The Federal Government on Monday launched the special enterprise and empowerment programme,TraderMoni in three additional markets in Lagos.
The markets are Ketu, Bariga and Oshodi.
The scheme is a collateral and interest-free loan for traders.
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Photos: Osinbajo, Ambode, Sanwo-Olu bring ‘Tradermoni’ to Lagos
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (2nd right); Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); APC Governorship Candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and Executive Director, Micro Enterprises Bank of Industry, Mrs. Toyin Adeniji (left) during the launch of the TraderMoni Scheme in Ketu, Bariga and Oshodi Markets in Lagos, on Monday Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (middle); Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left) and APC Governorship Candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) interacting with Traders during the launch of the TraderMoni Scheme in Ketu, Bariga and Oshodi Markets in Lagos, on Monday. Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (2nd right); Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); APC Governorship Candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and Executive Director, Micro Enterprises Bank of Industry, Mrs. Toyin Adeniji (left) during the launch of the TraderMoni Scheme in Ketu, Bariga and Oshodi Markets in Lagos, on Monday. Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (2nd right); Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); APC Governorship Candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and Executive Director, Micro Enterprises Bank of Industry, Mrs. Toyin Adeniji (left) during the launch of the TraderMoni Scheme in Ketu, Bariga and Oshodi Markets in Lagos, on Monday -
Task force arrests suspected miscreants at Oshodi
Operatives of Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (task force) have nabbed 62 suspected miscreants in Oshodi and its environs.
The arrests were made during an overnight raid.
Eighteen street traders were apprehended at Trade Fair complex.
The agency Chairman, Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said the raid was part of efforts to rid Lagos State of criminals.
He said no weapon was found on the suspects, adding that there were indications that they were part of the criminals that had been terrorising the area, particularly those who attacked motorists on Oshodi bridge during peak hours.
“We got to the area about 2am and found hoodlums under Oshodi bridge loitering. Some were caught smoking Indian hemp.
“Many of the miscreants have tattoos on their arms, showing they belong to cults. They rob residents and pedestrians of their valuables such as phones, wallets and jewellery early in the morning and late at night,” Egbeyemi said.
He said the suspects were screened and the underage ones were referred to the juvenile homes for rehabilitation, adding that most of them were products of broken homes.
The chairman said after the completion of projects by the government at Oshodi, there would no longer be hideout for criminals to attack people.
He noted that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was committed to protecting lives and property, to attract investors and make life easy for residents.
Appealing to parents to consider that their children would be at the receiving end after disputes, Egbeyemi said the suspects had been arraigned on the directive of Police Commissioner Edgal Imohimi.
One of the miscreants, Gani Yusuf, 35, said he paid N100 everyday to their leader before being allowed to sleep under the bridge.
Another suspect, Gbenga Ololade, 38, said he came from Ibadan and had been sleeping under the bridge in the last three years.
Five of the 18 street traders arrested near Trade Fair complex had been arraigned and fined N5000 each. The remaining 13 female traders were committed to 48-hour community service each, as a punishment.
The 18 culprits, who were initially released, based on a written undertaking with the agency not to sell at unauthorised places near the complex, were re-arrested and arraigned for flouting the agreement.
Egbeyemi said the agency acted on the directives of the police commissioner, who expressed concern about the spate of crimes in parts of the state, especially Oshodi, Mushin, Fadeyi, Agege, Apapa, Lagos Island, Obalende, Oyingbo, Dopemu, among others.
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FIIRO has trained over three million Nigerians, says DG
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) has trained over three million Nigerians since it was established, its Director-General (DG), Prof. Gloria Elemo, has said.
Elemo said at an exhibition organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi that the institute had also churned out over 500 processed technologies within the same period..
Elemo, represented by Dr. Chima Igwe, a FIIRO executive, said the industrial fruity washer and pepper grinder were among the institute’s latest innovations, adding that its grinder is different from what is in the market.
She said: “What is in the market is pepper grinder with metal robbing of discs for grinding. This one, innovated by FIIRO, has our intellectual property protection on it. It has been launched by the Federal Government.
“NAFRC is more like a sister. We have done a couple of things in the past and we are still collaborating. They ordered some of the pepper grinder I mentioned earlier and FIIRO has contributed through equipping their kitchen with locally-fabricated wares.
“The institute has trained over three million Nigerians and 75 per cent of them are in the Southwest, especially the micro, small and medium scale industries.”
Elemo said FIIRO innovated and sold processed technologies to industries to produce in bulk and sell.
