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  • Firm offers eye-catching incentives for Lekki estate

    A firm, VINEREALTORS, has offered prospective subscribers to Brooklyn Court Phase 2 Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos, mouth-watering incentives.

    It said the move was to improve the chances of subscribers to own properties in the luxurious, high-profiled estate.

    Vinerealtors, in a statement, explained subscription could also serve as an investment option for land investors.

    On why the estate is the option to beat, the firm said: “Few years ago, Dangote went into the bush of Ibeju-Lekki to invest. The rich are going far to buy land.

    “The rich compete to divert their investments into developing areas filled with opportunities.”

    Conversely, it pointed out unwise investors grumble about the distance of Ibeju-Lekki without being able to afford land in developed areas.

    Vinerealtors added: “In Lagos, history and experience has taught that no land is far, no land is a bush.”

    It explained the 100 percent dry land estate costs N750,000 per 600sqm. You get a FREE plot and a phone when you buy five.. Limited plots available for this offer.
    Neighborhood
    Lekki Free Trade Zone
    Cargo Port Construction
    Dangote Refinery
    Lekki Seaport
    Power Oil
    La Campaigne Tropicana Beach Resort
    Benefits
    Swimming Pool & Recreation Garden
    Gated estate with security
    Free from all forms of Government and ‘omo onile’ issues.

    The firm is reachable through Binalaifa on +2348166250519 (also on whatsapp) or www.vinerealtors.com.ng 

  • Reward for hard work, commitment

    The Education District 111 comprising Epe, Eti-Osa, Ibeju-Lekki and the Lagos Island zones has rewarded teachers, cleaners and drivers for hard work.

    Many smiled home with gifts ranging from deep freezers, fridges, fans, television sets and grinding machines, among others.

    The award categories include best senior school, best junior school, best senior student, best junior student, best senior school principal, best junior school principal, best senior school vice-principal, best junior school vice-principal, best senior school teacher, best junior school teacher, best non-teaching staff, senior category, best non-teaching staff, junior category, best cleaner category, best security guard category, best district driver, tutor- general/permanent secretary special award for inclusive school, best student, senior school, tutor-general/permanent secretary special award for inclusive school best student junior school, among others.

    Member representing Epe Constituency in the House of Representatives, who was an award recipient, Wale Raji, said the award was in appreciation of his contribution to education in the district.

    The House member donated text books to various secondary schools in the district, preparatory to the last West African Examinations Council.

    He also organised an 8-week intensive coaching classes for students that sat for the last West African Examinations.

    Raji promised he would use his position as a member representing the constituency to give special support to the outstanding students in the district in terms of scholarship/bursary so as to serve as an encouragement to others, adding that the details will be unveiled soon.

    While commending the head of the district, including the tutor-general, teachers, principals, management and members of staff for work well did which, according to him, had reflected in the performance of the students. He, however, encouraged them to do more.

    “I want to encourage other districts to emulate the good work the education district 111 is doing in the state”, he added.

    According to him, it is not that schools in the rural areas lacked good teachers, government had not recruited teachers to the communities, adding that people posted to the rural areas do not want to remain there, and those that were recruited and posted to the rural areas do find their way out, but package of incentives can keep them there at least for a long time.

    The Permanent Secretary, Teachers’ Establishment and Pensions Office, Mrs. Olatokunbo Adeleye, who spoke on behalf of the Deputy Governor, Lagos State, Dr. Idiat Adebule, said apart from good welfare packages given to teachers, prompt payment of salaries, promotion rewards, training and retraining of members of staff and management for competency, the state government also recognised good service delivery of some of the teachers by showcasing their efforts for others to emulate.

    She re-assured of government’s commitment to continue to recognise and appreciate the teachers’ hard work and showcase their motivations to do more for the people.

    Also speaking, Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary of the district, Margret Solarin admitted the district had recorded greater performance particularly in the result of examinations, including the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), and the junior school examinations.

    “We are recording excellence, the district is moving higher. That’s why I believe that these teachers, principals, these non-teaching staff and students should be recognised and that’s what we are doing here today,” she said.

    Solarin, who spoke during the Annual Merit Awards and Honours Ceremony with the theme: “Soaring Higher in Excellent Performance” further stated that this year’s award was outstanding because the district had produced the student that won the ‘Spelling B’ competition, who according to her will become a one-day governor at a particular date to be fixed,” she said.

    She said: “We are recognising hardworking officers, and we reward them accordingly because it’s good to encourage and reward them when they do put in their best good, it’s a sort of motivation to our teachers, principals, students even cleaners and drivers, the tutor general said.

    “When you do your work diligently and honestly, you will be rewarded, you would be recognised one day, and that’s what we are doing to let others learn from these ones and do more; believing that one day we will be recognised.

