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  • South Africa’s ANC to nationalise Central Bank, expropriate land

    South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has adopted a resolution calling for the nationalisation of the central bank and land expropriation without compensation, a senior party official said on Wednesday.

    Following a meeting of party delegates, the head of the ANC’s economic transformation committee Enoch Godongwana told reporters the ownership of the South African Reserve Bank would not affect the regulator’s independence.

    He said the party had also agreed to initiate amendments to the constitution to achieve land expropriation without compensation, but gave no timeline.

    He said there would be no illegal occupation of land.

  • I own ten pieces of land ,I don’t show off on social media- Reekado Banks

    I own ten pieces of land ,I don’t show off on social media- Reekado Banks

    In a time where celebrities fall over themselves to flaunt their wealth and material acquisition on social media, Reekado Banks has stated that he doesn’t display what he owns on social media. While other artistes are investing in luxury apartments, expensive trips, and luxurious automobiles, the sensational Mavin artiste said the things he owns are not assets people will go crazy about on social media.

     

    Hear him: “I don’t feel pressured to show off what I own. Things I own are not the things the youths will go crazy about. I am not a car freak, I am property guy.I like lands. Right now I own about ten. I have a house and I am building a school. I am not the kind of guy that will come and be showing off on social media”.

     

    When asked If he has plans to purchase a private jet, he said:”Getting a jet is not a priority right now”.

  • I have no plot of land, Hotel in Lagos, EFCC sponsoring malicious publications against me – Yari

    Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has debunked allegations that he is building a $3m hotel in Lagos from Paris-London Club refunds.

    In a statement signed by Head of Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat, Abulrazque Barkindo, Yari said he does not have a plot of land, let alone a hotel.

    He further said the allegations were “harmful, damaging and libelous insinuations which remain largely unsubstantiated.”

    “Reports on Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara state, and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum making the rounds that the ‘governor is building a $3m hotel from monies stolen from the Paris-London Club refunds to states’ give cause for worry,” the statement read.

    “The reports contain harmful, damaging and libelous insinuations which remain largely unsubstantiated despite the fact that it attributes the leaks to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), officials in Lagos.

    “Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has said emphatically that he does not even own a plot of land in Lagos not to talk of a hotel.

    “But the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officials in Lagos claimed as follows: that “they have found a hotel being constructed by Governor Yari of Zamfara state with $3m he stole from London-Paris Club loan refund to Nigerian states.

    “That “apart from the $3million, Governor Yari also diverted N500 million from the Paris Club refund to pay off a loan”, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) source revealed to an online medium.

    “The medium also added that EFCC officials in Lagos revealed that “overall the governor embezzled the sum of N2.2 billion from the N19billion set aside illegally to pay ‘consultants’, all of which are wrong, harmful, libellous and misleading disclosures.

    “Governor Abdulaziz Yari is not building any hotel in Lagos nor were any monies stolen or embezzled from the Paris-London Club refunds to states or from any other source.

    “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was quoted extensively as source of that report and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum is alarmed that the EFCC continues to feed the media fibs at the expense of its hard-earned reputation as the anti- graft agency that Nigerians used to respect,” the statement read.

    “This is perhaps why the EFCC has lost most of the high-profile corruption cases at the law courts after it had unfairly stage-managed media trials and caused their victims personal pain and public umbrage.

    “This report, typical of most of the exclusive leaks that are becoming characteristic of the sources that court some sections of the media, lacks detail and compelling evidence to be fit to print.

    “The sources were courageous enough to mention a hotel in Lekki area of Lagos but gave neither a street name nor any specific information on the property to give credibility to the allegations. This does no service to any investigation nor does it help the development of our country Nigeria.

    “The media, we all know, is entitled to perform its duties as watchdog of society, which is enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    “It is not, however, entitled to make unfair attacks, based on unfounded, false and unsubstantiated allegations against responsible public office holders.

    “The media should support the EFCC in ensuring that convicting people on the pages of newspapers shouldn’t be the focus of the EFCC in its war against corruption.

    “Instead, EFCC should channel its energies to a comprehensive, thorough and credible investigation that can stand the scrutiny of legal examination in court.”

     

  • #BBNaija:Efe, Bisola get plots of land from Tonto Dike’s hubby

    #BBNaija:Efe, Bisola get plots of land from Tonto Dike’s hubby

    Big Brother Naija finalists are still reaping from their victory. Efe, Bisola and TBoss were recently given a plot of land each by the Chairman of Big Church Group, Olakunle Churchill. Olakunle Churchill needs no introduction, he is the estranged husband of Tonto Dike.

    In his acceptance speech, Efe said: “Can this be real? I’m truly blown away by this show of love and kindness. We are so grateful. Thank you so much sir. Who I be to get land for Abuja?”

  • Lagos receives 1,237 petitions on land grabbing in 7 months

    Lagos receives 1,237 petitions on land grabbing in 7 months

    The Lagos State Government says its special task force on land grabbing has received 1,237 petitions in the last seven months.

    The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, said this on Tuesday in Lagos at the 2017 Ministerial Press Briefing of the state Ministry of Justice.

    The briefing held as part of activities to give account of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s achievements in the sector as his administration clocks two years on May 29.

    Kazeem said about 250 of the petitions, which were received by the special task force inaugurated in September 2016, had been resolved through various means including physical enforcement, mediation and conciliation.

    According to him, the task force has been given a permanent office to further enhance its operations and bring succour to the people of Lagos State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had set up the task force soon after Gov. Ambode’s signing of the Lagos State Properties Protection Law in August 2016.

    The law, aimed at checking the menace of land grabbing in Lagos, stipulates as much as 21 years jail term for convicts.

    Kazeem said the state had passed 14 Bills into law between 2016 and 2017, to champion development in the state.

    He said this was also to improve the citizens’ access to quality justice, law reform, due process, law and order in the state.

    ”The ministry through its Directorate of Legislative Drafting and the Law Reform Commission has been involved in the drafting, amendment and reform of Laws and Regulations sponsored in collaboration with the House of Assembly and other MDAs.

    ”During the period under review, 14 Bills were passed into law while 12 bills are currently undergoing drafting process.

    ”Some of them are the Lagos State Environmental Protection and Management Law 2017, the Lagos State Sports Trust Fund Law 2017, The Lagos State Sports Commission 2017, Lagos State Kidnapping Prohibition Law, 2017 and others.

    ”Our goal is to promote access to justice, regardless of socio- economic class and to attract, develop, motivate and retain the best law officers within a supportive work environment,” he said.

    On the DNA Forensic Centre, Kazeem said the centre would be inaugurated in May to aid proper investigation and prosecution of crimes in the state.

    ”The Centre will be world class and the first by any government in Nigeria.

    ”It will be geared towards enabling proper investigation, prosecution of crimes, adjudication and the administration of justice in the state, ” he said.

    Kazeem said that Mobile Courts had been able to successfully reduce street trading, traffic congestion and anti-social conduct on the roads.

    He said they had also checked environmental nuisance, thereby improving the socio-economic well-being of the residents.

    ”Within the period under review, a total number of 4, 426 offenders have been arraigned before the courts and series of enlightenment campaigns have been carried to make residents aware of the need to obey traffic rules and keep the environment safe and secure,” he said.

    Kazeem said that the Office of Public Offender handled 4,149 petitions and 5,400 cases on behalf of indigent residents of Lagos at no cost.

    He said the cases cut across labour, civil, criminal, coroner’s inquests and fundamental rights at various courts.