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[b]Lagos State Government yesterday, said it would henceforth confiscate any structure used as hideouts by kidnappers and other criminals in the state.

This came as the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, charged traditional rulers and residents of the state to be alert in the face of upsurge in kidnapping and other crimes in the state.

The Oba’s warning came barely four days after the Oniba of Iba land, Oba Yushau Oseni regained freedom three weeks after his abduction.

Akiolu, who led the Council of Obas on a visit to Ambode at the State House, warned that the rate of insecurity in the country demanded that traditional rulers rearranged their security architecture to nip crime in the bud.

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, while briefing on the outcome of the State Security Council meeting presided over by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said government was determined to flush out kidnappers and militants from the state.

According to him, “The security council meeting is for us to look at the strategies that we will be employing in tackling the crime challenges that we have in the state and to further come up with strategies of sustaining those measures that will put criminal elements in check. The security council wants to let our people know that the state is more poised to tackling all criminal activities and making sure that all the criminal elements in the state will not be allowed the freedom to practice any criminal act.

“That there is no hiding place for criminal elements. In addition to that, it has been resolved that any structure, building or any places that criminal elements are using in the state will be confiscated. The state will not hesitate in the interest of public to take over those safe havens, structures or houses that these criminal elements are using as hidden places to perpetrate their activities.”

Speaking during the meeting, Ambode said at the initial stage when the Oba was kidnapped, it appeared as if government was not doing anything, noting that, that was not actually the case.

According to him, “It was not just a sacrilege in Yoruba land, but the traditional institution was indeed desecrated. So, we needed to dig into what really happened to reach a logical conclusion. I want to thank the Oba of Lagos and all of you that showed concern and support. This kind of thing must not happen in our land again. We will now pay greater attention collectively to the security of our traditional rulers.”[/b]

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/lagos-impound-buildings-hotels-used-kidnapping/

Ichieboxy:
I hate to engage you because of your bigotry and sadistic tendencies but I will reply you just this once...

Did she meet US Projecture known for aids to developing countries in her capacity as Aisha?
Aresa ...stop being a bigot, a sadist and poster boy for corruption defense...do some introspection...You aren't a kid anymore...good morning!!!

chiefobdk:
aresssa
see finishing

MXrep:
bros keep quiet. Emmanuel Irono and his US team are investing in solar because jonathan privatized it. Same with Geometric Aba. No govt control can defeat the forces of capitalism in the long run, your ppl should get that

stevedre:
Repost this after they must have completed the project or forever hold your peace because most Nigerian politicians dont care about the poor masses. Believe with reality not all this paper works to justify either hatred or love and for the records, i hope this and every other project in Nigeria works out well on due time. 1 love

MXrep:
Lol, i wonder how old you are, the guy finished you very well sha

Ichieboxy:
Why not answer his questions smartly?

What made a visit in which she was said to have attended and/or delivered lectures a private visit Even when they claimed she was soliciting for alms for northeast?

What made office of 1st lady unofficial under Buhari, when she(Aisha) herself said said she can't leave her husband to do all the job of leading Nigeria alone?


What are guys afraid of? That the truth may resurface? These questions deserve answers and many more to come...

Guyman02:
Lagos can achieve food sufficiency with rice farms across the South West and then import 'UGU' from Obiano in Anambra State and palm oil from Imo State (if Rochas decides work without propaganda) to use in cooking the rice to achieve a balanced diet
I dont know why the talk of economic integration of South West starting with efficient railway is still on paper till now, they cant continue to wait for approval from FG?

Now all the Afonjas will start claiming to be Lagosians anytime good news flows from there, they will never claim Osun, Kwara or Ekiti States where workers are paid salaries with bailout funds.

SharkTank:
Point of correction. They head to Lagos. Not Oyo or Ekiti or any of the brown roof enclaves. And once it comes to Lagos, it could land in the hand of A Nigerian of any tribe

Speaking at the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two states held at the Banquet Hall in the Ikeja area of the Lagos, Governor Ambode said the partnership signaled the commencement of a new beginning of which is line with the change mantra of All Progressives Congress (APC) that calls for patriotism in all facets of life.

