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Lagos @50: Winner emerges in Spot N Post campaign

A winner has emerged in the Spot N Post campaign, a private engagement initiative to celebrate Lagos @50, organised by Abelinis Limited, a Lagos-based experiential company. The campaign, which started in May, required Lagosians to spot a car branded in the colours of the Lagos @50 festivities, take a picture with it and post on social media. The respondent with the highest number of likes emerges winner.

At the end of the viral competition, Seun Oloketuyi, a media entrepreneur, got the most likes. Last Thursday, Oloketuyi was presented with a prize of N100,000 at the Ogba, Lagos office of Abelinis Limited.

Deji Orunkoyi, general manager of the company, said the campaign was initiated to join Lagos in celebrating its Golden Jubilee.

“Lagos is a land of dreams and as a company doing business here, we thought to give back in our little way. We looked at the line up of activities and came up with this idea to ensure Lagosians across local governments felt the joy of the landmark celebrations. We toured 20 local governments and are glad at the responses,” Orunkoyi said.

The Chief Executive Officer of Abelinis, Abiodun Oshinibosi, added that the Spot N Post campaign was basically his company’s corporate social responsibility initiative. According to him, “employing our expertise and experience as an experiential company with a track record of successful activations, we bought the car, branded it and toured the state without seeking or getting any support from the government. We are happy with the response and are further committed to contributing our quota to the development of Lagos State.”

Established in 2011 as a project management company with interests in events, activation and production, Abelinis Limited has entrenched a culture of philanthropy in the heart of its corporate social responsibility. Last year, through one of its initiatives, Fanz Championship Africa, the company built a borehole at Amuwo Odofin Primary School, renovated the school’s abandoned toilet facilities and donated a generator for the borehole. When it turned five in 2016, the management and workers of Abeinis visited the Area G Police Station, Ogba, Lagos, to donate food items and cheques to support the education of children of deceased policemen. Prior to this, it paid school fees for selected undergraduates, donated Apple laptops to some identified creative youths, visited the Modupe Cole and Ijamido orphanage homes to support the less privileged.

It also presented a phototherapy machine and top-of-the-range incubator to the Ifako and Ijebu Ode general hospitals to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).

Earlier this year, during the company’s sixth anniversary, it gave four police widows N50,000 cash and 50,000 worth of VTU each to start a retail vending spot.

July 24, 2017
Flood: Lagos to demolish properties blocking drainage

The Lagos State Government yesterday ordered owners of properties blocking drainage channels to remove them or have the demolished.

In a statement yesterday, the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, said the lawless activities of some people were constantly putting the lives and properties of residents at risk.

Some areas where properties are erected on drainage channels include Illubirin, Dolphin Estate, Osborne Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Osapa London, Ikota, Ogombo, Lekki. The commissioner said investment of public funds in drainage clearing and de-silting was being compromised by such structures.

The government, he said, was concerned that man-made causes, particularly the impediment of free-flow of storm water through indiscriminate erection of buildings on drainage alignments/ right of way and water courses, played a major role in the recent flooding in the state.

“Therefore, it is now of paramount importance that owners of buildings or structures impeding the free-flow of storm water, wherever they exist in the state, are advised to voluntarily quit forthwith in the overriding public interest or risk being removed by the government. No responsible government will allow the interest of a few to jeopardise the wellness and wellbeing of the generality of its people.

“In view of the grievous consequences of compromising drainage right of way and alignment, Lagosians are hereby warned to henceforth refrain from this illegal act, report perpetrators and cooperate with the Lagos State Government in its bid to achieve a flood-free, clean and livable state,” Adejare said.

The government, he said, has resolved to re-establish the right of way of drainage infrastructure across the state to stem the tide of flooding.

The commissioner said the decision became necessary to enhance the ability of the drainage channels to effectively discharge storm water into the rivers, lagoon and other water bodies and relieve Lagosians of the incidence of flood.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Lagosians are once again reminded that the right of way for primary unlined (without concrete) channel is 25 meters and 15 meters for primary lined (with concrete) channel, while the right of way for secondary/connector channel is seven meters. The right of way for tertiary channel is three meters from the fence of the house.

“Primary channels such as canals are those emptying directly into the river, lagoons and other water bodies, while secondary/connector channels connect water from channels in the frontage of the house (tertiary channels) to the primary channel,” he said.

July 24, 2017
Osinbajo assures return of kidnapped Lagos school boys

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday assured parents and guardians of the kidnapped Lagos school boys of the safe return of the children.

In a chat with newsmen on the sideline of 60^th birthday thanksgiving service of Pastor Salami Ololade in Lagos, Osinbajo said Federal Government was collaborating with the state’s authorities to ensure their safe return.

On May 25, six boys of the same secondary school in Lagos were abducted by unknown gunmen. In the same school, six staff members and four students were also kidnapped in October, 2016.

The acting president acknowledged that the parents must be going through trauma over the abduction of the children, but said “there should be no doubt at all about the commitment of government in the matter’’.

“I don’t know how many times the governor has spoken to me about this and the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, the DSS and even the Armed Forces.

“I am sure these children will return as quickly as possible; so, we look forward to their return,’’ he said.

Osinbajo advised children currently on holidays to learn something new outside academics, saying “because it is a long holiday, it is a great time to do something new.

“Those who like to learn a skill, whatever skill that may be, should learn it. I wished that when I was growing up I learned even carpentry’’.

He said that the children could learn something new that would impact on their lives and their communities in new fields of technology. (NAN)

July 23, 2017
Lagos LG Polls : APC Chairmanship candidate, declared winner in Oshodi/Isolo LGA

The Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bolaji Muse-Ariyo, has emerged the winner of the chairmanship election in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area in Saturday election.

Ariyo polled a total of 8, 429 votes to defeat his closest contender from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Adeola Williams who scored 3928 votes.

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission ( LASIEC) Returning Officer, Mr Abari Ajibola declared Ariyo the winner of the election having scored the highest number of votes.

Ajibola said, ”As the returning officer of this election, I have the mandate to declare the result of the election and the winner as returned.

“By the virtue of the power conferred on me, I, Abari Jamiu Ajibola certified that I was the local government Returning Officer for the election held on July 22, 2017 for Oshodi/Isolo Local Government.

“The election was contested and won.

“The candidate of APC, Mr Muse Ariyo Bolaji Idris received the total votes of 8,429 followed by Mr Adeola Saheed Williams of the PDP who scored 3, 928 while the third on the list, is Mr Kazeem Lanre Aregbe of the LP who scored 896.

“That, Mr Muse Ariyo Bolaji Idris of APC is hereby declared the winner of the Chairmanship election of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government.”

In his reaction , Mr Oloyinde Moruf, the Party Agent of the Labour Party (LP) expressed satisfaction with the polls and congratulated the winner.

The APC Party Agent, Mr Adewale Adelana, said that the outcome of the election reflected the decision of the people of Oshodi/Isolo on who to lead them.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that party agents of the APC and LP signed the result sheet after declaration while the agent of the PDP was nowhere to be found.

The collation centre – LASIEC Office in the council Secretariat – was peaceful as security men were on ground to secure electoral officers and materials.

Collation is still ongoing in some other council areas for the chairmanship and Councillorship polls held on Saturday across the 20 LGAs and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the state. (NAN)

July 23, 2017
Mother, daugther die in Lagos collapsed building

A 30-year-old woman, Basirat and her two-year-old daughter, Bisoye died on Saturday after a building collapsed in Lagos.

Five-year-old Moyin, the eldest daughter of the deceased sustained injuries and was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) by emergency workers.

It was gathered that the building, located at 7, Saidu Okeleji Street, off Alaro in Meran, Abule Egba, caved in around 11:30am, while it rained heavily.

Operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) were said to have arrived the scene in time to rescue Moyin, who was trapped under the rubble.

It was gathered that the collapsed building was a bungalow still under construction.

The bodies were moved to the Mortuary by the State Environmental Monitoring Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU).

According to LASEMA, officials of Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Police Force (NPF), LASAMBUS, RRS and Red Cross were present at the scene of the incident.

General Manager LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said proper investigation would be conducted on the incident by the appropriate Agencies.

He however advised owners and developers of buildings in the state to adhere to the codes and physical planning laws so as to avert unnecessary loss of lives.

July 22, 2017
Lagos Polls: Don’t complain if you didn’t vote, says Remi Tinubu

Senactor Oluremi Tinubu on Saturday said that eligible voters in Lagos State who did not cast their votes in the local government elections would not be justified to complain against local councils. Oluremi, representing Lagos Central, said this in Lagos in an interview with journalists in her residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi. The wife of a former Governor of the State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bola Tinubu, spoke with newsmen after casting her vote. “This is the time to show solidarity for the government; we believe that this government is working; this is the time that everybody should perform his/her civic duty,’’ she said. The senator said that voting was a way to hold governments accountable. “It is not for you but for your generation yet unborn so that things can be put in place. “We have set the standard in Lagos; every elected candidate does not have any choice but to work,’’ she said. She said that she had been working as a people’s representative for the past six years and would continue to do so till the end of her tenure. Mrs Tinubu commended the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) for efforts in conducting the polls. “LASIEC has done well; security personnel are on ground ensuring that there is peace and order.’’ Also, the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, who voted at Ward E, Olonade Street, Yaba LGA, commended voters who turned out in spite of the downpour. “Voters have shown support for democracy by coming to vote in spite of the rain. “Starting the election behind schedule is understandable due to the downpour; it is impressive. “I believe that APC will carry the day,’’ he said. Mr Jide Jimoh, representing Lagos Mainland in the House of Representatives, told journalists that the elections had been peaceful. “The election process is fantastic so far, and I commend the Lagos State Commissioner of Police for that. “I won’t want to make any judgment on LASIEC because we are just starting. Taking off does not matter; it is landing that is the most important thing. “We have taken off; at the end of the day, we will see the result. I expect a positive result,’’ he said. (NAN)