    “The reward for hard work is more work. There’s nothing bad in recognising one if one does one’s work diligently. ‘Don’t relent, continue to impact positively on the lives of the students’.”

    Mrs. Atobatela Zainab from King Ado Senior High School, who teaches English language and Literature in English, received the award as the third best teacher in senior school category.

    “This is just to show that my efforts in the little corner of the world are being appreciated. I feel glad. I feel happy,”she said.

  • Developer extols Ibeju-Lekki axis as ‘great investment hub’

    Virgin-Landmarts Limited General Manager Miss Nkem Okoye has described the ongoing government and private projects in the Ibeju-Lekki axis as major investment opportunities for land developers to tap into.

    She stated that projects, such as the Dangote Refinery, Dangote Seaport, Dangote Fertiliser, Lekki Deep Seaport, New International Airport, Free Trade zone and others in the axis, will create employment opportunities in the state.

    Okoye, who spoke in Lagos, stated that this is the best time to invest in the axis, adding that business moguls on the Forbes lists, such as Dangote, and Dantata have invested heavily in the area.

    “You don’t need to have all the millions or billions of naira in the world to get a land in this area. With Virgin-Landmarts Limited, you can buy your own land in the area while making an instal payment,” she said.

    According to her, in six to 12 months, a plot of land in the area will appreciate and generate over 175 per cents return on investments.

    She explained that the advantage of the axis is that over 250 people, including expatriates, would be employed in this area of the massive ongoing projects.

    “Think big, start small, start now,” she added.

  • Prophet defrauds widow of N18m

    A 56-year-old Celestial Church prophet Peter Onanuju has been arrested by the anti-fraud command of the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Alagbon for alleged N18million fraud.

    Ononuju, a resident of 41, Jubril Martins Street, Lawanson in Surulere was paraded on Tuesday by Police Commissioner Nkem Okoro at the FCIID, Alagbon, Ikoyi.

    He was said to have collected the money from a widow, Oluchi Dillion in the guise of acquiring a plot of land for her son at Ibeju-Lekki.

    According to the victim, the incident occurred in April last year but she realised she had been duped when the suspect started threatening to wipe off her entire family.

    She said it was at the point of demanding for documents of the land that she discovered it belonged to the suspect’s ex-wife.

    She said: “I have known him for over 30 years. He was my lover then. He used to sleep in my father’s house when we were young. I gave him the money in trust and I never knew he could do this to me.

    “As a man of God, I confided in him that I need to buy a property and he told me he knew someone that has one. He told me he had seen the one of N12 million and he said I should not pay him the money through the bank. I paid the first N2million into his account and then he said his account was bad that I should not pay in there again.

    “I paid him the money onn installments. He collected N12 million for the land and N6 million for Governor’s consent. I later discovered that the land in question belongs to the prophet’s ex-wife who has remarried and was based in the United States with her husband.

    “My son discovered her contact from her Facebook and when we contacted her, she told us that she was not selling.

    In fact she rained abuses on us. When the prophet realized that the game was up, he started threatening to kill us. That was why I ran to the police. He told me that he can defend himself but we cannot.”

    Okoro said: “When the lady discovered the fraud, she reported to my office and I detailed detectives to go after the prophet and he was promptly arrested.

    “During investigation detectives discovered that the suspect collected N16 million cash and N2million into his bank account. This goes to show the suspect had another intention.

    “He is currently in court remand in our custody. We are still investigating this case and at the end of the process, the suspect would be charged to court.

    “I use this medium to warn fraudulent minded people, organisations to change their ways or face the wrath. People should also be wary of those who claim to be pastors when transacting business because they tend to cash into gullible nature of true believers to swindle them.

    “The so called prophet took advantage of the relationship he has with the widow to swindle her. From the beginning he had the intention of defrauding the woman.

    “He started threatening to kill the woman and her children when they discovered that he had swindled them,” said Okoro.

    But the suspect denied defrauding the widow insisting that he had genuine business deal with her, adding that problem broke out when one of the woman’s sons demanded for a refund.

    Ononuju, who said he did not need Power of Attorney to sell his ex-wife’s property, claimed that she was aware he sold it.

    He however refused to mention her name nor provide her contact details for verification of his claims.

    Ononuju said: “I acted as a middle man. She came to me to say that I should help look for a land. Because of the existing relationship between the two families, I went all out to ensure that I get her a good land but look at where it has landed me.“

  • Ambode approves recruitment of 2200 teachers

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday approved the recruitment of additional 1200 teachers for the Junior and Senior Secondary schools in the State.

