"APC would salvage Nigerians from poverty"- Hon. Daramola

Barely 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave her nod on the registration of All Progressive Congress (APC) which was imbroglio with intrigues by some people that do not want the party to be registered, Nigerians from far and near have been pouring congratulatory messages on this history making event.

Eko Akete news would bring in the snippets as it comes in. First on the roll call is the Executive

Chairman of Iru-Victoria Island Local Development Council Area, Pharm.(Hon.)  Abayomi Daramola  who was the first to respond to  our question. 

We asked him what his comment was on the emergence of the new APC and he said:“Thank God at last Nigeria got a party that would salvage her from poverty and other problem, congratulations Nigeria.” 

Hon. Olusegun Dawodu, former Lagos Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, also leans his voice on the successful registration of APC. He said, “It is great for democracy. It shows there are still many politicians and people who believe in this country; setting aside their personal interests, and moving away from their comfort zone for the larger interest of our country.

" It is history in the making. We need an alternative to the incompetence mismanagement and misrule of the party at the federal level (PDP). All those who want Nigeria to achieve her potentials and be a great country, should support APC. It is the party of the people. Kudos to INEC for doing what is right by registering APC.”

"The new party APC is the expectation of Nigerians for the much awaited governance with human face " opined  Engineer  ( Chief ) Ajibade Emiabata-Balogun : Chairman ;  Defunct CPC Lagos State

Iru-Victoria Chairman commissions  25 block of class rooms

·         Donates free GCE and JAMB forms

In order to make today’s youth the leaders of tomorrow, the Executive Chairman of Iru-Victoria Island Local Council Development Area, Pharm. (Hon) Abayomi Daramola has commissioned education and recreation facilities which would boost the total development of the young people in the LCDA.

Speaking with Eko Akete news recently, Hon. Daramola said the gesture is to bring succor to the children

who would take over from the aging adults in the future , adding that it is aimed at giving the children better opportunity in the development of their God given talents through learning and recreation.

He explains the rationale behind this move, “On our part, I and the government of Iru-Victoria Local Council Development Area have provided a conducive atmosphere for your learning and recreation because we believe that these are the two key areas for you to be successful leaders of tomorrow”

Among the actions that the LCDA has taken to create conducive learning is the construction of 10 classrooms with 10 toilets facilities at Kuramo Junior College, construction of 12 classrooms with adequate facilities in the Local Government Junior Secondary School, Takwa bay and refurbishment of 5 primary schools to the state government standards.

Others are provisions of free intensive coaching for General Certificate Examination (G.C.E) and JAMB candidates for three months and the distribution of free forms of both exams for the LCDA youth.

Hon. Daramola said that since his administration is aware that an idle mind is a tool in the hand of devil, the youth of the LCDA are fully engaged in recreation activities for all round development. He said that LCDA youth came first in Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s under- 14 football competition. He stressed that this feat was as a result of the premium placed by his administration on sport which make the LCDA to sponsor the Oba Oniru Cup and Chairman Cup.

He explained that LCDA is not faring bad either in education sphere as  its representative came third and fifth in the Secondary and Primary categories of the just concluded inter-schools spelling bee competition. He then charged the youth to take opportunity of the programmes of the LCDA to empower themselves mentally and physically, “All these incentives are created to mentally and physically empower you for the future; I believe that the youth would make utmost use of these opportunities for their academic pursuit and moral upliftment,” he concluded.

Robbers Kill RRS Cop In Bank Raid

A Rapid Response Squad, RRS, officer attached to Pen Cinema Police Station under Area ‘G’ Ogba Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Constable Nafiu was killed early this morning during a gun battle between the police and armed robbers who stormed a new generation bank along College Road, Ogba.

When our correspondents visited the bank this morning, security personnel in the bank were seen directing the bank customers to another branch at Caterpillar bus stop along Ijaiye Road, Ogba for business transaction.

