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Gambari for book launch
Court settles N300bn land dispute in late Oba Oyekan's favour
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BY ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH & MICHAEL OLADEPO
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AGOS—JOINT Spe cial Representative for African Union and UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur and former Nigerian Foreign Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, will chair the launch of Curse of Berlin: Africa After the Cold War” by Dr. Adekeye Adebajo, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Lagos, tomorrow. Dr. Garth Ie Pere, Senior Partner at DAJO Associates and Visiting Professor at University of Pretoria, South Africa,is the discussant while Adebajo, Executive Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa, is speaker.
Teachers' recruitment test shifted BY OLASUNKANMI AKONI
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KEJA—FOLLOWING the seven-day mourning declared by Lagos State Government for victims of Sunday’s Dana plane crash, recruitment examination for teachers into the state's public secondary schools slated for today, had been shifted to next week. The government also cancelled the celebration of this year's World Environment Day. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer in Ministry of Education, Mr. Lanre Bajulaiye, said the shift in the date for the exercise was necessitated by the recent developments in the state.
Free kerosene for Islanders BY EBUN SESSOU
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AGOS—A member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Hakeem Marsha, representing Lagos Island Constituency I, has distributed 15,000 litres of kerosene to his constituents to mark his first year in office. Masha said: “I decided to distribute kerosene to my people in Lagos Island to reduce pressure and agony being faced by them when searching for the commodity to cook. It is also part of my promise during my electioneering to give account of stewardship to my constituency.”
AGOS—NINE years after the demise of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan of Lagos, the retiring Chief
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Judge of Lagos State, Justice Inumidun Akande, yesterday, delivered judgment in a 17-year-old land dispute in his favour. In the two and hours
judgment, Justice Akande held that a disputed land, the subject of the case between parties claiming to be the true descendants of Esimikan family, in Ilado-Odo and
Inagbe Islands in Badagry Creek, Lagos, belong to the family of Oyekan, who were the defendants in the case. The court also ordered the arrest and prosecu-
From right,Professor Sola Akinterinwa, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, guest lecturer; Dr. Frederick Fasehun, Chairman,Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities of Nigeria, CENN; Alhaji Yerima Shettima, President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum; Mr.Bright Ezeocha, President, Igbo Youth Congress and Mr. Abuka Omobaba, President-General, United Middle Belt Youth Congress, at the Nigerian Ethnic Nationalities' Summit on Security and Consolidation of Democracy, organised by CENN, in Lagos. Photo: Bunmi Azeez.
LASU: 27,087 for graduation BY IKENNA ASOMBA
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AGOS—LAGOS State University, LASU, Ojo, will graduate 27,087 students during its 17th convocation, holding between June 13 and 14. At a briefing, the ViceChancellor, Professor John Obafunwa, said: “The week-long event will commence Friday, June 8 with a Jumat service at the university’s mosque; church service at the university ’s Chapel of Light on June 10; Coconut Breaking Festival at the Badagry entrance gate of the institution and Command Performance of ‘The King Must Dance Naked’ by the Department of Theatre Arts and Music, respectively on June 11.” He added that the convocation lecture, entitled: “Reflection on Culture, Democracy and the Quest for a New Nigeria,” will be delivered by Prof. Tunde Babawale, Director-General, Centre for Black African Arts and Civilisation, on the university campus on June 11. The award of first degrees, diplomas in all faculties and award of higher degrees will hold on June 13 and 14.
tion of one of the claimants, Rasheed Olushesi, for illegal occupying the position of baale (head) of the disputed islands since 2004. Defendants in the matter by Prince Waidi Akeju, Adisa Aberuagba and two others were Oba Oyekan, Prince Mobandele Oyekan, Alabi Dosunmu, Mufutau Tadeyo, Adesoji Ajose and two others. Justice Akande said Olushesi was ordered to be arrested having told the court during trial that he had no document backing his position as Baale of Ilado-Odo and Inagbe Islands since 2004, as he committed an offence contrary to Section 23 (1) of the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Lagos State, by occupying the position illegally. The outgoing Chief Judge ordered the Lagos State Attorney-General to prosecute him. Also, the court awarded N250,000 against the claimants in favour of the defendants for succeeding in their counterclaims. Akande subsequently dismissed the case for lacking merit with costs of N500,000 awarded in favour of the defendants. The claimants, Prince Akeju and others, who sued for themselves and as Head and representatives of Esimikan Family, had dragged the defendants to court on April 21, 1995, asking the court to among others, declare that the defendants were not members of the Esimikan Family of Ilado– Odo.
Operators violate Aviation Act — Ore BY DAYO BENSON
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AGOS—AS the nation continues to mourn victims of Sunday ’s DANA plane crash in Lagos, a former pilot with the defunct Nigerian Airways, Captain Dele Ore, has raised the alarm over non-compliance with the provisions of the Aviation Act by operators in the industry. Captain Ore, also a lawyer and President, Aviation Round Table, however, admonished the aviation ministry for what he described as undue interference in safety regulations which he said the regulatory agency should not be blamed for. Read more on Page 37 C M Y K