Lagos First Lady Counsels Emergency Responders

The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has advised Agencies of government to shun unhealthy rivalry that would hamper the delivery of quality service to residents of the State. The First Lady stated this during the quarterly stakeholders meeting on emergency and disaster management organised by Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, … Read more

Lagos Health Service Commission Tasks Health Workers On Service Delivery

Environmental Sanitation: No Restriction Of Movement On June 29, Lagos Govt Says

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr. Benjamin Ademuyiwa Eniayewun has tasked health workers in the various General Hospitals across the State on the delivery of effective and qualitative healthcare to every resident of the State, urging the workers to contribute their quota to ensure that Lagosians enjoy the best of … Read more

Lagos Students Appeals To Sanwo-Olu To Pay N543 Million Scholarship And Bursary Arrears

Snacks For Thought: Sanwo-Olu Feeds Children On Lagos Island

The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) has appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to pay all outstanding bursary and scholarship arrears of over N543 million being owed its members. Its National President, Basirat Okoya, made the plea on behalf of the students on Thursday in Lagos. Miss Okoya said students of the state origin … Read more

Kogi Governor Reacts To Alleged Plan To Kill His Deputy, Achuba

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The Kogi State Government has reacted to the claim by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Simon Achuba, that Governor Yahaya Bello was after the life. In a statement ‪Thursday afternoon by the Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed, the government described the claim as bogus and an exhibition of a blind rage by an angry suckling with … Read more

Buhari Meets ILO Boss, Reiterates Commitment To Create More Jobs For Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population of Nigeria. The president stated this during an audience with the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, at the State House, Abuja. Mr Buhari said: “In the last four years, this government prioritised Agriculture, … Read more

Nigerians Should See Brexit As An Opportunity- British Deputy High Commissioner

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The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Gill Atkinson has said Nigerians will gain from Brexit as it was an opportunity of opening its relationship with the rest of the world. She gave the advice when she paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Idris Wase in … Read more

Details Of Osinbajo’s Meeting With UK Secretary Of State

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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during his meeting with the UK Secretary of State, has said that Nigeria can benefit from the United Kingdom in its ongoing reform of the business environment by learning from how the British resolved similar challenges. His Spokesperson, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday, said that Osinbajo spoke during … Read more

Group Faults Atiku’s Report Of 1000 Soldiers ‘Secretly Buried’ In Borno

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A group known as the National Democratic Forum, NDF, has warned the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, against dramatizing a story published by Wall Street Journal on the alleged secret burial of slain army officers in the North East. It issued the warning to Atiku while insisting that the … Read more

Atiku Wants ‘Secret Burial’ Of 1,000 Soldiers Killed By Boko Haram Probed

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the reported secret burial of 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP. A statement he signed Thursday said the Wall Street Journal report on the matter was saddening and that the attempt to hide the true … Read more

Ninth Senate Would Not Threaten Buhari With Impeachment- Ovie Omo Agege

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The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday, said the era where President Muhammadu Buhari was threatened with “impeachments” by the previous legislature was over with his emergence as Deputy Senate President and that of Sen. Ahmed Lawan, Senate President. “Gone are those when impeachment threats will be issued to the President. But today … Read more

Shiites Will Continue With Protests – El-Zakzaky’s Daughter dares FG

Daughter of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Suhaila Zakzaky has insisted the group will continue its protests till her father is released. Suhaila said this in a video published on Facebook. President of the IMN media forum had on Wednesday announced that the protests have been suspended. However, reacting to … Read more

We’re ready for Plateau assembly by-election – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, August 1, declared that it was ready to conduct Pengana (Bassa 1) Plateau State Constituency by-election slated for August 3. Daily Trust reports that the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Hussaini Halilu Pai, in the state gave the assurance at the Jos Branch of Central Bank … Read more