The first Executive Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande is dead. Jakande, one of the most visionary and dynamic state governors Nigeria ever produced died aged 91. The late ex governor is renowned for building several infrastructural facilities in Lagos. Wikipedia notes that Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande is...
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BY DR. IBRAHIM H. ALKALI, PhD Why is honesty now seen and regarded as a big deal or even a very big deal in Nigeria and by Nigerians, and indeed elsewhere worldwide? Is honesty not supposed to be a commodity for most people? Why is honesty nowadays in Nigeria,...
Polaris Bank on Tuesday unveiled Mr. Lucky Okunzuwa, a customer with the Bank’s Akpakpava branch, Benin, Edo State, as the first millionaire at the maiden draw of its ongoing nationwide Save & Win promo. Other 60 lucky customers who also emerged from across the six geo-political zones, won N100,000 each...
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller is set to miss out on Thursday’s Club World Cup final in Doha after testing positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, according to German media reports. According to Sky Sports Germany and Bild newspaper, World Cup winner, Mueller tested positive after Bayern’s training session...
Gunshots have been reportedly fired as rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers allegedly clashed in the Obalende Area of Lagos State on Thursday morning. The clash which started around 8am, as learnt, led to panic in the area as motorists, passengers and passersby scampered for...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), assured on Thursday that the security challenges in the country would be effectively tackled with the on-going reorganization of the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations in the DHQ, Major-General EJ Enenche, who gave the assurance...
A police officer was reportedly killed, yesterday, as gunmen attacked a Mobile Police checkpoint in Chanchanji village of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. Local sources said the gunmen, who rode on motorcycles, opened fire on the police officers manning the checkpoint, killing an officer, while four other...
Abdulwasiu Musa, the husband of a woman who poisoned her 3-year-old son has narrated how envy has led to his wife’s action. Unfortunately, the action cost the little child his life. Speaking to Vanguard, Mr Musa explained that before the unfortunate incident, the family was living harmoniously. Mariam, who...
The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Zone C Owerri has intercepted 1,024 cartons of contraband drugs with duty paid value of N819 million. According to the Area controller of customs FOU Zone C, Yusuf Lawal, the drugs which were Intercepted along Ofosu-Benin expressway were identified as Colcaps Medicament,...
A fake estate agent, Dare Bamidele, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly defrauding two accommodation seekers of N350,000. The police charged the Bamidele,, 38, with obtaining money under false pretence and theft. Bamidele pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution counsel, ASP Benson...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its membership registration/revalidation exercise in Delta. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina, announced the suspension in a statement on Thursday in Asaba. “The Delta APC Chapter hereby formally announce to teeming party faithful that following pockets of complaints, the National...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has advised the Federal Government to allow investors to take over the running of the country’s three major refineries. The National Secretary of IPMAN, Alhaji Danladi Pasali, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, was reacting to a...
A close aide to overthrown Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup. Kyi Toe, an official of Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), disclosed the arrests to reporters on Thursday, as the US moved...
An argument over electricity bills which ensued between a landlady’s daughter, Ms Tina Essi, and her tenant, has allegedly led to the tenant’s death in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Until the dastardly incident, both were residents of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo, Ikorodu, Lagos. However, Tina is currently cooling...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he has not left the PDP for the APC. His statement comes hours after the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, disclosed at a press briefing in Kogi state today, that Fani-Kayode, had defected to the ruling party His announcement comes two days after...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 72-year-old pastor, Jimi Odunayo, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in Ibadan, Oyo State. The state police boss, CP Ngozi Onadeko, who disclosed this at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, also paraded 47 suspects for crimes ranging from kidnapping, murder, robbery, defilement,...
U.S. government researchers have found that wearing two masks is better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials are not recommending that everyone double up. On Wednesday February 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged the Federal Government to support Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s initiative by granting amnesty to bandits terrorising the region. In a statement, the spokesperson of the coalition, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, called on Fulani herdsmen living in the southern part of the country to relocate...
As the Osun state teachers recruitment exercise was ongoing across the state, an impostor was on Wednesday, apprehended at the College of Education, Ilesa CBT center. The apprehended man was said to have tried to write the examination for his wife. A statement issued by the Information Officer at...
• Nigeria to get 16 million free COVID-19 inoculations through COVAX facility The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have asked wealthy countries to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer nations once they inoculate their health workers and other vulnerable groups. Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros...