Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Lagos State Government has closed the Alade market in the state’s Onigbongbo region due to environmental violations such as filth, garbage burning, and environmental degradation. Tokunbo Wahab, the state commissioner of environment and water resources, announced this on his X page on Wednesday. He wrote, “Alade Market in Onigbongbo has been sealed over several environmental infractions such as lack of waste bins, filthy environment, illegal burning of refuse by the roadside, indiscriminate dumping of refuse, and failure to comply with the rules of #Lawma_gov.” This comes after the Lagos State government closed down the Alaba International market in Ojo…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced revised candidate lists for the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Imo States. The names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress, were not included in the Bayelsa State election, according to the corrected list posted on the commission’s website on Tuesday. Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the commission’s secretary, signed the list. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the column for the names of the APC candidate and his ruining mate has been left blank, with “court order” notes on it. In Imo State, the commission named…

No fewer than four students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State have been allegedly raped by suspected robbers at a hostel in the Abapawa area of the town. According to reports, some suspected armed robbers broke into a hostel on Tuesday, stole valuables, and raped four students. According to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the rape by the robbers led to an uproar among the students, which eventually caught the attention of the state government. He said, “The students’ protest against the unfortunate event caught the attention of the state…

Gunmen attacked a petrol station in Kaduna State on Tuesday night, killing a vigilante member and abducting dozens. According to reports, the criminals who stormed the area around 6.30 p.m. targeted the fuel station in order to rob the attendants. The attack came just hours after another group of gunmen opened fire in a mosque on Tuesday morning, killing two worshippers and injuring others. Zubairu Idris Abdurauf, the Danmasanin Birnin Gwari and former Managing Director of the Kaduna State Media Corporation, told journalists over the phone that there had been renewed attacks on communities in the Birnin-Gwari Emirate and that…

No fewer than 108 Nigerians who had become stuck in the Niger Republic have been successfully brought back by the International Organisation for Migration. This was revealed in a post on the National Emergency Management Agency’s official X handle on Tuesday, October 24. The returnees included 29 adult females, 32 adult males, 44 children, and three infants, according to NEMA. They Nigerians arrived at the cargo wing of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, on a chartered flight with registration number TZ-SMA offered by Sky Mali. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Other Related Matters,…

The executive governor of Lagos State, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has formally opened the GAC Car Assembly Plant in Lagos. This was disclosed by the governor in a statement posted on his verified X handle on Tuesday. According to Sanwo-Olu, the partnership between Lagos State and CIG Motors represents a pivotal step towards greater industrialization, more jobs, and technical training for the people of the state. He said, “This partnership, born in the challenging days of the pandemic, has flourished, not only giving birth to the GAC Motor Nigeria CKD factory but also aiding the growth and expansion of our LAGRIDE…

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Tuesday for Hamas fighters in Gaza to be added to the targets of an international coalition fighting the Islamic State group. Macron made the call during his solidarity visit to Israel following the October 7 Hamas militants’ assaults. Macron also stated that the Middle East peace process needed a “decisive relaunch” following conversations with Israeli leaders, whose army is preparing for a ground assault on the Gaza Strip with the stated goal of deposing Hamas. Macron stated that the Global Coalition against Daesh, or the Islamic State Group (IS), “should also fight against Hamas”.…

The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has urged Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the terror incident in Israel by armed Hamas militants more than two weeks ago. “Enough is enough,” the emir stated, addressing Israel during the Shura Council’s first session in Doha on Tuesday. It is intolerable for Israel to be granted an “unconditional green light and a free licence to kill,” the emir declared, according to Qatari media. The Israeli “occupation, siege, and settlement” could not be ignored, he said. “In our time, cutting off access to water and withholding…

Hussaini Magaji, the new Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), claims that within one week of taking office, he discovered 189 fraudulent firms set up to deceive well-meaning Nigerians. Magaji told reporters in Abuja on Tuesday that the commission had apprehended a criminal group that specialized in operating several unregistered companies. “We discovered that these non-existing entities collaborate with lawyers who claim to be accredited agents with the commission. “They collaborate with some staff of the Abuja Geographical Information System (AGIS), manage their way to make applications at the AGIS, and take priority over existing applications. “With the collaboration…

Lagos, Rivers, and the Federal Capital Territory lead the list of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the year 2022, with N651.15 billion, N172.89 billion, and N124.4 billion, respectively. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, a total of N1.93 trillion was created across Nigeria’s 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, in 2022 IGR. According to NBS data, the states with the fewest resources are Kebbi (N9.1 billion), Taraba (N10.2 billion), and Yobe (N10.5 billion). Pay As You Earn, direct assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, capital gain tax, withholding taxes, other taxes, and LGA revenue were also reported by NBS…