The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sunday Zakka has charged youths to conduct themselves peacefully during the Area Council Chairmanship elections in the FCT. Mr. Zakka made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at a voter...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted nine containers of unprocessed and semi-processed wood at the point of loading into a vessel. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Mr Malanta Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement, signed by the...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that timely completion of Lekki Port would put an end to the intractable Apapa gridlock. Sanwo-Olu said this at the Opening Ceremony of the Africa Business Convention, organised by Business Day Newspaper at Victoria Island. He said that the completion of...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), has called on the Lagos State Government to remind school administrators of a court ruling allowing Muslim students to wear hijab in schools. The President of MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit, Miss Basheerah Majekodunmi, made the appeal...
Royal families in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State, have kicked against the nomination of 33-year-old Temitope Ibikunle as the king-designate for the vacant stool of Olu of Ikeja. Ibikunle, who is of Oshoja Ruling House, was a youth representative on the now-defunct Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the two new high-speed trains recently purchased by the sate government will be on track latest by the fourth quarter of the year. Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Sunrise Daily where he outlined efforts being made by...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a relaxation centre, popularly called Garden in Abuja and arrested six persons for selling drug cookies and noodles. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said its operatives have arrested some members of the National Union of Transport Workers ( NURTW) during a clash between them on Lagos Island on Friday. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that NURTW members clashed over the control of some...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has provided over two thousand boreholes to communities in eight Local Government Areas of the state. Outgoing UNICEF Chief Field Officer in Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Conteh who disclosed this Tuesday, January 18th,...
The Federal Capital Territory Internally Revenue Services (FCT-IRS) on Tuesday in Abuja commenced an aggressive campaign to inculcate tax paying culture in both individuals and organisations in Abuja. The acting Chairman of FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi, who led a road show to press home the need to meet the...
A lawmaker, Mr Aliyu Nana, representing Keffi West Constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has distributed empowerment tools worth over N40 million to his constituents. Speaking at the event held at the Keffi Local Government Headquarters on Sunday, Nana said the initiative was intended to transform the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The member representing Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Honourable Ari Abdulmumin Muhammed has commended the Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdulahi Sule for executing viable projects that has direct bearing on the lives of the people. Rep. Abdulmumin gave the commendation in...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday paraded some suspected smugglers of foreign rice and seized cocaine and other items valued at N100 million. Rear Admiral Bashir Mohammed, the Commander of the NNS Beecroft Lagos, disclosed this while parading the suspects. He said the suspects were involved in illicit drug traffickers,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National leader of The All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu have expressed sadness over the transition of Rt. Hon. Adetoun Adediran, the first female Deputy Speaker in the annals of Lagos State House of Assembly (1999 to...
The Coroner of the Epe District of Lagos, Magistrate Mikail Olukayode Kadiri has fixed Saturday, the 15th of January for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki. In a letter dated, 4th January 2022 and addressed to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has met with stakeholders on the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute, towards resolving the issues therein. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the meeting was held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, and...
The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. The copy...
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled the emblem and appeal fund for the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, ahead of the Jan. 15 commemoration. During the unveiling programme at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu donated N50 million to the state chapter of the Nigerian Legion. He expressed...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has waded into the lingering land dispute in Magodo Phase Two Estate. The governor visited the estate on Tuesday and invited all parties involved for a meeting in his office tomorrow, Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Magodo residents had staged a protest over the...