    The Governor, at the last quarterly Town Hall meeting at Ibeju Lekki, had promised that his administration would employ more teachers into public schools to meet up with the manpower required to cover all public schools in the State.

    Confirming the development, Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs. Idiat Adebule said the 1200 teachers was an addition to the 1000 teachers which the Governor had approved for recruitment into Primary Schools in the State.

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    Adebule, who superintends over the Ministry of Education, said guidelines for application would be released soon in accordance with the Civil Service Rules.

    The development, she added, would further aid teaching and learning in the public schools which according to her, has been attracting more enrollment in the last three years as a result of the improved infrastructure and welfare of teaching and non-teaching staff.

    She said the improved facilities and staff motivation was evident in the high performance rate of the students of the State in local and international competitions.

  • Farmer docked for stealing chickens, eggs

    For stealing chickens and eggs from his neighbor’s poultry, a 31-year-old farmer, Samuel Asam, is to spend the next two months in prison.

    An Epe Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State handed down the sentence to Asam on Thursday.

    The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Fowowe-Erusiafe, however, gave the convict an option to do 40 hours of community service.

    Asam, a resident of Igbojia village in Ibeju-Lekki, near Lagos was convicted on a two-count charge, bordering on breaking and entering and theft.

    He was accused of stealing chickens and eggs worth N527, 600 from his neighbor’s poultry.

    The convict had admitted committing the offences and begged the court to tamper justice with mercy, saying that he did not know what came over him.

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    Police prosecutor Sgt. Moses Oyekanmi had earlier told the court that one Tosin Fadayemi of Igbojia village had on June 2, reported incident of theft at his poultry.

    Oyekanmi said that Asam had stolen 120 broilers, valued at N420, 000; 17 cockerels, valued at N51, 000; five red cocks, valued at N17, 500 and 46 crates of eggs, valued at N39, 100.

    He said that during police investigation, Asam had confessed to the crime but that the police was however, unable to recover all the stolen items from the convict.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 287 and 308 (2) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

  • Cleaner Lagos Initiative: LNSC arrests over 200 refuse carters

    Cleaner Lagos Initiative: LNSC arrests over 200 refuse carters

    The Lagos State Neighborhood Agency (LSNA) has arrested over 200 refuse carters across the state.

    The suspects including residents and commercial cart pushers were caught carting refuse from various outlets to road medians, open drainages and highways among other unauthorised points of disposal at Badagry, Lagos Island East local government, Ikorodu, Imota, Amuwo Odofin, Ifelodun, Olorunda, Ibeju Lekki, and Ikeja and other areas.

    Items including carts and trucks were been impounded.

    Their arrests were offshoot of the LNSC partnership with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) to deepen enforcement of sanitation regulations.

    More effort has been channeled towards the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative” launched by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, two weeks ago in the  wake of indiscriminate refuse disposal  resurfacing across the state.

    Parading the suspects at its Oshodi headquarters, the LNSA Board Chairman, Rtd. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Israel Ajao said the operation began last Friday to reinforce the fight against environmental insanitary.

    He said the agency decided to complement LAGESC  based on its widespread presence in all the fifty Local Governments and LGAs.

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    “After a meeting between LAGESC and LNSC, officers of the LNSC embarked on monitoring, identification and arrest of truck pushers who aid residence to dump refuse on road median, drainages and highways. The state government in its special programme tagged Cleaner Lagos Initiative has committed huge resources to the disposal of refuse and waste in different part of the state and in order to ensure its success, all those involved in indiscriminate dumping of refuse are being arrested for violating the state environmental laws and we have handed them over to LAGESC for prosecution,” he said.

    He encouraged Lagosians to into the state project, saying: “Residents are hereby advised to make use of facilities provided by government to dispose their refuse while our efforts continue to arrest offenders, in order to ensure a cleaner healthier, and sustainable environment.”

    According to LAGESC Executive Chairman, Idowu Mohammed, the suspects will be charged to court and made to face sanctions ranging from N20,000 fine to N50,000, community service or jail term.

  • DPR seals 3 filling stations in Epe, Ibeju Lekki

    DPR seals 3 filling stations in Epe, Ibeju Lekki

    The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed three filling stations in Ibeju-Lekki and Epe in Lagos State for allegedly hoarding and selling fuel above the approved pump price.

    Mr Igheghe Abel, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Department, who led the team, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two filling stations were sealed in Epe and one in Ibeju-Lekki.

    Abel said the stations were sealed for hoarding of products and selling petrol at N170 per litre which is above the official pump price.

    He accused TAS Nigeria Ltd in Epe of hoarding over 12,000 litres of petrol as at the time the DPR team visited the station, claiming its generator was faulty.

    “But we got information from motorists that they were selling at N170 per litre. When they got the wind that DPR was around, they stopped selling.