July 22, 2017
Lagos council polls: Police arrest five party agents

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday arrested five men with incriminating materials in Ikeja, as the local government elections got underway.

The spokesman for the command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Famous-Cole said that the suspects, who claimed to be agents to a political party, were arrested with incriminating materials at 8.30a.m.

“They have been handed over to the Area F Command, which will send them to the special team for election crimes at the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.”

Meanwhile, security agencies, including the police, military, Security and Civil Defence Corps and Immigration, have deployed their personnel to strategic locations in different parts of Lagos to ensure peaceful local government elections.

A senior police officer who sought anonymity on the Funso Williams Avenue in Surulere, where security men put barricades, told NAN that the area command observed that some residents were flouting the restriction order.

He, however, gave the assurance that those with genuine reasons would be allowed to continue their journey.

NAN reports that the movement restriction began at 7.00am. It will end at 3.00pm.

Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission is conducting Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in its 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas.

Twelve political parties are participating the election.

They are: Accord Party (AP), Action Alliance (AA), Alliance for Democracy ( AD ), All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

The others are United Democratic Party (UDP), United Progressive Party (UPP), Kowa Party (KP), National Action Council (NAC) and Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). (NAN)

July 22, 2017
Updates: Lagos LG Council poll

APC victorious in Ambode’s polling unit

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won both the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in Ward A6 polling Unit 033 located in Ogunmodede College, Papa Epe where the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode voted this morning.

At the end of counting of the votes cast, the results showed that the APC polled a total of 299 votes for the Chairmanship election as against one polled by the Labour Party and zero vote polled respectively by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party.

For the Councillorship election in the unit, the APC polled a total of 293 votes as against One polled by Labour Party and zero polled by PDP.

In the second polling unit in the ward, APC polled 298 votes for the Chairmanship election as against zero vote polled by the PDP and Labour.

Also in the councillorship election, APC polled 300 votes while the PDP, Labour and Accord Party all polled zero vote.

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Council polls: Senator Tinubu humbles PDP

Precious Igbonwelundu

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has humbled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), delivering her 034 Bourdilon Road polling unit to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Of the 51 votes cast, the APC scored 44 for chairmanship and 43 for councillorship positions, leaving the PDP with paltry six votes for both positions being contested in the Local Government elections.

One of the votes cast was invalid.
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Early morning rain on Saturday prevented many voters from coming out to vote in the Lagos council polls in Eredo and Ikotun/Igando Local Council Development Areas.

Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the election, report that there was a low turnout of voters at some polling units.

NAN also observed that there was no presence of security personnel at Ward A Units 2, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18 and 19 in Ilara community as at 9.30 a.m.

However, security men mounted a barricade at the main junction as the Police engaged in stop and search.

An electoral officer in the area attributed the low turnout to the rain, adding that voters may still come out as soon as the rain subsided.

At Ward 037 in Ikotun/Igando LCDA, a few voters, majority of them old people, were at many of the polling units.

Mrs Yemisi Dosunmu, a 57-year- old caterer, told NAN that the apathy by youths was not good for our democracy.

She said it was important for the younger generation to understand the importance of voting.

“I came all the way from Egbe to vote here because this is where I registered when I was living here.

“That is to show you how important this election is to me; our voting age children (youths) need to understand that they
have the power to elect leaders of their choice.

“As citizens, it is an obligation and our vote is the only power we have against bad governance, the power lies with us; we need to educate our youths,’’ she said.

Also, a 43-year-old engineer, Dauda Ojo, told NAN that the poor turnout showed that people lacked the understanding of their
voting power.

“Since I started voting, this turnout is one of the poorest, we cannot achieve much if we keep showing apathy towards the
election of office holders,’’ he said.

NAN also reports that some food vendors at Eredo LCDA took advantage of their proximity to the polling units to
make brisk business.

