Lagos Govt Concludes Plan To Relocate Computer Village (pictured)

The Lagos State Government has placed embargo on the approval and construction of filling stations in all parts of the State till further notice, while a definite action will soon be taken on indiscriminate construction of event centres across the State, the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowose has said.

Anifowose, who disclosed this on Tuesday at the ongoing 2017 Ministerial Press briefing in Alausa as part of activities marking the second-year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, said government has already decided not to grant construction permit for filling stations pending the inventory of existing ones.

Responding to questions on the recent oil spillage in Alimosho, Anifowose said the decision of government was necessary in view of the need to take proper inventory of the existing filling stations with the view to determining those that should be removed, all in a bid to ensure public safety.

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Lagos Task Force Prosecute 114 Mushin Thugs,destroy 'weed' Worth Millions (pics)

The Lagos state task force has prosecuted 114 hoodlums linked to a fracas that occurred in Mushin a few weeks ago. Following the clash between the hoodlums from Alamutu and Akala-Elegba boys in Mushin Local Government, 114 of them were arrested alongside an alleged notorious killer and rapist from the council. Meanwhile, the Taskforce also destroyed Indian hemp, codeine and other illegal drugs worth millions of Naira recovered earlier from the communities. The prosecution of the 114 hoodlums including two females, was a sequel to the prosecution of 36 suspects arrested during the fracas that left scores of residents dead and others injured. The alleged notorious rapist identified as ‘Lanre Olowojobi (a.k.a Pumpy), an indigene of Ekiti State, confessed that since the fracas started seven years ago, he had killed and injured several residents with his weapons. The 37-year-old suspect said: “the ‘Pump Action’ guns and other weapons used during any fracas within...

CHECK OUT The Handshake Between Obiano And The US Ambassador (Photos)

So US ambassador to Nigeria visited anambra yesterday but this handshake is what got people talking. They seemed to have their official handshake and their unofficial handshake The unofficial handshake.

Nnamdi Kanu's Bail Conditions

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to bail on health grounds. In a brief ruling, Justice Binta Nyako said that she was convinced that Kanu was ill and needed more medical attention than the Nigerian Prisons was giving him. “The first defendant, Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed to the court for bail based on health grounds and it is only the living that can stand trial. “So I am minded to grant him bail so that he can attend to his health and face his trial alive,” Nyako said. She, however, ordered that while on bail, Kanu must not hold any rallies, grant any interviews or be in a crowd of more than 10 people. Nyako gave other bail conditions to include three sureties in the sum of N100 million each. She added that one of the sureties must be a senior highly placed person of Igbo extraction such as a senator. The other surety must be a highly respected Jewish leader since Kanu said...

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