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Point News247 reports that the Oyo State Government has launched a mobile app designed with several features, including having access to details of chosen landed property, without necessarily visiting the Ministry of Lands. According to the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Tpl Olayiwola Olusegun, the mobile app, otherwise known as Ilè D’olà Exchange under the Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN) initiative, is the first of its kind in Nigeria, and would avail residents of the state the opportunity to make enquiry and suggestions on government services and getting faster responses. The Commissioner said this during a two-day retreat…

As the war on drug trafficking intensifies, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the arrest of three trans-border drug traffickers. Point News247 reports that they were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA while trying to smuggle 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol through Mubi, Adamawa state to Cameroon Republic, just as over 1,500 kilograms of imported Loud and other illicit substances have been intercepted in raids across Lagos and Edo states. A statement signed by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy and made available to NAOSRE, the agency stated that the suspects: Mohammed Hussaini, 32; Adamu Bella,…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has reassured stakeholders and players in the maritime corridor of his commitment to concrete safety and security in the nation’s maritime industry. Point News247 reports that the Director-General made this disclosure while speaking to journalists in Lagos on Friday, including representatives of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE. Jamoh revealed that the apex maritime regulatory agency’s commitment to safety and security were the reasons inspection of ships, which is in accordance with the safety requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act 2007, increased in 2021…

Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has awarded scholarships worth N100,000 each to 55 indigent undergraduates in Lagos Island Constituency 1. Point News247 reports that the Deputy Speaker empowered Lagos Island Constituency 1 undergraduates at the 10th edition of the Hon. Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni scholarship award held at the Lagos Island Local Government Council on Friday. The Deputy Speaker said he is convinced beyond reasonable doubt that effective education will solve if not all social challenges. He also opined that if he had not been educated he may not have become the Executive Chairman…

The Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA), the umbrella body of over 150 estates and communities stretching from 1004 Estate to Epe, has commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Point News247 reports that the commendation was contained in a statement signed by the association’s Chairman, Olorogun James Emadoye. LERSA noted that the proposed the bridge, which it described as one of the numerous projects to better the lives of Lagosians, will ease traffic congestion around Ikeja and environs. “We are pleased to note that while flagging off the construction of the bridge tagged the project a ‘legacy project,’…

The Association of National Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has inaugurated a compliance team to help in battling non-compliance among officers and stakeholders in the industry. Point News247 reports that the inauguration ceremony took place at Rockview Hotel in Apapa on Friday January 28, 2022. According to the President of the Association, Chief Tony Nwabunike, non-compliance in the sector has manifested through under declaration, under valuation, false declaration, deliberate application of wrong Harmonized System (HS) Code to evade accurate duty payments and outright smuggling, which have resulted in seizures and arrests. Over 30% of revenue collected by the Nigeria Customs Service…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Friday, disclosed that plans are underway for the privatisation of the moribund modular floating dockyard which will centre on Public Private Partnership (PPP). Point News247 reports that theDirector General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, while addressing newsmen in Lagos, reiterated the apex maritime regulatory agency’s commitment in ensuring the revamping of the controversial floating dockyard. He assured stakeholders of the maritime industry that the floating dock will be operational before the end of first quarter of 2022 . “However, we don’t want to operate it by government or NIMASA alone but…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, is the most capable candidate to succeed the President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2023. The Governor said this on Thursday when he drummed support for the Tinubu candidacy during the formal inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Movement’s Working Committees in Ikeja GRA. Point News247 reports that ABAT was conceived and set up by members of the Governor’s Advisory Council for the actualisation of the presidential ambition of the former Lagos governor. The sole purpose of ABAT is to ensure that Tinubu gets enough support…

Point News247 reports that the former Secretary to Ekiti State Government, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, clinched the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State for the June 18 governorship election. The Chairman, APC Governorship Primary Electoral Committee for Ekiti, and Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, who declared Oyebanji winner of the primary election, said the former SSG scored 101,703 votes to defeat other aspirants. Badaru announced that former governorship aspirant, Kayode Ojo, got 767 votes; National Assembly member, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, scored 760 votes; former Minister of Works, Senator Dayo Adeyeye secured 691votes; House of Representatives…

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has set the ball rolling by commissioning a Female Squad to combat crimes. Point News247 reports that the Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, had given a directive that ‘Female Squads,’ should be established through out the State Commands of the Corps, in the nation, designed under the ‘School Safety Initiative’. The Lagos State Commandant, Eweka Edenabu Douglas Okoro, said the initiative was to eradicate the criminal cases of kidnapping, cultism, bullying, rape and gangsterism being perpetrated amongst school children. The new female strike force of the Command…