The Presidency has said that states’ judicial panels on police brutality and extrajudicial killings won’t submit their reports to the Federal Government. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, made this known on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme monitored The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters…
•Seeks Memoranda from Stakeholders Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The Tribunal of Inquiry set up by Lagos State Government into the collapse of 21 storey building at 44 B, C, D Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday disclosed that results of the tests conducted on the construction materials are still being awaited. It implored…
A Muslim artisan has devoted his talents to shepherding the dead among Bangladesh’s Hindu minority along a peaceful journey to the next life. Taher Ali Khan has crafted thousands of shrines to departed loved ones around the tranquil grounds of Barisal Mahashashan, the country’s largest Hindu crematorium. The devout mason prays five times a day…
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has criticised three nights of riots over anti-COVID measures, calling the unrest “pure violence” by “idiots” and vowed to prosecute those responsible. The riots in several cities around the country since Friday were “violence under the guise of protest”, the prime minister said. He added he would always defend the…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Friday released N2 billion to offset part of the global cooperative deductions from the state workers. The payment, which will cover four months, is meant to address the plight of the workers and pensioners. The governor also promised to settle the outstanding deductions by releasing one billion naira…
A Brazil based drug dealer, Okafor Okwudili Moses has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA over a 2.55 kilograms of cocaine recovered from a toilet at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. The drug was discovered in the toilet of the airport on…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju and Steve Omoriayewa The report of the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry and Restitution, which was submitted, last Monday, to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has continued to generate mixed reactions from residents and those with vested interests outside the State. It is not unexpected that the recommendations of the panel,…
•Governor relocates victim’s mother, sisters to two-bedroom apartment with N1m gift •‘I thank government for remembering me, my children, God will bless Governor Sanwo-Olu’- deceased mother Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has provided a furnished two-bedroom apartment for members of a family of four who lost their first…
•Award will encourage us to do more – Governor Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has commended Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for winning the New Telegraph Governor of The Year 2021 (Good Governance). Speaking at the New Telegraph Newspapers awards ceremony held at the Federal…
