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  • Lagos STL, Art Hotel, Shoreline shine at Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament

    Lagos STL, Art Hotel, Shoreline shine at Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament

    The opening week of the ongoing Lagos International Polo Tournament  has seen  the crowning glory of three Lagos-based teams  as the  event moves to higher gears this  week  with the highly sought-after Majekodunmi Cup .

    Lagos Art Hotel, Lagos STL and Lagos Shoreline/ A1 swept through the crowded opening week to  respectively earn the Chapel Hill Denham Cup, the Adedapo Ojora Cup and the Oba of Lagos Cup.

    The Seyi Tinubu-powered STL opened the flood gate for the homers as they  overcame  arch rival, Lagos Shoreline/A1 in keenly contested encounter  to clinch the Adedapo Ojora  with a thrilling 10-5 scores over  five chukkas.

    STL parading Yasin Amusan, Alfie Hyde, Chris Makenzie and Tayo Ojora jumped to the driving seat of the final game and remained ahead till the final chukka of the game despite spirited fight back by the quartet of A1/ Shoreline complete  with Olumide Agboola, Sule Musa, Isa Kwame and Manuel Crespo.

    Tayo, who received the trophy named after his father during the prize presentation ceremony, praised commitment of his teammates to  win the cup that is very close to his heart and the entire Ojora family for obvious reasons.

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    In a related development, A1 Shoreline  bounced into reckoning by clinching the traditional Oba of Lagos Cup with a 8-5  score line over  visiting Wilttten Aviation from Port Harcourt before  a capacity crowd  that included the full complement of the Lagos Traditional Council from the Oba’s Palace.

    The opening week of the tournament was concluded on  Sunday, when Art Hotel Polo Team came from 2-6 goals deficit in the third chukka of the final, to edge hot favourites STL 13-12 to clinch their first Chapel Hill Denham Cup title.

    Art Hotel team featuring Baba Dantata, Folarin Kuku, Segundo Liorente and Bauti Panelo started the Chapel Hill Denham Cup final on a shaky note with a four goal-deficit  and two chukkas left to play, the duo of Segundo and Panelo who was plying his first tournament in Africa, propelled  Kuku and Dantata to turn the game on  its head  to  gift the Art Hotel their biggest victory Lagos polo tournament.

    Meanwhile, the  Lagos international polo tournament that galloped off January 27 at the foremost Ribadu Polo Ground in Ikoyi, enters its second week with the  highly reverred Majekodunmi Cup.

    Other glittering high-goal Cups to be won during the second week are the Sani Dangote Cup played in the everlasting memory of the late President of Lagos Polo Club, one of Nigeria’s biggest polo Patrons.

    The list includes the newly introduced Argentine Ambassador’s Cup, Owen Cup and the oldest polo laurel in Nigeria, the Independence Cup.

    Polo Pix Caption: Art Hotel polo team   and  Lagos STL team (sitting) showcasing their prizes during the closing ceremony of the opening week of the Lagos International Polo tournament.

  • Fed Govt revokes development approvals in coastal, highway, shoreline setback zones

    Fed Govt revokes development approvals in coastal, highway, shoreline setback zones

    • Ministry enforces coastal road, highway, shoreline setback regulations

    The Federal Government has revoked all prior approvals granted for developments within national corridors and ecological zones’ setbacks.

    The government took the action as it began a strict enforcement of development control regulations along federal highways, coastal roads, shorelines, and the Lagos Lagoon corridor.

    This followed a directive issued by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mandating the immediate halt of unauthorised developments in these areas, according to the Surveyor General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adebomehin.

    The surveyor-general said the enforcement applies to all affected zones and nullifies all previously granted planning approvals.

    According to him, state governments have been expressly directed to suspend further planning approvals within the designated corridors unless done in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation.

    To ensure compliance, Adebomehin stressed that all development approvals granted on or before July 2, 2025, must be submitted to the Office of the Surveyor General for verification, harmonisation, and compilation.

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    Approvals not submitted, or those issued after September 30, 2025, will be deemed invalid, he warned.

    The surveyor-general also ordered the immediate cessation of all ongoing unauthorised reclamation works, stressing that the indiscriminate creation of artificial islands and unapproved sand-filling activities would no longer be tolerated.

    Adebomehin explained that the move is intended to protect critical infrastructure, safeguard the environment, and promote coordinated urban development.

    The surveyor-general said the enforcement covers federal highways, shorelines, coastal roads, and areas on and along the Lagos Lagoon.

    Any further encroachment without federal approval, he warned, would be considered illegal.

    Going forward, Adebomehin said no state or local authority should independently approve projects within the affected setback zones without federal collaboration.

    To ensure effective monitoring and regulation, the surveyor-general announced that mechanisms were being put in place to coordinate infrastructure development along Nigeria’s shorelines and ecological zones.

