Category: South West

An investigator at the Economic Financial Crime Commission,  Alex Ogbole has called on parents and other stakeholders to rally around the commission in a bid to eradicate financial crimes especially among young people in the country.

Ogbole said this at the Safer Internet Day organized by the International Centre for Leadership Development Nigeria held recently at the Lagos State Youth House, Yaba, Lagos.

He said that parents and other stakeholders must be alive to their responsibility of instilling good morals of probity, honesty, integrity, and transparency among the youths.

“If you see people you cannot relay their source of income particularly youths to their lifestyle, they ought to be questioned in the society by our older parents”, he said.

He restated the commitment of EFCC stating that we are encouraging every other stakeholder to play their part and in a very short time is going to climax and begin to decline eventually.

He charged youths to desist from crime as they have what it takes to be the best version of themselves. They have education, good loving parents, Nigerians as their country. Cybercrime does not pay. There is a pay day and you will be caught up by the long arm of the law.

Earlier , the Executive Director of the International Center for Leadership Development Nigeria, Felix lziomoh said the programme is aimed at educating young people on the positive use of internet facilities so that they can be better citizens of themselves and society.

He said “at ICLDNG, we are working with various stakeholders to create a platform to raise purposeful young leaders in Nigeria by leveraging technology and helping teenagers to develop the digital skills they need to stay safe online and reposition their mindset thereby using the internet in a positive way. We have hosted several workshops in eight states across Nigeria”.

Parents of students in public secondary schools in Ogun State have signed an undertaking that their children and wards would not engage in hooliganism.

The undertaking is one of the strategies adopted by the state government to arrest hooliganism and other unruly conducts among students.

Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta yesterday that the development had ensured peace within and outside schools premises.

The commissioner stated that government had redoubled its efforts at ensuring that hooliganism and thuggery were brought to an end in its schools.

He said that government engaged stakeholders including officials of the ministry, head teachers, principals, security agencies, teachers unions and parents to address misconducts by students.

Arigbabu added that the state government had set up counseling centres to take care of students who misbehaved and needed attention and rehabilitation.

“Towards the end of First Term, last year, there were series of misbehaviors in these schools and situations where some parents went to schools to harass officials because their wards were disciplined.

“We started various stakeholders’ engagements with the ministry’s officials, zonal education officers, head teachers and principals of schools, teachers and teachers union; we also had engagement with security agencies.

“All these put together was capped with attendance target in which any learner that failed to come to school for at least 70 per cent of the term, will not be allowed to write examination.

“All parents and students have signed the undertaking; it was 100 per cent compliance because they realised that anyone who failed to sign would not be allowed into the schools,’’ Arigbabu added.

The commissioner stressed that the measures put together had helped in returning sanity into Ogun State’s public schools.

Lifecard investment limited, a real estate Company recently held her awards night in Lagos. The colourful event tagged ‘Day the Advantage’ took place at the company’s premises in Lekki, Lagos. At a glance you have an overview of services available at the creative exhibition stand showcasing the company’s services as well as investment options for intending clients.

Guests and participants were educated on the different investment opportunities and their advantages. The event also witnessed commendation awards for clients that supported the brand over the years, while the best marketing staff for the year 2021 was awarded cash prizes and a car for the overall best staff of the company.

Grace Ofure Ibhakhomu MD of Life card informed that the Day of the Advantage is to encourage customers and also give them discounts on products. “The idea is to showcase our products, celebrate and rejoice for what we were able to accomplish in the past year. Today we gave out cars to young people, it is to say thank you to them, and for the work they do and encourage them to do even better.”

She continued: “This is to recognise our partners, our investors and everyone that trust our brand. We are feeding the Diaspora market and we have a lot of people that believe in us. So, this is our own way of celebrating them. Lifecard is more than a company. It is a vision to help get the right kind of investment. If we have new products, we unveil it. Today, we gave out cars to young people. Lifecard consist of a group of people and we encourage them to be more innovative. It is a Real Estate company but the day of advantage is an event to showcase what we have. We also showcase the different things we would be doing in the New Year and we celebrate what we have been able to achieve. Next year, it would get bigger and better”.

