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Lagos-Badagry expressway: Alternative route abandoned after spending N1.2bn (Vanguard)* Lagos Task Force Arrests 210, Impounds 125 Bikes (ThisDay)

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THISISLAGOS MORNING NEWS UPDATE AUGUST 11, 2018

 

Lagos-Badagry expressway: Alternative route abandoned after spending N1.2bn (Vanguard)

Residents and commuters in Lagos State have accused the state government of abandoning the Ariyo (Mile 10)-Ira-Muwo road project in Ojo Local Government Area, an alternative route to Lagos-Badagry Expressway, conceived six years ago. They lamented that the project, which would have reduced travel time on the ever busy road, has been left undone; leaving both residents and commuters to groan in traffic daily on Lagos-Badagry Expressway. If the road had been completed, the residents argued, it would have served as a by-pass for motorists when the ongoing expansion works on the ever busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway reached Abule-Oshun axis of the road. Read more

Lagos Task Force Arrests 210, Impounds 125 Bikes (ThisDay)

The Lagos State Environmental Task Force has arrested about 210 miscreants and street urchins across the state, and impounded no fewer than 125 motorcycles around Iludun Town, New Oko-oba area of Agege. Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Task Force, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement that the enforcement operation, carried out based on complaints by different communities around the area, also resulted in demolishing of 98 illegal shanties built on drainage alignment and road set-backs. Chairman of the Agency, Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who reportedly led the enforcement team, said those arrested were the ones recently dislodged by the Agency along railway line behind the Abattoir at Agege, a suburb of Lagos. The taskforce said the miscreants and street urchins were in the habit of terrorising those communities, robbing people of valuables such as phones, wallets and jewelry. Read more

Potential Benefits Of Family Planning (Leadership)

Family planning offers a lot to mothers, their babies,  families, communities, and society as a whole but one of the greatest challenges to reproductive advocacy is the unmet need for family planning services by millions of women in Nigeria and most poor resource countries. Many women require family planning but are not on any form, yet if they had access to modern methods of family planning, there would be fewer abortions, miscarriages, maternal and infant deaths. Family planning or contraception as it is usually referred to includes the diverse methods and techniques whereby couples are able to determine the number of children they want to have and when they want to have them. Evidence that family planning works can be seen from countries such as China and India that have been able to check their population growth rate and improve the standard of living of citizens through the introduction of effective measures. Read More

Rotary empowers 50 nursing mothers in Lagos (Guardian)

Fifty nursing mothers were recently equipped with 50 infant nursing kits as well as treated mosquito nets by the Rotary Club of Lagos West at the instance of the President of the club, Rotarian Sanyaolu Da-Silva at the Amuwo Odofin primary Health Centre. The distribution, which received the nod of the District Governor, Rotarian Kola Sodipo, also witnessed a health talk on the prevention of polio and malaria. Sodipo who had earlier launched and commissioned a borehole and block of toilets provided by the Club to Kuje Primary School in Agboju, Amuwo Odofin Local Government area, described the club as an effective one that had been rendering humanitarian services to the needy in the community for the past 35 years. He expressed satisfaction at the records and future projects of the club. Read more

Thousands Attend Christ Embassy Healing School in Lagos (ThisDay)

Thousands of people from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North and South America are currently in Lagos attending Christ Embassy August 2018 Healing School where they hope to be healed of chronic illnesses. The August 2018 Healing School session, where Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is ministering to the sick, kicked off July 27 and will end on August 27. A statement said at the healing school, which is free of charge, students were only required to provide proof of a physical ailment or illness. Read more

ASUU gives warning strike over crisis rocking LAUTECH (Guardian)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos zone, yesterday, appealed to the Oyo and Osun State Governments to find a lasting solution to the lingering crisis rocking their jointly-owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. The union, who spoke at a press conference held at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), ordered a two-week “warning strike,” after which, if solutions are not found to the crisis, which according to them is hindering smooth academic work, “then, we should not be blamed for further disruption of academic activities.” The Zonal Coordinator, Prof Olusiji Sowande, said it was high time the two state governors, Abiola Ajumobi and Rauf Aregbesola, came together to fashion out ways on how to properly fund the university, suggesting that for proper funding and management, the institution should be ceded to one of the states. Read more

FG, BOI disburse loans to petty traders in Lagos (Premium Times)

