Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has lampooned former president Olusegun Obasanjo, referring to him as the main problem with Nigeria. The Lagos monarch stated this during the public presentation of ‘Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics’, a book by Segun Osoba, ex-governor of Ogun state. The Lagos monarch was commenting on the controversial pact between … Read more
Gombe State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA has confirmed that windstorm and flooding caused by heavy downpour has wrecked havoc on Gombe community, washing away a total of 130 houses. The incident which occurred in Bojude, Kwami Local Government Area three weeks ago also destroyed food stuffs and other household materials, including a goat. This was … Read more
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Lagos State House of Assembly to review the traffic offenses and penalties in the state. Chairman of CDHR in Lagos State, Mr. Alex Omotehinse, made the call in a statement yesterday, urging caution on the new schedule of … Read more
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos State, on Monday, debunked claims that corps members at its orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, were rioting on Sunday. NYSC State Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Joyce Madaki, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that the report of an alleged riot at the NYSC Orientation … Read more
The deplorable state of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is taking its toll on tourism as the first storey building in Nigeria located in Badagry, recorded a drastic drop in the number of visitors. Its Curator, Daniel Hodonu, said that only 995 tourists visited the historic building between January and June compared with 7,433 and 5,100 recorded … Read more
The Lagos State Government has warned that violators of the State Environmental Sanitation Law would be made to face the full wrath of the law. Leader of the State Environmental Sanitation campaign team of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Bode Lawal, who gave the warning during an enlightenment campaign to various markets across … Read more
Twenty Kogi governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the indirect primaries adopted by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The aspirants said this in a protest letter addressed to the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole which was read by one of them, Muhammed Ali, at a news … Read more
The Lagos Staye Government has announced the death of 10 more victims of last week’s pipeline explosion in Ijegun, Ijagemo in Alimosho Local Government Area According to the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Titilayo Goncalves, three of the victims gave up at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja while … Read more
The Lagos State Government has announced seizing a truckload of “Ebola Ponmo” which it said was imported into the country. According to New Telegraph report, police officers in Ikotun area of the state made the arrest of a vehicle fully loaded with the “ponmo” before informing officials of the state government. Speaking on the development, … Read more
Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the visit of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s to Egypt for the on-going African Cup of Nations (AFCON) as insensitive, at a time the state faced two tragic incidents. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, … Read more
The Nigerian Air Force says it has destroyed more terrorists’ structures and killed some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters at Bakassi on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the … Read more
After apologizing to Nigerians for assaulting a nursing mother in an Abuja adult toy shop, embattled Senator Elisha Abbo, has been dragged to United Nations by the National Council for Women Society (NCWS), FCT Chapter. The society is asking the United Nations and all other international organizations to ensure the prosecution of Abbo in order … Read more
Housemate, Omashola’s chances of getting evicted during the Sunday live show have increased, following loss of his Bet9ja coins. The ‘Pepper Dem’ housemates were given coins and ‘Biggie’ had stated that the housemate with the least number of coins will be evicted during the live show on Monday. Omashola, who had 120 coins, was clearly … Read more
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has directed the State’s Head of Service (HoS) and Civil Service Commission, to fish out ghost workers and block leakages in the civil service. Mohammed issued the directive on Saturday in Bauchi at a ministerial briefing by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The governor, who noted that most of the … Read more
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, on Saturday described the Northern part of Nigeria as backward, uneducated and unhealthy. El-Rufai said during the Northern Youth Summit organized by Northern Hibiscus Initiative in Kaduna, that the region has made Nigeria a country of nations. “Looking at the statistics, Nigeria appears to be a middle income country, … Read more
Tragedy struck in the riverine community of Biagbini in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday following the death of a 70-year-old woman and her four grand-children in an inferno. According to an eyewitness, who gave the name of the deceased grandmother as Moyo Jide, the grandchildren identified as Jennifer, 3; Gbana, … Read more
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has urged the defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, to prove his commitment to the residents of the State of Osun by supporting the Governor Gboyega Oyetola. It was reported yesterday that the Supreme Court upheld the … Read more
Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, wife of the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 elections, and two others have dragged Governor Emeka Ihedioha; Commissioner of Police, Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and three others before a Federal High Court. Mrs. Nwosu, who is also the daughter of immediate past governor … Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that he will only allow Fulani herdsmen to lay pipes from the Bonny Ocean to the north for their cows. Wike said there was no part of the state that would be given to herdsmen. He also said that if not for God, Nigeria would not be … Read more
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday said four persons sustained various degrees of injury when a tanker overturned at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commandant of FRSC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun State, that the accident happened at about 6.50 … Read more