“Engineering outfits have been evaluated and licensed to produce these equipment. They work with FIRO, we give them our designs. There is always a follow up on our processed technologies.
“We have a department we call the Planning, Technology, Transfer and Information Management. Under this department, we have officers that follow up and get feedback and need assessment, adoption studies, among others.
“We monitor not only quality, but also the procedures we have handed over to such people that are adopting our procedures.
“We are on the right path and making a lot of strides. The Federal Government is making efforts to be sure that our local content is recognised and that’s exactly one of the reasons FIIRO was established.”
NAFRC Commandant Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Abubakar Liman said the joint exhibition was to foster collaboration between both agencies in the pursuit of national development.
He urged Nigerians to support the nation’s industrialisation drive by patronising locally-made goods.
“The essence of this exhibition is to showcase the institutions’ products to the trainees and the public for their awareness and patronage. Our workshops design and produce customised products.
“Some of the products are simple equipment made by the trainees for use in cottage industries and agro-production. The curriculum is designed to enable the trainees fabricate and maintain the equipment for their use.”
Liman said plans were on to review the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NAFRC and FIIRO to meet current trends, adding that the centre was awaiting the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) certification to start marketing its products.
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Vulcaniser arraigned over alleged cell phone theft
A 27 -year-old vulcaniser, Isiaka Waheed, was on Friday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly absconding with a cell phone, valued at N78,000.
According to the prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, the accused committed the alleged offence on July 14 at Oshodi, Lagos.
He said that the accused stole the Galaxy Samsung S6 cellphone belonging to Mr Gbolahan Babatunde.
Awase said that the complainant gave his phone to the defendant when members of taskforce were chasing sellers from their business places.
“The complainant gave his phone to the accused, his customer, for safe keeping in order for him to be able to pack his goods when they were being chased.
“The accused ran away with the phone and refused to show up again at the complainant’s shop as usual.
“When he was finally apprehended at his hiding place, he claimed to have sold the phone to an unknown person at the computer village at the rate of N20,000.
“The accused was handed over to the police, “the prosecutor said.
The offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section carries three years jail term for stealing.
Waheed, who resides at Ayobo-Ipaja, Lagos, entered a `not-guilty’ plea.
The Magistrate, Mrs F.F. George granted bail to the accused in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
George said that the surety should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
The case was adjourned until Oct. 4 for mention.
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Oshodi, Lagos, Bus Interchange to process 1m passengers daily
The Oshodi Bus Interchange in Lagos State will process up to one million passengers daily, when completed.
“What we are doing in Oshodi is the first of its kind.
” It is taking us a bit of time to put together because of the large size,” the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson, said in Lagos.
Lawanson spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria .
He said that the state government had secured a commitment from contractors handling the project on its completion time.
“The timeline given for the completion is December, and we are optimistic that the terminal will be ready by then.
“If that is the case, we expect that by the first quarter 2019, we will start some activities there,” Lawanson said.
He told NAN that the government was set to roll out buses to service routes on the Oshodi-Abule Egba axis, with the arrival of 250 buses.
“In the last couple of months, we did the commissioning of the Ikeja Terminal which was meant to be the flagship.
“The Ikeja Terminal was signaling the beginning of what was going to be the entire project, consisting of 13 terminals including Oyingbo, Yaba.
“The first set of buses have come and we are using the Ikeja axis as a laboratory where we are going to roll out from,” he said.
He told NAN that the routes for deployment of the buses had been procured.
”LAMATA – the technical arm of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation – is involved in that.
“All the studies have been done and consultants engaged.
“By October/November, we expect the first set to roll out along that axis, but over 250 buses have arrived in Lagos,” the official told NAN.
Lawanson said that drivers of the buses had been employed and trained.
“Work is ongoing to make sure there are smooth operations.
“We are going to start seeing activities; we are going to start from Ikeja area and gradually move to the rest of the metropolis,” he said.
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Businessman docked for receiving stolen properties
Ibe, 30, who is a resident of No. 44, Church St., Oshodi, Lagos, was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and receiving stolen properties.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecutor, Police Insp. Peter Nwangwu, told the court that the accused committed the offences on July 16 at Arena Shopping Complex, Oshodi, Lagos, at 8.00 a.m.
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According to him, the accused and his accomplice, one Monday Ogbonna, who is still at large, specialised in vandalizing telecommunications installations, solar panels and stealing inverter batteries and accessories.
“Ibe received 16 pieces of stolen inverter batteries from Ogbonna who is now at large, knowing same to have been stolen.
