No fewer than 13 houses in Ajao estate and Shasha areas of Lagos have been demolished by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). During a press briefing in Ikeja, on Friday, before the demolition exercise, Gbolahan Oki, the general manager of LASBCA, said most of the property owners close to the airport lacked the necessary building permits from relevant agencies. Oki said the agency had, between 2016 till date, served four different demolition notices to the occupants of the houses in the affected areas. “We have realised that property owners in…
Author: Victor Fola
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala was on target as Barcelona Femeni defeated Sporting Huelva 3-0 to win their fourth consecutive league title on Sunday. Laia Codina opened scoring for the Blaugrana six minutes before the break. Jana Fernandez doubled the advantage in the 63rd minute. Oshoala was introduced four minutes after the hour mark. The Nigerian netted the third in the 89th minute. Oshoala has now scored 20 goals and provided two assists in 24 league appearances for Barcelona this season. Jonathan Giraldez’s side claimed the crown with 78 points from 26 games, 12 points ahead of Real Madrid.
Nollywood actor, Kunle Remi has opened up on his relationship status. The thespian revealed that he is in “a serious relationship”. He disclosed this recently when he appeared as a guest on the TVC programme, Your View. He said, “I mean, it is nothing to hide. I have someone. I’m serious.” Recall that Kunle Remi sparked dating rumours with actress, Bimbo Ademoye after they played love interests in the epic Yoruba movie ‘Anikulapo’. Since then, Remi has been asked by fans severally to reveal his relationship status but he kept mute until recently
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told off the opposition to stop their ‘childish’ sulking over the 2023 presidential election which they lost abjectly. Lai Mohammed, in a statement he issued on Sunday, re-echoed President Muhammadu Buhari’s position, stressing that the opposition lost the election because of their overconfidence and complacency. The Minister said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, won the presidential election fair and square, clinching the majority of the votes cast and surpassing the constitutionally-stipulated 25% of votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has invalidated a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President-elect Bola Tinubu over alleged forfeiture of funds relating to narcotics trafficking in the US. The anti-narcotics agency asked the federal high Court in Abuja to disregard the ‘legally unstable’ suit filed by the PDP and Dino Melaye, a chieftain of the party. In a preliminary objection filed on Wednesday, Joseph Sunday, director of prosecution of the NDLEA, confirmed that the suit is ‘political in nature’, and void of the interest of Nigerians. NDLEA said the case was a targeted and personal…
Nollywood actress, Yetunde Bakare has admitted that It’s harder to sustain real love after you discover it than to find it in the first instance. The thespian disclosed this in a recent interview with Punch Saturday Beats. Bakare explained that people often determine their current relationships against their prior experiences, and when anything negative comes up, they quickly recoil to maintain their mental stability. She said, “Finding true love is harder than keeping it. It is more complicated nowadays, because a lot of people have had bad experiences and they tend to withdraw easily in order to protect their peace…
Odion Ighalo is hoping to guide Saudi Arabia Professional Football League champions, Al Hilal to victory when they take on Japanese side, Urawa Red Diamonds. The first leg encounter is billed for the King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh on Saturday (today). Ighalo has scored seven goals for the Blue Waves in the competition this season. With his strength, speed and clinical finishing he will be a constant threat to the Urawa defence. Only Al Duhail’s Edmilson Junior has scored more goals (eight) than the Nigerian in the competition this season. The 33-year-old also has a chance to win his second…
The Embassy of Nigeria in Sudan has confirmed that the second batch of the evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Khartoum to Egypt will begin on Saturday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Charge d’ Affairs, H. Y. Garko, on Friday. The statement read, “The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Sudan wishes to inform all Nigerian citizens who wish to be evacuated from the crisis in Sudan, that the Embassy will commence the second phase of evacuation to Egypt for onward airlift to Nigeria tomorrow, April 29, 2023. “All those interested are expected to converge…
President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census scheduled for May 3-7 2023. Buhari also confirmed that the new date for the exercise will be determined by the incoming administration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, April 28, 2023. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and…
National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike has raised the alarm after receiving threats to his life days after congratulating President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall Okwu, a few days ago, congratulated Tinubu while urging discontent parties to allow the court to adjudicate on their petitions. The president stressed that the election window was over, and that governance was underway. However, in a recent statement, Okwu revealed he had come under dangerous threats after congratulating the President-elect, according to Daily Post. According to him, “some persons who are annoyed that I congratulated the President-elect have sent machinery in…