Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) project would be completed by the last quarter of 2022. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance on Saturday while on an assessment tour of the construction of both Blue and Red Lines. The inspection came five months...
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Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has urged government to invest in the girl-child education and initiatives to solve security challenges bedeviling the country. Mrs. Akeredolu made the appeal on Saturday in Akure during the closing ceremony of 2021 BEMORE Summer Boot Camp for 368 girls...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been a veritable force for peace, unity and social justice. Professor Osinbajo was among notable Nigerians conferred with the CAN Award of Excellence in Governance on Saturday in Abuja. The awards were part of activities for CAN’s...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that the state government was targeting the remodelling of the Qur’anic education system and not banning it. Governor Tambuwal stated this on Saturday, at the closing of a two-day workshop for the adaptation of the Indonesian Pondok system into the Almajiri-Islamiyya educational...
The Planning Committee for the 2021 Igbo Day Celebration says the day, Sept. 29, will be observed with a minute silence by 12 noon by all Igbos worldwide. “The one-minute silence is meant to remember the souls of our kith and kin lost on Sept. 29, 1966. “It is...
Sen. Baba Tela, the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will sweep the polls in 2023 general election in the country. Tela stated this while briefing journalists on the conduct of the party’s Ward Cocngress on Saturday in Yola. He said...
A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia’s presidential palace Saturday, killing eight people, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack. “We have confirmed that eight people most of them civilians died and seven others wounded in the car bomb blast”, district police...
Ms. Catriona Laing, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Nigeria, says the UK Government has donated 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccines, through COVAX to Nigeria. The Envoy said in a statement in Lagos on Saturday that the vaccines administered in the country were recognised by the UK Government. “The UK Government...
A second-half goal from Gabriel Jesus earned Premier League champions Manchester City a deserved 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday and inflicted a first defeat of the season on Thomas Tuchel’s side. Jesus pushed the ball home with a deflection off Jorginho after a goal mouth melee in the...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said about 4,680,000 Nigerians have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 . The Executive Director /Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during the South South zonal town hall meeting on COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday in...
At least 15 All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in Gombe state have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside their supporters. Speaking to thousands of PDP supporters on Saturday in Gombe, John Yoriyo, former Deputy Governor who defected to PDP, said he was not impressed with the happenings...
Manchester United were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford by Aston Villa on Saturday as Bruno Fernandes missed a stoppage-time penalty in their Premier League clash. With the game petering out to a goalless draw, Kortney Hause headed home in the 88th minute to seal the victory for the visitors....
Miss Favour Aro, representing Bayelsa, has emerged winner of Miss Amnesty Nigeria Beauty Pageant 2021. Aro, 19, beat eight other contestants from the Niger Delta on Saturday to clinch the crown organised by Tracy McWary Foundation in Port Harcourt. Miss Cross River took the second position, to emerge Miss...
Some stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have condemned an alleged alteration of list of party officials in the area. The condemnation was a fall out from the recently conducted ward congress of the party, particularly in Bwari Area Council. Ibrahim...
The Ekiti State Government has raised an alarm to keep residents on red alert after five suspected cases of cholera surfaced in the Moba Local Government Area of the state. The cases were detected by community informants who reported the same to local government health authorities. The Commissioner for...
Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo), on Saturday in Benin called on the Federal Government to employ diplomatic means stop inhuman treatment of Nigerians in the diaspora. Idahosa who represents Ovia Federal Constituency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that almost on daily basis, Nigerians in the diaspora were detained...
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido has finally spoken on the death of his personal photographer, Fortune. Fortune died a few days ago after he reportedly drowned while shooting. On his Instagram page, Davido expressed sadness over the death of Fortune who he described as one of his closest confidants. He...
Popular singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has been nominated for the Artiste of the Year in Africa category in the forthcoming Africa Music Awards. With his hit song, ‘Essence’ featuring Tems, the afrobeats star got five other nominations which include ‘Best Male Artiste in Western Africa,’ ‘Album of the...
The Governor of Florida in the United States, Ron DeSantis, has appointed a Nigerian-American, Dr Joseph Ladapo, as Florida Surgeon-General and Secretary of the Department of Health. DeSantis in a statement posted on the Florida Department of Health website, stated that he was pleased to announce Ladapo for the...