EndSARS: Lekki residents donate office block to police station
October 22, 2021
The Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA) has donated an office block to Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah, Lagos, to support policing of the area.
LERSA President, Chief James Emadoye, while inspecting the building on Wednesday preparatory to its inauguration and handing over to the Nigeria Police Force, said the project was 95 per cent completed.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many police stations and business premises and property were destroyed during the EndSARS protests exactly a year ago.
According to Emadoye, the building, which awaits painting and completion of the restrooms, will be delivered to the Inspector General of Police through the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.
He said the association had intervened in several ways to bring succour to security operatives including the donation of canopies, generator, chairs and various humanitarian materials after the #EndSARS destruction.
“Members of the association recall the wanton destruction that followed the unfortunate incidence of the protests last year.
“The association almost completed the development of a block of office to accommodate the police, while waiting for government’s full construction of the police station, which was totally destroyed last year.
“The Exco of LERSA approved and released the sum of N8.5 million for the project, which was donated financially and materially by the members.
“You will recall also that the association has, between Oct. 20, 2020 and today, donated two vehicles to the Nigerian
Police to assist them in the discharge of their duties.
“As at today, we would like to thank God that this project is 95 per cent completed,” he said.
Emadoye noted that the association was committed to continually intervene in all manners, as a responsible organisation with programmes that would affect the lives of citizens in Lekki area.
He commended Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government over the maintenance of the roads and for the progress made in the construction of the Lekki Regional Road.
“We trust that the government would fulfill its promises by starting the coastal road before the end of its term in office.
“On this anniversary of the EndSARS campaign, we at LERSA pray for a better Lagos devoid of destruction.
“A Lagos of peace and tranquility and a true mega city, which will be home to all and a greater Lekki Peninsula, which shall be the destination for living, tourism and businesses in Nigeria.”
CSP Tajudeen Mustapha, Divisional Police Officer on hand at the project inspection, commended the association’s assistance to the Nigeria Police Force.
He noted that the building would be used and continuously maintained to the very high standard that the association had provided.
King44: This is not a matter of short or long, go back and check, is either is has dementia or got the job by crook.
All the video shows is that the man messed up his protocol at that particular time. Simple. That's all it showed. But people seem desperate to read meanings into it.
Some say that he is a repentant bandit or boko haram member, yet they have no proof of this. The bandit that they alleged was him actually died years ago (and I don't think that he magically resurrected).
His ability to properly follow protocol at that point in time has absolutely nothing to do with his certificate or if he is a good customs officer.
Some bigots have already started labelling him as "aboki" when they don't even know where he is from.
Uniformed personnel from around the world have often failed their drill on occasions in which they are either very excited because they've just been promoted or they are nervous because they are before dignitaries or on TV. They get punished for this, but it is not an indication of their academic qualification, ethnicity, it doesn't mean that they have dementia and neither does it mean that they cannot do their core jobs.
These are senior members of the South African Police Force performing their drill very poorly during a funeral. Do they have dementia? Are they bandits or abokis??
So you expect them to admit? How does it feel being this gullible?
What is wrong with Nairaland today with so many people just making stuff up? Can you show me where I said that I expect them to admit? Can't you understand simple statements?? My post was really quite very simple and explicit.
The story did not come from the Chinese. It came from the Americans. The Chinese say that it was not a nuclear capable hypersonic missile. They say that they were just conducting space research in order to develop a reusable launch vehicle.
Egyptian social media users have hailed a man who inadvertently broadcast his face to thousands of people while stealing a journalist's phone as "the coolest thief in Egypt".
Mahmoud Ragheb, a reporter for the news site Youm7, was livestreaming a report on social media when the thief drove by on a motorbike and seized his phone.
The broadcast then revealed the young thief's face as he sped away from the scene casually smoking a cigarette.
Police have since announced his arrest.
According to Youm7, the incident happened on a bridge in Egypt's fourth-largest city, Shubra Al-Khaimah, where Mr Ragheb was reporting on the after-effects of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled parts of Egypt.
Mr Ragheb was filming the bridge when his phone was grabbed roughly from his hands by the unnamed thief. Once the camera had stopped shaking it revealed the face of a young man smoking a cigarette and checking slightly nervously behind him to see if anyone was in pursuit.
However, there was little sympathy for the intrepid reporter's plight, with most social media users focussing on the thief's relaxed demeanour as he snatched the phone and continued to pull on his cigarette as he made his escape.
One user commented that they had "died from laughter," while another questioned why the man had bothered looking behind him while "the whole world is watching you".
More than 20,000 people were watching the livestream when the theft took place and according to figures on Facebook, the video has since racked up more than 6.2 million views and 45,000 comments in a little over 24 hours.
Sadly for the thief, broadcasting his face in this way made it relatively easy for authorities to track him down. The Ministry of the Interior announced last night that it has detained him.
In a statement, the ministry said that the man is "jobless" and that he has since sold the stolen mobile to a trader.
udomma1005: CBN News=Victor Oladikun You're an old man joorrrrr|
naptu2: CBN was the Christian Broadcasting Network, an American television network that was owned by Pat Robertson. There were 3 CBN programmes that were shown on state television stations (LTV, OGTV, etc) in the 1980s and they were CBN News, The 700 Club and Another Life,
The 700 Club was a Christian talk show that was hosted by Pat Robertson, the owner of CBN and Sheila Walsh. They were also sometimes joined by other hosts. The show featured sections about Christian family life, interviews with famous people and pastors and the most consistent feature was the letters section in which people could write into the show to seek for advice on their problems.
Another Life was a Christian soap opera series that was incredibly popular in Nigeria in the 1980s.
However, this post is about CBN News. It was shown every evening on Lagos Television beginning c1983. The first hosts of the show were Kathy Russia and Tunde Osho.
Kathy Russia got married and became Kathy Edwards and Tunde Osho left the show in the late 1980s or early 1990s and he was replaced by Victor Oladokun.
LTV and other state TV stations had stopped airing CBN News by the mid-1990s.
NoFucksToGive: The Bruce Lee Story wasn’t the first time there were rumours of a curse around the martial arts film star - in fact, the first mention of it extended back to before anyone knew his name.Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco in the Year of the Dragon on the Hour of the Dragon, but his parents always referred to him as “Little Phoenix” at home, a girl’s name in Chinese.Why? Before Lee was born, his parents had lost another son and according to tradition, if you didn’t refer to him by a male name it would confuse the spirits who might steal their souls.
You just insulted me (breaking rule 2) and you are telling me about my conduct??
Then rumours I wrote about had absolutely nothing to do with a curse, yet you keep quoting me to tell me that the rumours are true and that they were about a curse! How does that sound to you?? Think about it.
The rumours, which I had heard since the early 1980s, were that Bruce Lee was shot while filming a movie. The rumours were not true! His son was later shot while shooting a movie. That was what I was referring to, so how can you quote me and insist that the rumour was true and that it was about a curse??
There were also similar rumours about Bob Marley, first that he was killed by an assassin and later that the CIA poisoned him with cancer.
Now, go back to my first post, read your responses to my post and think about them.
Meanwhile I'm going to report you for insulting me.
Politics › Re: EndSARS: Lekki Residents Donate Office Block To Police Station by naptu2(op): 4:00pm On Oct 22, 2021
