Homeland News
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LASG insists on banning danfo, korope along Lekki-Epe expressway
By Adeola Ogunrinde The Lagos State Government has said it would ban the operations of unregulated commercial buses along the Lekkki-Epe corridor. Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on transportation, Sola Giwa, made this known on Sunday. He said the reminder was to dismiss rumours that the move had been suspended. Giwa stated that there was a stakeholders’ meeting with…
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Gov Adeleke threatens to demolish unapproved building construction
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has threatened to demolish unapproved building constructions posing threats to human safety, warning developers and residents against constructing houses without approved building plans. The Governor, reacting to the recent building collapse in Osogbo, emphasized the crucial need for obtaining necessary approvals for building plans to guarantee quality construction standards and prevent…
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Group accuses Police, of colluding with APC to implicate PDP lawmaker, Omirin
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Ijesa South Patriots on Saturday accused the Osun State police command and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of plotting to implicate a member of the House of Representatives, Sanya Omirin, who is under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in a cult-related crime. This reaction came following the recent arrest…
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Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians against littering, vandalism
…Launches environmental awareness campaign Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned residents against littering drains and vandalizing manholes. Speaking on Sunday at the Campos playground on Odunlami Street during the launch of a community-based environmental sanitation awareness program, the Governor emphasized the need for residents to prioritize environmental cleanliness. Governor Sanwo-Olu expressed concern over the widespread littering observed during his…
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Osun APC calls on Police to probe lawmaker Omirin, for alleged political killings
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has called on the Police command to investigate the involvement of the lawmaker representing Ijesa-South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Sanya Omirin over his alleged masterminding of heinous activities in the last elections conducted in the State. This action follows the confession of one Olabode…
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PHOTO NEWS: Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Wahab plant trees in Lagos to protect environment
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Deputy Obafemi Hamzat, the First Lady, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab and other senior officials planted tree in Lagos on Sunday as part of the activities to mark #TreePlantingDay2024 with the theme: Nurture Our Future. Other officials of the state government at the ceremony included Head of Service, Mr Bode Agoro…
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VIDEOS: Flood takes over Sango-Ota roads
…Governors Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu to the rescue The rainfall season has compounded the hardship motorists and commuters face on the Lagos-Sango-Ota-Abeokuta road as flood took over the Sango Ota under Bridge area on Sunday morning. A video obtained by WESTERN POST shows private vehicles driving through the flooded road with some commercial mini-buses stuck in the muddy waters. Dating back to…
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UNIOSUN students donate educational materials, others to special need school
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Students of the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) have donated educational materials and other aids to improve the lives of students with special needs in Ikoyi, Isokan Local Government of Osun State. The final-year students, who were on an outreach mission under the auspices of CMS 404: Development Communication,…
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Two rescued, three trapped as building collapses in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, has rescued two people while three are feared trapped under the debris from an uncompleted building that collapsed in Osogbo, Osun State capital. NSCDC spokesperson, ASC Kehinde Adeleke who disclosed this in a statement, revealed that the incident occurred around 7:30 am around AUD primary…
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New Elemona of Ilemonaland to appoint regents pending military retirement
The new Elemona of Ilemona land in Oyun local government area of Kwara State, Lt Col. Nurudeen Yusuf, will appoint regents on the throne until his retirement from the military service, WESTERN POST gathered. Yusuf is the current Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to President Bola Tinubu. Following the demise of his father, late Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi, the former Elemona in May,…
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