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 Lagos State Government Saturday sealed the premises of an event centre where petrol was shared as souvenirs. Officials of the Lagos Safety Commission and the Rapid Response Squad sealed Havillah Event Centre, Oniru, for contravening public safety rules for allowing sharing of the petroleum product in jerrycans. The senior special assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said the Lagos State police commissioner has ordered the arrest of those involved. “There is no doubt that this action is dangerous and can lead to loss of lives and property,” Lagos State commissioner for information Gbenga Omotoso said in a statement earlier on Saturday. Omotoso said sharing petrol as a souvenir is blatantly against all safety measures in such places. “The Lagos State Government, through the Safety Commission, is investigating this matter and will ensure that all parties to this reprehensible action are made to account for it. “The safety of lives and property of Lag

 An estimated N2 billion naira has been lost to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government, NetBlocks, an international Internet monitor, says. NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST) is a data-driven online service that enables anyone to quickly and easily produce rough estimates of the economic cost of Internet disruptions. The digital rights advocacy platform estimates the economic impact of an internet disruption, mobile data blackout or app restriction using indicators from the World Bank, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Eurostat amongst others. According to its analysis, an estimated N2.1 billion naira is lost when Nigeria shuts down Twitter for 24 hours. NetBlock says it uses the Brookings Institution’s method which relies on development indicators and Naira/dollar exchange rate of November 2019. However, it did not specify whether this estimated loss is from advertisement revenue, Twitter marketing and sales of products, traffic generated by Twitter or a drop in

Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru , died in a military plane crash that occurred in Kaduna State, on Friday. The incident occurred on Friday at the Kaduna International Airport according to military sources. It was learnt that the ill-fated aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm and about eight people on board are all feared dead. The Chief of Army Staff was not alone in the plane that crash and the identity of the military officers have been revealed. See the list below LT Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. Brig Gen MI Abdulkadir. Brig Gen Olayinka. Brig Gen Kuliya. Maj LA Hayat. Maj Hamza. SGT Umar. Crew FLT LT TO Asaniyi FLT LT AA Olufade. SGT Adesina. ACM Oyedepo.

  Mixed Reaction As Man Who Looks Like Buhari Was Spotted Driving A Bus In Lagos State (Photos). Apparently, there is a one in 135 chances that there’s a single pair of complete doppelgangers. There’s definitely a mathematical chance for two doppelgangers to exist, but it’s highly unlikely. Mostly, people do not come across doppelgangers of themselves. The human face is said to be extraordinarily unique. A Twitter user identified as “He always” has taken to her Twitter page to share a photo of a man who looks like President Muhammad Buhari, driving a taxi in Lagos state. Sharing on her Twitter page, she wrote: “Buhari’s lookalike spotted driving a bus in Lagos State. One Nigeria Forbes”. See tweet below.. Another Twitter identified as “Ada King” also said: “It is finished, Buhari is now a bus driver in Lagos State. BTW, say No to one Nigeria”. See tweet below.. It is said believed that seeing your doppelganger is an omen of death. According to English and German folklore, seeing your d

  The Nigerian government has increased the pump price of petrol to N212.61 a litre, less than two weeks after assuring the nation there would be no hike. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) announced late Thursday that the retail price for a litre of petrol for the month will be between N209.61 and N212.61. The ex-depot price, which is the amount sold by fuel depot owners to marketers, will be N206.42, while the landing cost stands at N189.61 per litre, the agency said. The announcement comes amid a partial scarcity of fuel that has lingered for weeks. There had been concerns the government, which says it has deregulated the sector and no longer pays subsidy, would raise rates as crude oil prices have seen a rebound in the global market. The state-owned NNPC, which regulates the sector and is the sole importer of refined petrol, however, assured there was no such plan for February and March. On March 1, the NNPC said in a statement by its Group General Manager, Gr

Scene of the accident on Friday in Lagos State. Photo: Twitter@LASEMA   The Lagos State Government has commenced reconstruction of buildings affected by the helicopter crash in the Opebi area of the state. This comes barely 24 hours after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the scene of the accident on Monday morning, promised to support those affected by the crash. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the reconstruction of the affected fence and buildings at 14 and 16, Salvation Road, Opebi in Ikeja commenced on Monday morning, following the governor’s pledge. Sanwo-Olu in company with the Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, and the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Damilola Oke-Osanyitolu conducted a post-disaster assessment of the crash site. The Governor also promised that the state government will conduct integrity tests on the affected buildings within a hundred metres radius and do

About 100 people said to be victims of kidnappers who terrorised communities around Kogi-Nasarawa boundary and travellers who passed through that area for over eight years, have been rescued by troops. The kidnap victims who are mostly women and children were rescued from Darusalam by troops of the 177 battalion and the army records, Lokoja. According to Mohammed Onogwu, the chief press secretary to Governor Yahaya Bello, the camp located at Ittu is home to about 2,000 kidnappers and some Boko Haram members. The statement read; “Between last Saturday and Wednesday, about 100 persons, mostly women and children, were rescued and taken to Lafia, while yesterday at Achara in Tawari Ward of Kogi LGA, about 180 family members of Darusalam were captured. “One of the suspects was shot dead while attempting to escape during the military clearing operations. “The logistics support of the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, to the Nigerian Army helped in no small measure in the success recorded by