Category: News

In a determined effort to rid the metropolis of environmental infractions, criminal elements and enhance public safety, the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit carried out a routine enforcement and clean-up operation in the early hours of Saturday, 26th April 2025. The operation which commenced at approximately 12:35 a.m., was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Adetayo Akerele, and targeted key areas including Lekki, Ikoyi, Falomo Bridge, Eko Hotel, and Ligali Ayorinde. These areas had been flagged through numerous complaints and distress calls indicating the presence of street urchins, miscreants, hooligans, pickpockets, and other suspected criminals, especially during late hours. During the raid, a total of fifty-two (52) suspects comprising fifty one (51) males and one (1) female were apprehended. The Agency successfully restored order and sanity to all locations visited. Speaking on the outcome of the operation, the Chairman issued a stern warning to criminal elements, stressing that the Agency would not relent in its commitment to ensuring the environmental decorum and security of lives and property across the State. “We will continue to sustain these enforcement exercises until every part of City is free from criminal activities,” Akerele said. “Those who choose to engage in acts that threaten the serinity and security of resudents should desist immediately or face the full weight of the law.” According to the Akerele, the exercise forms part of an ongoing strategy to conduct routine enforcement operations at least bi-weekly, aimed at gradually eliminating criminal activities and safeguarding law-abiding residents and businesses in the area. All suspects arrested during the operation will be charged to court accordingly. The Lagos State Taskforce remains committed to ensuring a safer, cleaner, and more secure environment for all Lagosians. Gbadeyan AbdulraheemDirector, Public AffairsLagos State Taskforce

Representative of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Bello Dan Musa, supported by the Taraba State officials at the flag-off of the rice distribution exercise donated by the Foundation in Taraba State. Victims of inferno, physically challenge and poor families are some of the beneficiaries of the Aliko Dangote Foundation’s rice distribution exercise in Taraba and Jigawa State. A statement from the company’s spokesman, Anthony Chiejina, said 500 bags of rice and 100 mats were distributed to the victims of fire disaster at Batakashi Community in Garki Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Penultimat week, a late-night fire outbreak had ravaged Batakashi village, destroying more than 45 houses, 35 silos, and scores of livestock, leaving behind widespread devastation and displacement. In his remarks, the acting Executive Secretary, Jigawa Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Muhammad Murtala, said the Aliko Dangote Foundation brought 40,000 bags of 10kg rice for distribution to the poor and vulnerable people in Jigawa State. He thanked the ADF for what he described as a timely intervention. Some of the residents, expressed delight over the gesture, praying God to reward the donor abundantly. One of beneficiaries, Mr Umar Abdullahi, said the Foundation had brought succor to the community which was afflicted by an inferno recently.Another beneficiary, Mr Usman Auwal, expressed delight over the gesture, saying since the occurrence of the tragedy, the community has never been the same. He commended the Aliko Dangote Foundation and Jigawa Government for their support to the community, and prayed for peaceful coexistence between the people. The Chairman of the Garki Local Government Area, Mr Adamu Kore, who flagged off the distribution of the commodity, praised the Foundation for its support. Mr.Kore said that the palliative would ease the hardship of the people of the community who were affected by the fire incident. “We are very delighted over the Aliko Dangote Foundation’s support and Jigawa Government’s assistance, because the donation had brought soccor to hundreds of families, not only in Jigawa but across the country in general,” Kore said. Similarly, the Foundation has donated 20,000 bags of 10kg rice to the Taraba State government for vulnerable persons. The representative of the Foundation, Bello Dan Musa, presented the bags of rice to the 16 Local Government Council chairmen, cabinet members of the Taraba State government. Mr. Dan Musa said the Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation is committed to given back to the society, and especially to the poor and vulnerable persons. The Government was represented by the Chairman Taraba State Palliative Committee, Alhaji Saleh Sa’ad.Over one million familes are expected to benefit from the Aliko Dangote Foundation’s Annual National Food Programme.