osinachi, aka China, who allegedly masterminded the kidnap of the chairman Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Kehinde Bamigbetan, early this year.

 

It was reported on the news that China and seven others were k*lled by SARS operatives during a rescue operation by the team. 

 

Chigozie was said to have been arrested at her home in Ajah area of Lagos after policemen had found evidence that she was also involved in the activities of the gang, four months after the initial arrest, however, Chigozie and her baby are still being held at SARS.

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Another Boat Accident: 8 Passengers Drown To Death

 Yesterday, 1st of October 2013, 8 commercial boat passengers met their untimely demise while travelling from Sagboki village towards Apapa Lagoon in Lagos State.

It all started when their boat ran into a turbulence after which the boat driver lost control and the boat capsized.

Out of the 19 passengers on board, 8 of them who couldn’t swim drowned before rescuers could reach the scene. The 11 others managed to swim back to shore to alert boat operators.

However, local rescue operators were said to have rescued 11 persons, including two teenagers who were heading to Liverpool to sell dried fish.

When contacted, the Lagos State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Chukwuma Ozoani, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), confirmed the incident.

He said: “The incident is true and according to the information at my disposal, only two persons allegedly drowned while seven persons were rescued.

“At the moment, rescue operations are ongoing by operatives of the Marine Police to see if any more persons will be rescued. The deceased persons would be taken to the morgue.”

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The Tallest Hotel In West Africa Unveiled In Lagos

 The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, unveiled the N30 billion tallest hotel in West Africa, the Intercontinental Lagos Hotel. 

The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, is a 23-storey building with 358 rooms, 37 suites and a presidential suite. 

The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Hotel Group, IHG, is owned by the Milan Group. 

Governor Fashola said the new hotel showed that the economy of the country was witnessing growth daily but without corresponding employment. 

According to him, “The new sector is the tourism sector. This is the only virgin sector in the country, and it will help address the challenges of unemployment in the country.” 

The governor noted that the new hotel had helped to create new 650 direct jobs in the state, adding that with the construction of more hotels and hospitality outfits, more direct jobs would be created as well as numerous indirect jobs.

Chairman, Milan Group, Ramesh Valechha said the hotel will change the landscape of Lagos and boost the hospitality industry in the state. 

He noted that the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the project was signed on March 31, 2004 while it took two years to complete the design work before the conceptualisation of the project began. 

He revealed that the Lagos State Government, Skye Bank and Wema Bank were supportive of the project. 

According to Valechha, building of the hotel cost over N30 billion, while 650 jobs were created for Nigerians. 

The unveiling ceremony was attended by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu 1; ex-governor of CBN, Joseph Sanusi, and many other dignitaries. 

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Strange scenes as Images Of Late Clerics Appear On The Walls Of A Mosque

Last Week, an amazing event was recorded at Owode Onirin, Ikorodu, Lagos State, as images of some clerics who died decades ago were believed to have made sudden appearances on the walls of Dawiz Central Mosque in the area.

The images were identified as as that of Sheikh Ahmada Tijani, (Algeria) Sheikh Ibraheem Niass, (Senegal) Sheikh Jamiu Bulala. (Nigeria)

Thousands of people and passers-by stormed  into the mosque to not only have a glimpse but to also offer some prayers.

 Right inside the mosque, people were seen holding bottles/satchets of water muttering prayers and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great). Some were even seen bowing to the image.

According to an Eyewitness: “The images were first noticed on Tuesday September 3, on the walls of the mosque which was constructed a few months ago and owned by Sheikh Musa Alegbeleye.”

An eye-witness also disclosed that attempt was made by some individuals to wash off the images but to no avail; adding that the more they try to rub it off, the more the images become clearer.

It was gathered that four months ago, the image of Sheikh Jamiu Bulala Islamic Cleric, who had died two decades ago appeared first faintly to the consternation of Muslim faithful and they decided never to make it public to create any doubt.

The President of Islamic society of Nigeria, Lagos State Mukadam Alhaji Samodu Onikoyi confirmed the appearance of the images.

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Lagos State is 4th Worst City On Earth

Lagos has been ranked as the fourth worst city in the world. In a survey carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, an independent forecasting and advisory business within the Economist Group.

 And its top worst cities, are scattered around Africa and Asia.

 Lagos State, the fourth on the list, shares its position with Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea on 38.9 per cent.

The report made available yesterday also described it as the second-fastest growing city in Africa.

 “Rapid growth is not always a good thing because Lagos is now a magnet for two perpetual threats to peace: pirates and Islamist warriors.

 Boko Haram have a problem with cities like Lagos and also lots of weaponry. Pirates threaten trade and use kidnapping as a method of funding.

 Islamist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram (“Education is forbidden”) want to create their own version of heaven on earth by destroying cities such as Lagos and imposing strict sharia law.

 Lagos has enormous potential but as yet little to show for it – hence its poor ranking,” the report said. EIU in its 2013 annual survey of the world’s 140 major metropolises, said Lagos has a long way to go politically, socially and economically before it joins the emerging market club. The ranking was conducted based on following below....

Stability
Healthcare
Culture and Environment
Education
Infrastructure

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Prophet's Shocking message to Fashola(Read)

Reopen Yaba Market Or Risk Losing His Children" - Prophet Warns Governor Fashola...read below. 

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'Governor Babatunde Fashola's father passes on'

Alhaji Ademola Fashola, the father of governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has been reported d*ad. He died in the early hours of today, August 5th, after a brief illness.

 He was 75-years old. Governor Fashola is on his way back home from Saudi Arabia, after a brief visit.

 May his gentle soul rest in peace, Amen.

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Okada Robbers Burnt to D*ath

It was a sad end for three suspected okada robbers who were alleged to have been terrorising the residents of Ikotun area of Lagos State, Nigeria; they were caught and set ablaze by an angry mob.

 The suspected robbers were k*lled after their robbery operation was foiled by a member of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, vigilante group in the same area.

 The robbers, who allegedly operated with the aid of motorcycle, met their demise when they attempted to rob a woman, a wholesales recharge cards seller, at Governor’s Road, Ikotun at about 7 pm, on Wednesday.

 According to an eye witness, on the fateful day, the suspected robbers parked their okada in front of the woman’s shop.

 While one waited outside, the other two suspected robbers went inside the shop to rob the trader.

 It was alleged that one of the robbers pointed a gun at the woman and demanded for her bag containing recharge cards and sales proceeds for the day.

 The woman refused and insisted that she will not hand over the bag to them.

 The argument between the woman and the suspected robbers alerted some of the residents of the area who fled when they saw the gun pointed at the woman.

 This caused commotion in the area and drew the attention of the OPC member.

 An eyewitness said, “When the OPC member confronted the robbers, one of them shot at him but the bullet did not enter his body.

 The robbers were afraid and attempted to escape with their motorcycle.

 But as they attempted to zoom off, a motorist hit their motorcycle.

 They fell down and were rounded up by the residents” According to the eyewitness, before the police could intervene the mob had gathered the suspects together and burnt them beyond recognition along with their motorcycle.

 “The mob set them ablaze with the petrol they got from their motorcycle.

Although the police were informed about the robbery, before they got to the area, the suspects had been burnt by the angry mob,” the eyewitness said.

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