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FG begins construction of 20,000 affordable mass housing project in Lagos

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February 15, 2024

FG begins construction of 20,000 affordable mass housing project in Lagos

The federal government has announced the launching of renewed hope cities and real estate projects which constitute about 20,000 affordable mass housing in Lagos State.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu recently launched Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Scheme which aims to provide 100,000 affordable mass decent housing units to Nigerians nationwide.

Dr. Markus Ogunbiyi, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, made the announcement while conducting an inspection of ongoing housing projects and government land suitable for additional construction under the scheme.

Ogunbiyi, alongside Mrs. Margaret Adejobi, the Federal Controller of Housing for Lagos State, and other key directors, later visited Eric Moore to inspect an ongoing project featuring 60 flats, including both two and three-bedroom units.

The team which includes the Head of PPP Unit of the ministry, Abimbola Asein, later inspected land within Games Village in Eric Moore and land at the Iponri area.

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“Last week we had a groundbreaking in Abuja by Mr President on our Renewed Hope Cities and Estates. So this is a consolidating visit to Lagos to consolidate on that particular achievement.
“The challenge we have in Lagos is land and that is why I am here. We will use all available land to make sure that we have enough housing units under the first phase in Lagos,” Ogunbiyi said.

He said the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development was undertaking the project under a Public-Private Partnership, saying that the target was 100,000 housing units nationwide with Lagos State having over 20,000.

Backstory

Earlier, Nairametrics reported that President Bola Tinubu launched a Renewed Hope housing project starting with a 3,112 housing unit project in Karsana District, Phase 3, Federal Capital Territory.
The Initiative aims to deliver 1,000 housing units in each of the 36 States and 4,000 units in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
During the event, the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed the Federal Government’s ambitious plan to bridge the housing gap in the country by providing 5.5 million housing units nationwide over the next 10 years.
Implementation of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Programme will involve collaboration among the Federal Mortgage Bank, Federal Housing Authority, and Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Musa Dangiwa, earlier issued Land Allocation Requests to all states, urging a minimum of 50 hectares of land in close proximity to the respective state capitals.

FG begins construction of 20,000 affordable mass housing project in Lagos

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NDLEA intercepts cakes laced with drugs

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April 28, 2024

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NDLEA intercepts cakes laced with drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 28-year-old lady, Jennifer Iliya, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa.

The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy,, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Babafemi said during her arrest on Wednesday, “a substantial number of drugged cakes weighing 1.5kg were recovered from her possession.”

He added that a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, were also arrested in Yenagoa on Sunday, March 10, for a similar offence.

Meanwhile, a suspect who allegedly hid drugs in women wears was also arrested at the Lagos airport.

The statement partly read, “NDLEA officers at the Gate C departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday, April 26, arrested a passenger, Yahaya Danjuma Oturah, while attempting to export 4,000 pills of tramadol 225mg to Malpensa, Italy, on an Ethiopian Airline flight.

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“The psychoactive substance was found concealed in women wears and granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack and another bag containing food items.”

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Man accused of stealing cement drowns at Lagos Lagoon while ‘trying to escape’

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April 28, 2024

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Man accused of stealing cement drowns at Lagos Lagoon while ‘trying to escape’

A man simply identified as Azeez, has allegedly jumped into the lagoon in Lagos and drowned, to avoid arrest for being accused of stealing some bags of cement.

The spokesperson of the Police command in Lagos , SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

Hundeyin said that the Director in charge of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) operations in Lagos Central, (name not mentioned), reported the case to Ikoyi Police Division on Friday at about 12.20 p.m.

Hundeyin said that the director reported that at about 10.45 a.m. on Friday, he received a call that there was an incident at Lekki/Ikoyi Link Bridge.

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According to him, on getting to the scene, he met a large crowd gathered by the waterside, watching the lifeless body of a man who had drowned.

“The deceased was later identified as Azeez. He was later confirmed dead by paramedics of Pre Hospital Care, Lagos.

“It was discovered that the seller of the cement, was pursuing the deceased before he jumped into the Lagoon, because he was alleged to have stolen some bags of cement,” Hundeyin said.

The image maker said that the scene was visited by the police, while the corpse had been evacuated to Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy and preservation.

Hundeyin said that investigation into the case was in progress.

Man accused of stealing cement drowns at Lagos Lagoon while ‘trying to escape’

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Two notorious drug kingpins bag life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking

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April 28, 2024

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Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince

Two notorious drug kingpins bag life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has secured the conviction of two notorious drug kingpins.

According to the anti-narcotic agency, the duo, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, were sentenced to life imprisonment.

The development is contained in a statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday.

NDLEA disclosed that Uwaezuoke was first arrested on March 19, 2022, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

He was apprehended during the inward clearance of an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after he was found to have ingested 100 big wraps of cocaine, weighing 2.243 kilograms.

The anti-narcotic agency said he was subsequently arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abuja Division in charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2022, and was granted bail on certain conditions after he pleaded not guilty.

NDLEA said he later jumped bail and fled, leading the court to revoke his bail and issue an arrest warrant against him.

According to the statement, Uwaezuoke was again rearrested by NDLEA operatives on 1st August 2023, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while attempting to export 1.822 kilograms of cocaine to India through ingestion using a different passport and under a different name, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi.

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Babafemi said Uwaezuoke was again arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, in charge number FHC/L/554C/2023, where he pleaded guilty to the two counts charge and was convicted and sentenced on 18th October 2023 to a total term of seven years of imprisonment or a fine of ₦1,500,000.00.

He paid the fine and was transferred to Abuja to face the importation case pending against him and was re-arraigned on 20th March 2024 at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court in charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2022 before Justice Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik, where he pleaded guilty again.

According to the statement, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment despite his plea, noting his lack of remorse, the seriousness of drug-related offences, and the fact that he is a repeat offender by the court.

Babafemi said in the case of 42-year-old Agbo Chidike Prince, he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the outward clearance of an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Hong Kong on 21st October 2023 for ingesting 49 wraps of cocaine weighing 998.73grams.

Upon his arraignment before Justice Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, the defendant pleaded guilty to the one-count charge, prompting the prosecution to present evidence and review the facts of the case.

Despite the plea of allocutus by the defendant’s counsel, the court, noting the nature of the case and the commercial quantity of the drug, emphasized the seriousness of drug-related offences, convicted and sentenced the defendant on April 15, 2024, to life imprisonment.