LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT INSISTS ON PROPER DOCUMENTATION FOR HOUSING TRANSACTIONS

 

Lagos State Government has advised the public that henceforth, all applications relating to transfer of Home Ownership are to be accompanied with evidence of Home Ownership, Search Conduct Result and a valid means of identification in cases of loss of Home Ownership Document.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing,  Abdulhafis Toriola  who said this during a strategic Management meeting in his Alausa office, stated that an allottee who applies for Transfer of Ownership must accompany his/her application with letter of allocation, payment receipts and a valid means of identification to be submitted to his Office.

                                      Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing,  Abdulhafis Toriola 
                                                  

Toriola said the move was to ascertain the genuineness of claims of ownership by applicants for proper transfer which has become necessary in view of the increased incidents of false claims uncovered by the Ministry.

The Permanent Secretary warned that the Ministry would not process any application that does not include the aforementioned documents.

EFCC VOWS NOT TO RELENT IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it will not relent in the fight against corruption in the country. 

Its Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made the promise while addressing representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS.

Olukoyede who reiterated the Commission’ s determination to intensify the fight against economic and financial crimes, charged the students to be reform-minded and desist from anti-social tendencies.

The EFCC boss insisted that leaders at all levels of government should be accountable to the people, pointing out that every opportunity to serve Nigerians should be considered as a privilege with readiness to offer maximum benefits to the people.

He urged the youth to join hands with the EFCC and be foot soldiers of the Commission, and extend the message of the EFCC and support the good cause and direction of the EFCC to the thirty- six states of the federation. 

U.S. PRESIDENT BIDEN DISMISSES CALLS TO STEP DOWN

               American President, Joe Biden says he is not going back on his re-election bid. 

                                          

The Eighty-one year old said this while addressing supporters who yelled “keep up the fight” during an Independence Day celebration at the White House event.

Three elected Democrats have publicly called on Biden to step aside since last debate, during which the president stumbled over his words and lost his train of thought on several occasions.

Coastguards in Mauritania have recovered Eighty-one bodies of migrants from a boat that capsized in the Atlantic Ocean.

Nine people including a five-year-old girl were rescued, but dozens more are still missing.

Survivors say the vessel, a traditional fishing boat set sail last week from the Senegalese-Gambian border area with One hundred and seventy people on board. 

The boat capsized off Mauritania's south-western coast.

Mauritania is a key transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa.

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TINUBU ROLLS OUT STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN NATION'S ECONOMY

                                                            PRESIDENT   BOLA TINUBU

 President Bola Tinubu has underscored the need for innovative solutions to solve Nigeria's economic challenges.

The President also acknowledged the importance of public-private partnership in driving economic reforms for growth and development. 

He spoke at the inauguration of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council, PECC and launch of the Economic Stabilization Programme to ensure food security, improved power supply, enhanced social welfare and healthcare, increased energy production, and overall economic transformation.

At the inaugural meeting of the 31-member Council held at the Council Chambers in Abuja, President Tinubu, who chairs the Council, announced measures, which will run concurrently with the National Construction and Household Support Programme.

The programme is aimed at stabilizing the economy, enhance job creation, and foster economic security.