He said: “This is the first time in the history of Nigeria that two States are collaborating to develop their agricultural potentials. We have the economic prowess to produce rice locally. The era of imported rice is gone. The reality is for all of us to embrace the consumption of local foodstuff and commodities.”

Lagos State is the largest consumer of food commodities in Nigeria by virtue of our State population. We have the market, with the required purchasing power also. Lagos State has an estimated consumption of over 798,000 metric tonnes of milled Rice per year which is equivalent to 15.96 million of 50kg bags, with a value of N135 billion per annut.”

“Lagos State is one of the largest producers of poultry and thus has a large demand for maize for livestock feed production. The State also houses most of the industrial users of wheat and sorghum; mostly flour mills, bakeries, breweries and food manufacturers.

“Kebbi State, on the other hand, is blessed with a vast arable land suitable for the cultivation of Rice, Wheat, Ground nut, Maize, Sorghum and Sugar cane.


“It is an agrarian State with over 1.2 million hectares of arable land characterised by very large floodplains, lowland swamps and gentle slopes. In the 2014 / 2015 wet season, over 600,000 Hectares of land was deployed for Rice cultivation in the three senatorial areas of the State.

“The people are traditionally Rice farmers with average land holding of about 10 Hectares. Presently, Kebbi has over 50,000 metric tonnes of paddy in store produced from the last 2 planting seasons.


With these considerations in mind, Lagos State and Kebbi State have decided to collaborate and exploit our areas of comparative advantage to create value for both States. This alliance will ensure Food Security, job creation, increase in farmers’ income and the overall improvement in the living conditions of the residents of both states through wealth creation and poverty reduction.

“This collaboration is in line with the clarion call and policy direction given by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the need to feed ourselves.”



Lagos is the most entrepreneurial part of Nigeria. Lagos, if it were a country on itself, is a country that other states will be going to establish a relationship and so why not state to state. So, what we are doing is that we are pioneering a collaboration that will bring other states on board later and we believe that our potentials is enormous and we must have pacesetters to start that process of joint collaboration for our collective good,” Governor Bagudu said.

SharkTank:
SE governments are the least corrupt and the zone is the fastest growing in the country.

trinity227:
IF ONLY YOU KNEW THE MEANING OF IGNORANCE.... I WOULD HAVE CONCUR.

bayooooooo:
It sounds great on paper but I am not sure they actually have money to build it now.

trinity227:
its not hate, and yes The First Ladies of every Country Always welcome another first lady when they visit their country. my pain is that why would a 45 years old woman try to fool a whole nation like Nigeria. NTA, CHANNELS, SILVERBIRD, all Nigeria TV stations non was able to give the news.. Use your brain

khSteel:
All these children of yesterday with zero education and manners.

Like I said earlier, "Motir DuSable" recently signed a PPA with FG through NBET after securing operating licence from NERC some months ago.

First lesson, go learn whatever your brain can accommodate on the subject matter starting with business feasibility study for the targeted market, EIA for Solar PV development, securing power generation licence from NERC to signing a "PPA" and finally Solar PV development.

When you finally grow up and secure a university admission, you can go to the engineering department of your school and ask any lecturer there the minimum time duration for such an engineering project considering the amount of time (and back-n-forth) it takes to secure approvals from NERC and other government agencies in Nigeria.

Maybe after that, you will learn to debate sensibly.

Here's a link to NERC website listing all the organizations it has granted operating licence. From that list, the latest licence was to 'Nigeria Solar Capital Partners Limited' promoted by Netherlands based 'Gigawatts Global' and 'Proton Energy Limited' promoted by some Nigerians.
The last two licences was awarded on March 23 2015 - kindly tell us who was the Nigerian president then.

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/document-library/func-startdown/430/

For your information, the recent PPA signed by NBET was with 15 companies (12 companies signed same time while 3 others signed separately.

From the list you will see that 'Nigeria Solar Capital Partners Limited' which is part of the 12 companies that signed their PPA agreements few weeks back got their power generation licence on 23rd March 2015.