    “We have summoned them to our office in Lagos to come and tell the management why they are hoarding and selling above the official price.

    “The T.Tab Global Merchant in Epe pretended that it did not have the stock because nobody was around to answer us, but the motorists confirmed that it stopped selling because of our presence.

    “We have sealed the station as well, the dealer has been invited to our office,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the petrol attendants at the two stations told NAN that their generating sets were faulty.

    Abel said the attendants in NIPCO filling station at Kilometre 32, Ibeju-Lekki were selling petrol at N170 per litre when the team got to the station and it was sealed.

    The dealer of the station who identified himself as a monarch of a community said he bought the product from a third party depot at N165 per litre.

    “I don’t think what I am doing is bad, my people need the product, sealing the station cannot help us,” he said.

    NAN reports that some filling stations along Ibeju-Lekki Epe Road were without products.

    At PSG filling station along Epe Road, Austin Ibe, the operation manager, said the station had been out of stock since Nov.14.

    “We cannot afford to buy at the depots because they are not selling at ex-depot price of N133.28 per litre.

    “If we now decide to buy and sell above the pump price, DPR will seal the station.

    “This is the second month that we have been sleeping here. Government should help us so that the product can circulate,” he said. (NAN)

  • Monarch warns land buyers in Ibeju-Lekki

    Monarch warns land buyers in Ibeju-Lekki

    The Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki, Oba Rafiu Olusegun Salami, has advised prospective land buyers to approach the palace for authentic information about the property they intend to purchase.

    The monarch warned them to be careful not to fall into the hands of unscrupulous land agents.

    “Some prospective land buyers get into trouble because they listen to sweet talkers. Anyone interested in land in Ibeju should come to the palace for information about the history and owner of the property,” he said.

    Oba Salami spoke yesterday during activities to usher in his tenth anniversary on Friday. He was coronated on December 29, 2007.

    According to him, the rapid investment in and development of Ibeju land is fast turning the kingdom to Africa’s Dubai.

    The monarch identified the area’s friendly and secure environment as well as Lagos State Government support as some of the major factors that have made it a Mecca for

    He said the economic transformation of the area is in line with a plan he initiated during his ascension to the throne and a prediction he made on his fifth anniversary in office.

    He said: “For those of us who were privileged to be here when I had my five years coronation anniversary, you would recall that I did make a promise then, saying, ‘I am believing God Almighty that when we shall gather here again in another five years’ time to celebrate my 10th year on the throne, Ibeju-Lekki would easily pass for the Dubai, of Nigeria and by extension, the Dubai of Africa’, true or false? The answer is true.”

    The monarch said under his watch, Ibeju-Lekki has enjoyed peace, unity and security as well as “tremendous co-operation and a huge magnanimity” from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

    This, he added, is attracting “quality investors amongst other well-meaning Nigerians who have made Ibeju their home.

    “For instance, some of the major gigantic projects that have either been proposed or are already having their bearings on Ibeju-Lekki at the moment include; the new multi-billion naira International Airport, the new sea port, the Dangote Refinery, the Lekki free Trade Zone, the new Shoprite, Pan Atlantic University and the Fourth Mainland Bridge. Others include the Eleganza Industrial City, Coscharis Motors and the new Computer Village, just to mention but a few.

    “Beyond the earlier mentioned, Ibeju is also increasingly becoming the residential choice of several Lagosians. The influx of people indicating interest in owning residential property is becoming quite overwhelming. New estates are springing up in Ibeju, almost on a daily basis. People are coming, building schools, health facilities, recreation facilities and other social amenities to increase the standard of living in lbeju.”

  • Gov.Ambode restates commitment to residents’ welfare

    Gov.Ambode restates commitment to residents’ welfare

    Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the welfare and well being of residents, irrespective of their location within the state, remains the utmost concern of his administration.

    Ambode said this  on Saturday at the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Ibeju-Lekki area of the state.

    He assured the residents that this would be without prejudice to their ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds.

    According to the governor,  the annual celebration signifies the triumph of faith and the assurance that the Almighty Allah will always open  ways for those who have absolute trust in His grace.

    Ambode also urged Muslims to sustain their good acts and behavior beyond the celebration.

    “In this celebration,there is a great lesson for all of us especially as we strive to achieve the Lagos of our collective dream.

    ” We must remain hopeful and keep faith in the absolute power of Allah to turn our aspirations into reality.

    “It is, however,very important for all of us to play our own part as Prophet Ibrahim did,” Ambode said.

    Earlier, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Alhaji Muslim Folami said that the event was being celebrated in 20 local government areas of the state in accordance with the vision of an  inclusive government.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that prayers were offered for the state and its  residents by various Imams.