    The directive, he said, is backed by existing legal provisions, including Section 1 (1), (2), and (3) of the Federal Highways Act and Sections 1 and 2 of the Lands (Title Vesting, Etc.) Act, both of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as well as other relevant legal instruments.

  • House to investigate failed N6.4b shoreline protection contract

    House to investigate failed N6.4b shoreline protection contract

    House of Representatives is to investigate the failure of the performance of the N6.5 billion shoreline protection contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in 2006.

    Adopting a motion on notice sponsored by Donald Ojogo (APC, Ondo), the House urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide temporary relief materials, to cushion the impact of the ravaging sea incursion on the latest victims at Ayetoro community in llaje Local Government of Ondo State. 

    Leading a debate on the motion, Ojogo told the House that the oil-producing Ayetoro community was not just a major revenue source of the nation, but also a phenomenal historical and cultural settlement along the coastal stretch of llaje Local Government. 

    He said Ayetoro community and its environs accounted for 5.4 per cent of the 60,000 Barrel Per Day (BPD) of Ondo State’s crude oil production output, amounting to about 3.7 per cent of Nigeria’s total oil production, ranking Ondo State 5th among Nigeria’s oil-producing states, as captured by the NDDC law. 

    He said the devastating sea incursions and ocean surges had been the albatross of Ayetoro community for over two decades, destroying properties and displacing indigenes, thus disrupting the oil-exploration activities owing to varied reactions by indigenes of the area. 

    Ojogo said the surge had become an annual occurrence and an alarming rate that successive administrations in Ondo State appeared overwhelmed, thus helpless. 

    He said NDDC in 2004 attempted to stem the slide by awarding contract for the construction of a shoreline protective wall designed with a tube technology at Ayetoro to Gallet Nigeria Ltd at an original contract sum of N6.4 billion, of which 25 per cent was reportedly paid.

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    He said the contract was revoked in 2009 for alleged lack of capacity and re-awarded to Dredging Atlantic Ltd at an undisclosed cost and 16 years after the contract was first awarded, there was nothing to show any intervention by the government. 

    Ojogo said owing “to this pitiable level of no action by the mobilised contractor(s), a particular surge that happened towards the end of 2022 reportedly caused the displacement of nearly 2,000 people, 13 deaths and the destruction of over 200 homes.” 

    He said the situation had generated tension in the oil-producing communities, as restive youths had reportedly begun mobilising themselves to disrupt the lawful activities of oil producing companies, thereby creating a state of unease and seeming insecurity. 

  • House to investigate failed N6.4b shoreline protection contract

    House to investigate failed N6.4b shoreline protection contract

    House of Representatives is to investigate the failure of the performance of the N6.5 billion shoreline protection contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in 2006.

    Adopting a motion on notice sponsored by Donald Ojogo (APC, Ondo), the House urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide temporary relief materials, to cushion the impact of the ravaging sea incursion on the latest victims at Ayetoro community in llaje Local Government of Ondo State. 

    Leading a debate on the motion, Ojogo told the House that the oil-producing Ayetoro community was not just a major revenue source of the nation, but also a phenomenal historical and cultural settlement along the coastal stretch of llaje Local Government. 

    He said Ayetoro community and its environs accounted for 5.4 per cent of the 60,000 Barrel Per Day (BPD) of Ondo State’s crude oil production output, amounting to about 3.7 per cent of Nigeria’s total oil production, ranking Ondo State 5th among Nigeria’s oil-producing states, as captured by the NDDC law. 

    He said the devastating sea incursions and ocean surges had been the albatross of Ayetoro community for over two decades, destroying properties and displacing indigenes, thus disrupting the oil-exploration activities owing to varied reactions by indigenes of the area. 

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    Ojogo said the surge had become an annual occurrence and an alarming rate that successive administrations in Ondo State appeared overwhelmed, thus helpless. 

    He said NDDC in 2004 attempted to stem the slide by awarding contract for the construction of a shoreline protective wall designed with a tube 

    technology at Ayetoro to Gallet Nigeria Ltd at an original contract sum of N6.4 billion, of which 25 per cent was reportedly paid.

    He said the contract was revoked in 2009 for alleged lack of capacity and re-awarded to Dredging Atlantic Ltd at an undisclosed cost and 16 years after the contract was first awarded, there was nothing to show any intervention by the government. 

    Ojogo said owing “to this pitiable level of no action by the mobilised contractor(s), a particular surge that happened towards the end of 2022 reportedly caused the displacement of nearly 2,000 people, 13 deaths and the destruction of over 200 homes.” 

    He said the situation had generated tension in the oil-producing communities, as restive youths had reportedly begun mobilising themselves to disrupt the lawful activities of oil producing companies, thereby creating a state of unease and seeming insecurity.