“The accused was apprehended by the police at Mowo in Badagry on the outskirts of Lagos while trying to escape with the stolen items.
“He was arrested in a Mazda car with registration number MUS 170 XW and could not give satisfactory explanation of the stolen items,’’ Nwangwu said.
The offences contravened Sections 328 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 328 provides a seven-year jail term for receiving stolen property.
Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa granted N300,000 bail to the accused with two responsible sureties in like sum.
Aje-Afunwa said that the sureties must be blood relations of the accused, adding that they should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government
The case was adjourned until Aug. 13 for mention.
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Court orders remand of applicant over alleged robbery at gun point
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of 30-year-old applicant, Micheal Akanbi, accused of robbing at gun point.
The Magistrate, Mrs S. K. Matepo, who ordered remand of Akanbi in Kirikiri Prison, did not take his plea, but ordered that the case file be taken to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Aug. 2.
The defendant who resides at Ikorodu, Lagos, was docked on charges bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery and unlawful possession of arms.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the offences were committed on Dec. 19, 2017, and Jan. 2 , 2018, at Oshodi and Mile 2 area of Lagos, respectively.
Odugbo said that the defendant and his accomplice, robbed one Nnamdi Eze of his Toyota car, valued at N1.8 million at gun point.
“The complainant was on his way home at exactly 8:21 p.m. along Oshodi road when the accused and his other accomplice who were on motorcycle deliberately hit the car from behind.
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“He stopped the engine of his car to see the damage and the next thing was that they pointed a gun at him and snatched his car,’’ Odugbo said.
Odugbo also alleged that the defendant and his accomplice, robbed a woman, Moninuola Ajayi, who was coming out from a warehouse with bundles of clothes valued at N4 million.
“The accused way laid the truck, stopped them, went away with the bundles of clothes at gun point,”he said.
Odugbo said that the cases were reported at the police station and the police placed the suspects on wanted list.
“The police got an information about the accused where about and he was tracked down and arrested, ” he said.
The offences contravened Sections 328, 297 and 299 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
NAN
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LASIEC holds by-elections in Oshodi, Agege Mar 24
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has fixed March 24 for the councillorship by-elections into Ward B (Ogunoloko) and Ward B (Dopemu) in Oshodi/ Isolo and Agege Local Government Areas.
According to the commission, parties are expected to collect nomination forms between March 5 and 7.
The forms are to be submitted not later than March 13.
The register of voters, LASIEC said, would be displayed at the ward collation centres of the affected wards on Friday.
The list of validated candidates for the elections would be released on March 21.
LASIEC’s Chairman Justice Ayotunde Phillips (retd) enjoined party leaders and other stakeholders to cooperate with the commission to ensure hitchfree by-elections.
She urged eligible voters in the affected wards to obtain their voter cards to enable them vote.
The commission, she said, would convene stakeholders’ meetings in both wards for a credible election.
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Couple, two others caught on CCTV ‘stealing’at Oshodi
Four persons, includinga couple, Segun Latoye and Toyin Samuel, have been arrested after being caught on camera in Oshodi, dispossessing passersby of their belongings.
The others are Jelili Ganiu, 19, and Samson Owolabi, 23.
The couple were caught on camera thrice stealing from people.
A statement by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS said the couple dispossessed a woman of her bag containing two mobi1le phones and an unspecified amount of money.
“After hypnotising their victim, they fled with her belongings. The woman regained her consciousness few minutes later and reported the incident to RRS officers who contacted the person in charge of the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) mobile camera. Their pictures were shown to selected people in Oshodi who could identify them and notify RRS on their whereabouts. They were later arrested. The suspects, who claimed to be husband and wife confessed after watching their video,” RRS said.
Ganiu and Owolabi were caught on camera stealing what looked like mobile phones from a passerby on the pedestrian bridge.
They were monitored through the camera exchanging the stolen items with another suspect, who is at large, before returning to the flyover.
The suspects were trailed by RRS operatives and arrested near the bridge.
They confessed to RRS that they stole an Infinix Hot mobile phone from a passer-by on the bridge, saying the person they gave it to, keeps the stolen items.
Jelili added that the fleeing Omo Nla sells the stolen items and they later share the proceeds.
The suspect was quoted as saying : ‘’Owolabi and I are conductors in Oshodi but when there is no work or we arrive late at the park to reunite with our bosses, we steal phones, purses and other valuables from the users of the pedestrian bridge in Oshodi’’.
Police spokesman Chike Oti said the suspects would be charged to court soon.