Meanwhile, Mr Olusoda Adedeji, the Electoral Officer, Eredo LCDA, has assured that the outcome of the election would be
credible in spite of the initial low turnout of voters due to the rainfall.

Adedeji said adequate security and logistics had been put in place in the five wards and 85 units in the area to ensure a hitch-free election with more than 185 personnel deployed for the exercise. (NAN)

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Voting materials yet to arrive Speaker’s polling booth by 11:30 am

At polling booth no Ward E19 on Oluwole Olaniyan Street, Orile Agege, where the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, will vote, LASIEC officials were nowhere in sight as at 11:20am.

Our reporter, Joe Agbro reports that Police personnel and party agents were however on ground waiting, while residents went about their business.

Youths in the area played football on the empty streets.

At polling unit 034, where Senator Remi Tinubu voted, voting commenced 10:41am

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Large turn out of voters at polling unit 025, (Hausa Community in Obalende).

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Downpour which began at 5a.m. in many parts of Lagos State left many areas flooded and affected early commencement of voting in the local government polls in many areas.

The rain, accompanied with thunderstorms, lasted for more than two hours, confining many residents to their apartments early in the day, until it later subsided.

The flooding of the roads compelled road users to drive against traffic in some areas as people rushed to beat the 7a.m. restriction of movement time.

At the Berger end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway, many motorists trying to get out of Lagos, apart from contending with the rain, were caught up in the restriction of movement time which took off at 7.ooa.m, causing a heavy traffic gridlock.

In Badagry, only few voters were at some polling units where security personnel, electoral officers and materials were on ground by 8a.m..

At Polling Units 007, 008 and 009 in Ward A, Badagry Local Government, voters were seen by 8a.m, while at Polling Unit 8 in Ward B, few voters got accredited and began voting by 8.25a.m. .

Only two voters were at Polling Unit 007 in Ward D at 8.30am.

Mrs Verona Chike, the Polling Officer in the unit blamed the low turnout on the downpour.

“I am sure that more voters will come out as soon as the rain stops,” she told NAN.

However, in some areas of Ikotun/ Igando Local Council Development Area, electoral officers and materials had yet to arrive as at 9.30a.m, with only agents of political parties at some poling units visited by then.

In Ward B, Unit 005, on Apapa Road, in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area, electoral officers arrived at 9.25 a.m. shortly after the rain stopped in the area.

In the Alimosho Local Government, NAN correspondent reports that the premises of the Alimosho Local Government Secretariat was a beehive of activities as several commercial buses were being still loaded with electoral materials and officials at 9:30 am.

NAN observed that vehicles carrying the materials escorted by security operatives began filing out of the LG compound which doubles as the LASIEC secretariat at 9:45 am.

Mr Bakare Olagoke, the Electoral Officer of the Alimosho Local Government branch of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) told NAN that the rain delayed the process.

“We are leaving now. It is heavy rain and only God saved us that the communication mast did not fall on our office or anyone because the rain was too heavy,” he said.

Lagos residents are at the polls to elect chairmen and councillors in the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas of the state. (NAN)

LAGOS STANDS STILL FOR GLO LAFFTA FEST

IT was was a time of fun as telecomounnications giant, Globacom, stormed Victoria Island, Lagos with its Glo Laffta Fest.

The event which held at Eko Hotels and Suites drew established comedians from across Nigeria and Uganda.

Also in attendance were up-and-coming comedians.

Among the audience were distinguished guests including the Mister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde. Globacom ambassadors such as Funke Akindele, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Adekola Odunlade and songster, Omawumi Megbele, also made celebrity appearances.

The event was the Lagos leg of Glo Laffta Fest 27-city tour and billed to end in October.

The show started with DJ XGee dishing out danceable tunes followed by acts from up-and-coming comedians such as Kemex, MC Medical, Koye from Rock City and the duet act named British Pastors, who thrilled the audience with funny jokes.

This was followed by performances from eight A-list stand-up comedians, Princewill, Frank D Don, Bash d Cash, Arinze Baba, Dan D’Humorous, I go Dye, Gordons and Salvador from Uganda.

Arinze Baba was a delight with his rhythmic music comedy. And a high point of his performance was when he narrated how Igbo musicians had turned Senator Dino Melayé’s Yoruba song, “Ajekun iya ni o je” which went viral on the internet, into Igbo highlife music, even though they did not understand the meaning of the song. He elicited more laughter and thrill when he performed the song in Igbo, with the support of the Disc Jockey.

Other cities that will host the show in the weeks ahead include, Makurdi, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Festac, Ajah, Suleja, Ibadan, Kano, Port Harcourt, Lokoja, and Anyigba.

July 22, 2017

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