If you must know, GEJ had the best intentions for Nigeria and he was actively working to have all the essential infrastructures in place. Go and study his Power Roadmap and Gas Roadmap and other infrastructural plans that were being painstakingly executed gradually; but hate wouldn't let people from your corner to appreciate the obvious. Even people like you that work on some of these projects choose to be hateful - as educated as they are, they rather queued behind someone that lacks understanding of present day challenges hence the current Nigerian economic situation.

Son,
Try get some education, it really helps.

ehix89:
This could be somewhere in Congo

khSteel:
Thank you for this.

This is a private business initiative of Dusable Capital (www.dusablecapital.com) using a JV vehicle known as Motir DuSable for this investment in Nigeria. They have already signed an MOU with Martifer Solar for the solar PV plant development.

This project initiative started over tow (2) years ago; they only signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with NBET about 6 weeks ago after securing operating licence during the administration of GEJ.

FG has absolutely nothing to do with this project except granting the operating licence through NERC and signing a 20 years PPA through NBET.

Also, project target is a 300Mw starting with a 100Mw for its first phase.

Children of Hate - kindly stop all these una misinformation, its really getting boring.

Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr Steve Ayorinde, said that the state government has acquired land in Ogun, Ondo and Osun states for farming.

Ayorinde told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the land was acquired for large scale mechanised farming.

The commissioner, who did not disclose the quantity acquired, said the state was planning to acquire more land in Oyo state.

Lagos has the smallest land mass in the country, 23 per cent of that land is water. Lagos decided to acquire land elsewhere for agriculture.

The decision has to do with economic integration of the South West states.

Lagos has just been admitted into the ODUA Group, comprising all the five states in the zone.


What this means is that, if there is economic integration among the six states in the South West, Lagos with its financial status can expand in the area of agriculture in those states,” he said.

According to Ayorinde, the plan is to get Federal Government`s approval to link the South West states with train service for effective haulage of agricultural produce.

He said it would be wise to move the produce with train service because trucks and trailers might not be enough to do the job.
The commissioner said Lagos and the others in the South West were considering economic integration through agriculture and most effective means of evacuating the produce.

KingOfAmebo:
Even if she went there for holidays, she is the wife of a sitting President of the most populous black nation on earth. So, you haven't answered the "intelligent question"

kaeforum:
Solar energy will not power the industries in the east, FG should with immediate effect grant license to operate for the power station built at itu by Prof Barth Nneji.
That plant when activated will power all the eastern and SS states.

Solar power is only good for rechargeable lamps, bulbs and charging phones.

We need something that can power our machinery in the factory and industry.

MXrep:
so mr arressa, Emmanuel Irono and his US based firm is building it not Buhari's FG. We are enjoying the benefit of GEJ's power reforms, lazy ones want FG to hold on to everything but nobody can win the forces of capitalism

mekuzi09:
Arresa, you still dey here? you no dey tire of Igbo mattere?

Topmostt:
Please, explain what you mean. Before now, you have been a great fan of 'proofs' please can you support your claim that Anambra pays 11600 as minimum wage?

Atleast I have been able to use you own link to prove otherwise

franchizy:
This project cant be possible because the national Grid of Nigeria cannot carry 300MW at one location.

The highest the Grid can carry is 200MW. I am very much aware of this project and the power purchase agreement signed was for 100MW.

OP, please get ur facts right before posting the news.

Again this project may also be hindered due to insufficient sunlight but should the elevation of be high above sea level, then something might come out of it.

Topmostt:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201503050103.html
That's the link you posted to support your claim Sir, but I think you have an issue with the English there. The governor added 10,000 doesn't mean he now pays some people 10,000. If I am not mistaken, the previous minimum wage was 7500 plus 10000, that makes a total of 17500.

If you add Sir Obiano's 15 percent, that means that the least worker in Anambra earns at least 20125( going by the link you shared). But I know its more than that.

Get the facts right

Aisha Buhari and her daughter on their way toLondon yesterday, she ends her U.S trip on Saturday after the Gala Night of the 25th Anniversary of Zumunta Association in Washington

Aisha Buhari in this photo was at the Dulles International Airport at the special reserved and marked rows available to diplomatic personnel on Sunday, she was escorted to the lounge by the U.S State Department officials as she procedes to board her flight to London

MauroResi:
Yes PMB should visit Anambra