The Lagos State Government has refuted the circulating statement alleging an update to the Tenancy Law, clarifying that it is false and did not originate from any official source.
In a statement on Friday, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, stated that the circulated publication was false.
She said, “The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to a fabricated online publication stating that the Lagos State Tenancy Law has been updated to better protect the tenants and regulate the landlord practices. For the avoidance of doubt, the Lagos State Government wishes to state unequivocally that the said publication did not emanate from the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
“The Lagos Government is hereby informing members of the Public, particularly Lagosians that the tenancy Law of 2015 is still subsisting. However, the bill for a new Tenancy law is under due consideration at the Lagos State House of Assembly and yet to be passed into Law.”
Odunuga-Bakare revealed that the Ministry of Housing was currently engaging stakeholders in this regard.
She added, “The Ministry of Housing is currently engaging stakeholders, including practitioners, the Nigerian Bar Association, CDC, CDA and our royal fathers at the 5 IBILE divisions. The culture of monthly payment and a clear understanding of the process of real estate transactions at all levels are being discussed at these engagements
“Members of the Public will be adequately informed when the Tenancy Bill is passed into law.”
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DSS, Police Arrest 20 For Allegedly Hacking UTME Results
Twenty suspects have been arrested for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The suspects were nabbed by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force, in Abuja,
The suspects are part of a syndicate believed to have over 100 persons, who specialize in hacking the computer servers of examination bodies like JAMB and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
According to security sources, the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB and discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
The entire hacking process was to influence high scores for special candidates who paid between ₦700,000 and ₦2 million.
It was gathered that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.
This comes two weeks after JAMB released the 2025 UTME results.
An analysis showed that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum points obtainable.
On May 14, Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, said that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in its Lagos and south-east zones were affected.
He cited faulty server updates that prevented candidate responses from being uploaded during the first three days of the exam.
Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of its technical service providers, went undetected before the results were released.
The board conducted a resit examination, starting from May 16 and extending beyond May 19.