The federal government and the Bank of Industry have begun disbursing interest-free loans to traders in various markets across Lagos. The loan facility tagged ‘Market Moni’ and ‘Trader Moni’, is part of the federal government’s financial inclusion drive. The Executive Director, BoI, Toyin Adeniji, disclosed this at the commencement of the initiative and loan disbursements at Ojuwoye Market in Mushin, Lagos on Thursday. The initiative saw over 500 petty traders receive between N10,000 and N100,000 to support their businesses. The beneficiaries were encouraged to pay back within a period of six months from the date of receipt. Read more

Ambode, Omobude call for peace, end to bloodshed (Punch)

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has called on Nigerians not to relent in prayers for peace in the country especially as the 2019 election draws near. Also, the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Rev. Felix Omobude, called on the government to immediately find a solution to the continued bloodshed in the country, adding that security of lives and properties should be paramount. Ambode and the cleric spoke on Thursday at the 13th Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony of the Bible Society of Nigeria, which held in Lagos. Read more

Deaf Group Drums Support for Ambode’s Second Term (ThisDay)

The members of the Ambode Deaf Solidarity Movement, drawn from the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Community Development Areas LGAs/LCDAs under the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deaf Group has endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for second term re-election as Governor of Lagos State. They have also described him as the chosen governor for his verifiable, substantiated and unadulterated achievements since the inception of his administration. The endorsement came as the Deaf Group took a march yesterday, from the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat through Obafemi Awolowo way and terminated at Alausa Secretariat by Peace Park in front of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Read more

‘Encourage more investments in seaports’ (Punch)

As a way of easing the cargo traffic and the congestion at Apapa/Lagos ports, stakeholders have suggested that the government should encourage investors to build more seaports. The stakeholders, who spoke during a recent forum on local content optimisation in Lagos, observed that the existing ports in the country were fraught with challenges. While making a presentation at the forum, a shipowner, Mr Andy Isichei, said that some ports were under utillised and the Nigerian Ports Authority had given incentives to shipowners to go to eastern ports but they had been reluctant due to several reasons including the shallow channel. Read more

Reminisce, 9ice, Pasuma, CDQ, Slimcase headline Lagos youth week mega concert tomorrow (Guardian)

Agege Stadium in Lagos will tomorrow be beehive, as some of Nigeria’s biggest music stars, especially those with street credibility and huge following amongst the youths, will converge on it for the Mega Youth Concert. The music event is the wrap up of the week-long celebration of the Lagos Youth Week 2018, the first of its kind in the history of the state and indeed in any state in Nigeria. The music fiesta is put together by Rise Networks, Nigeria’s leading social enterprise in youth and educational development with the support of the Lagos State government in commemoration of the United Nations International Youth Day 2018. Speaking at a media parley ahead of the event, founder, Rise Networks, organiser of the gig, Toyosi Akerele- Ogunsiji, stated that the Lagos Youth Week is being held under the United Nations International Youth Day 2018 with the theme, ‘Safe Spaces for Youth’. Read more

I might sue NBC if ban on ‘This is Nigeria’ is not lifted –Falz (Punch)

Ever since popular entertainer, Falz, released the song, ‘This is Nigeria,’ it has been shrouded in controversy. At first, Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern called for the song to be banned because some ladies in hijab were dancing Shaku Shaku and they believed it was against the Islamic religion, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. During the week, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission fined a radio station to the tune of N100,000 for playing the song which they said was unfit for airplay because of this line, “This is Nigeria, look how we living now. Everybody be criminal,” stating that it made the song vulgar and it was in contravention of Section 3.6.1 and 3.13.2.2 of its constitution. Read more

 

Manager role should be downgraded to ‘head coach’- Jose Mourinho (adifferentleague)

Jose Mourinho believes the football has changed to the point where managers should now be referred to as “head coach”, because their responsibilities have been significantly reduced in recent years. This was an apparent dig at Ed Woodward, Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman, for not sanctioning all of his transfer targets. Speaking after United’s 2-1 win over Leicester on Friday night in the Premier League’s opening game, Mourinho could barely hide his frustration at not getting the players he wanted. “It will be a difficult season for everybody, not just for us,” the 55-year-old said. “I had my plans for many months and I find myself with the market closed in a situation I did not think I would be in. (Read more)

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