One advantage that her company has over other she stressed is integrity. “The Real Estate business has a lot of shady people. We saw the problem and we came to solve the problem. Integrity is very important when it comes to Real Estate. Looking back, I would say that the testimonies from our client are awesome. Over the years, they have seen that we are true to them and what we do. W also have a foundation which focuses on giving back to the community. I came from a poor background and I know what it means to be poor. This weekend, we are taking up a school and we would give them furniture, refurbish and uplift the environment”.

The District 404B1 International Association of Lions Clubs on February 8, engaged both primary and secondary schools in Ota axis, Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State with Athletics to boost their moral in the cause of fighting against childhood cancer.

The remarkable event, tagged: Run to fight childhood cancer awareness race”, held at Ota mini stadium, St. Michael African church primary school, Ota. Lions T-shirts inscribed with campaign against childhood cancer, writing and other school materials were distributed to the children, aimed at strengthen their joyous mood and to enable them fully participate in the awareness campaign against the killer disease.

The world best humanitarian service provider group, it was gathered has over the years adopted awareness campaign against pediatric cancer as part of its yearly activities, having noticed thousands of children between  age zero to 19 years are dying of the deadly disease.

Speaking at the event, the District 404B1 Governor, Rasheed Olasunkanmi Ologundudu, said the way to reduce the effect of the killer disease in the society is to engage in massive advocacy, sensitization, awareness campaign, and educating the populace on the causes, treatment centers, procedures and preventions.

He said Lions Club would not relent from creating awareness against pediatric cancer, urging parents to always shun the traditional belief of liking the causes of pediatric cancer to spiritual or superstitions.

The childhood cancer awareness campaign project chairperson, Mrs. Nofisat Etiko, in her address said pediatric cancer has taken the lead in the cause of children’s death.

While stressing the need for the programmes to be carried out for the sake of innocent children who are victims or potential victims of this disease, she explained that approximately, almost 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year around the world.

A rainstorm that occurred at the weekend has destroyed over 100 buildings in Irese community, Ifedore local government area.

Roofs of the buildings were completely removed while several others perimeter fences were pulled down.

Besides residential building, the Irese Community Health Centre, city hall, schools, a church and a major poultry farm were also affected.

The Olurese of Ireseland, Oba Destiny Saka, who spoke on the incident called on the state government and elected officials from the area to render financial assistance to the victims.

Ilorin residents under the aegis of Oju-Ekun Community Development Association have donated drugs worth hundreds of Naira to a basic health centre built for the community by the Governor AbdulRaman Abdulrazaq  administration.

Speaking with The Nation, the Chairman of the association, Mallam AbdulWahab Babaleke, said the gesture was to complement the efforts of the AbdulRazaq administration, which reconstructed the health centre.

He said the health centre was a dilapidated one before the current administration intervened.

“We hail the governor’s efforts in bringing health facilities and other infrastructural developments to Oju-Ekun community.

“This administration has brought dividends of democracy to the grassroots, but teachers are eagerly waiting for their share of the goodies,” Babaleke said.

An official of the centre, Hajia Maryam, thanked the community for the gesture, saying it would complement the efforts of the government in health care delivery.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Prof. Tunde Samuel, as a great loss to the state.

GAC is the apex leadership body of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The governor commiserated with GAC members, leaders and members of the APC in Lagos State, especially in Agege and Lagos West, saying Samuel’s demise has created a vacuum in the party.

The deceased was the pioneer Provost of the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) Epe, and a former Special Adviser on Education to former Governor Bola Tinubu.

Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, described the deceased as a renowned scholar and one of the few Nigerians in academics who used their experience to make a mark in the education and political sectors in Nigeria.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru, yesterday mourned Samuel,

In his condolence message, Abiru, the senator representing Lagos East, commiserated with the bereaved family,  the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos and the Governor’s Advisory Council, (GAC) over the departure of a “highly cerebral academic and a political tactician, who worked tirelessly to preserve the ideals of the progressives in Lagos State.”

“On behalf of my family, the good people of Lagos East Senatorial District, I commiserate with the family of Prof. Samuel, the entire people of Lagos State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) over this monumental loss,” Abiru said in his condolence message.

Speaker of House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa described the deceased as a titan, whose positive roles in Lagos could not be forgotten in a hurry.

Obasa, who visited the deceased’s home yesterday, said: “Prof. Samuel’s demise is a blow, a pain that will take long for us to bear both as people of Agege, the APC as a family, the GAC and the entire Lagos State.”