N20 Bribe: Corporal Dismissed For Killing Pregnant Woman

A police corporal, Abudu Alonge, who allegedly shot and killed a pregnant woman over a N20 bribe has been dismissed.

The trigger-happy cop allegedly opened fire on a Nissan Almera car with registration number Ondo KAA 80 AA and the bullet hit the pregnant woman who was in the car and she died before she could be taken to the hospital.

The incident happened along Ijapo Road in Akure, the Ondo state capital, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday when the driver of the cab reportedly refused to give the policeman the N20 bribe he demanded.

The spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, Wole Ogodo, confirmed the incident.

He condemned the act and added that it was being investigated.

Lagos Transfuses 90,788 Units Of Blood Into Patients

All public hospitals in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have transfused 90,788 units of blood into patients in the last five years, says the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee.

This was revealed on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the Strategic Planning Workshop organised by the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee, LSBTC, held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCC1, Ikeja.

• Pint of blood

The statistics shows that between 2008 and 2012, 90,788 units of blood were used up by all public hospitals in Lagos for patients that needed blood transfusion.

The statistics also revealed that out of the 423,893 pints of blood received and screened by the LSBTC between 2005 and January and February 2013,  4,840 of them were found to be HIV infected, 8,830 have hepatitis B, 3,418 units contain syphilis, while 393,165 units of blood were certified okay for use by public and private hospitals.

Cell Phones Reduce Patronage For Wristwatches

• Mobile phones more important

Some wristwatch dealers in Lagos on Tuesday said the introduction of cell phones had caused a drop in the sale of wristwatches.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that their sales had dropped since the introduction of cell phones.

NAN reports that Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) was introduced in 2001 by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mr. John Emeka, Chairman, Avido Supermarket in Ketu, Lagos, told NAN that sale of wristwatches had dropped since phone handsets were also offering the facility.

‘I was forced into robbery’

A 27-year-old robbery suspect, Ifeanyi Douglas, has blamed his involvement in crime on intimidation.

 Douglas was paraded on Tuesday alongside two others for robbing some banks in the South-West and Kwara State at the Lagos State Police Command.

The suspects were said to be part of a larger gang.

Douglas, Jamiu Isasi and Yinusa Lati were arrested last week by the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Lagos after their locations were revealed by one of their accomplices.

Douglas, a former sales boy at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, claimed that he received N380,000 after the gang robbed a bank in Osun State.

Police Parade Seven Airport Robbers

The Lagos State Police Command today paraded seven suspected armed robbers said to have carried out the robbery attack on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, last month.

A gang of armed robbers attacked the airport on 13 March, 2013, shot two policemen dead and made away with millions of dollars stolen from the Bureau De Change in the airport.

Man, 62, Beaten To Death During Forceful Eviction

A 62-year old man, Sunday Uche Michael, has allegedly been beaten to death at Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

At least 10 persons were said to have stormed the victim’s residence at 40, Church Street, Aboru at about 7p.m. on Monday, and attempted ejecting him from the house.

P.M.NEWS reliably gathered that the deceased and his 29-year old physically challenged son, Ifeanyi Michael, were severely beaten by their assailants and the old man died in the process.

• The Victim Sunday Uche Michael

• The suspect:Samuel Enato

The grandpa was declared dead on arrival at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, where he was rushed to.

Trouble started when the deceased was allegedly asked by his landlord, Mr Akinrinola, to vacate his self-contained apartment after spending barely a year out of the one and half years he paid for when he packed into the house last year January.

‘Keep Waterways Clean’- Governor Fashola

• Lagos Annual Water Regatta

Governor Fashola has called on Lagosians to keep the waterways in the state free of refuse and encroachments.

Speaking at the annual Lagos Water Regatta on Easter Sunday, he said keeping the waterways free of refuse and from constant reclamation would ensure that it continues to play the role of drainage, means of transportation and source of food for residents for generations to come.