Following a protest by communities affected by exploration activities by Shell Petroleum Development Company, the Nigerian Senate has issued a fresh directive to the oil giant on the payment of N6.9 billion to the communities. It all stared with a petition by a firm, Bekele Jones and Associates, to the upper chamber of Nigeria’s legislature … Read more
The Zimbabwe government has come under fire after information emerged that it spent thousands of dollars on importing legal wigs from the UK for local judges, with critics lambasting the purchase as a colonial hang-up and a waste of money. The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported that the country’s Judiciary Service Commission placed an order … Read more
A container-laden truck on Friday rolled back on Barracks-Ojuelegba Bridge in Lagos and damaged seven cars. No life was lost. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who was at the scene, said that the accident occurred at about 7.25 am. The head of operations of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Surulere, Adebayo … Read more
The Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Tunde Balogun, says the choice of Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly for ninth assembly remains a business of the 40 members-elect. Balogun disclosed this to newsmen after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented certificates of return to the … Read more
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the result of the February 23 National Assembly Election for the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State. The court barred the electoral body from conducting a re-run poll for the constituency until the results already … Read more
As part of activities to commemorate the 2019 World Environment Day celebration, the Lagos State Government is set to hold the second edition of the Environmental Award tagged “Lagos Green Award’’. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti recalled that the Lagos Green Award was initiated to recognise … Read more
… Collaborates with Multipro for Sensitisation Walk The Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Multipro Enterprises Limited (MPEL), makers of Hypo bleach, is organising a walk, health summit/symposium, medical screening and community clean-up exercise to sensitise residents and commemorate this year’s World Health Day. The Director Disease Control, State Ministry of Health, … Read more
The General Manager, Lagos State Lotteries Board, Mr. Oluwaseun Anibaba, has announced that enforcement operations for the automation of gaming platforms in Lagos State will commence on April 5, 2019. Anibaba, who spoke during a press interview recently, said the exercise seeks to ensure compliance with an earlier directive to all pool betting promoters to … Read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Birnin Kebbi yesterday adjourned the pre-election case of Dr. Hussainin Kangiwa and Umar Abdulhai Kamba to April 9 and 10 to enable witnesses make their input. Making the pronouncement, Justice Sunday Onu Bassey urged both the plaintiff and the 1st and 2nd defendants to bring all their witnesses to … Read more
The Northwest Democratic Front, has endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila’s bid to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th Assembly. In a statement credited to the Chairman of the group, Abubakar Ainu, a former Sokoto State chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the endorsement is not unconnected to the legislative … Read more
Lagos State Government under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, has recorded another first in Pension Scheme Administration in Nigeria. To this end, the Centre of Excellence has become the first state to issue Electronic Identity Cards to retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme. The state’s Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson-Oke, … Read more
Bayelsa Ijaw Youths in Rivers State have congratulated Governor Nyesom Wike on his re-election, stressing that his support for former President Goodluck Jonathan during his trying days endeared him to the group. Similarly, thousands of Rivers Christian women took to the streets of Port Harcourt to celebrate Wike’s victory, which they described as an “act … Read more
The 63 year old, David Malpass, a senior US Treasury official in President Donald Trump’s administration, was unanimously chosen Friday as the next president of the World Bank. The selection of Malpass was made by the bank’s board of directors in an “open, transparent” nomination process in which citizens of all membership countries were potentially … Read more
A Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja yesterday admitted more documents, presented to it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in evidence against former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and others. Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons: Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido. Also facing the same trial are … Read more
The Vice Chancellor of Baze University, Professor Maman Tahir, has described the resignation of suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen as belated He made this statement during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. “There is some element of inevitability in what has happened. The way the Onnoghen saga has … Read more
A total of six political parties have come together to scuttle moves being made by Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, to ensure the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issues him a Certificate of Return as Senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District. Okorocha, had in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/296/2019 and filed before a Federal High … Read more
Former Kano State governor and newly-elected Senator, Ibrahim Shekarau, and the two other members of the Senate in the 9th National Assembly from Kano have endorsed the Senate Presidency ambitions of Senator Ahmad Lawan. Throwing their weight behind Senator Lawan, Senators Barau Jubrin and Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya along with Shekarau, described him as eminently qualified … Read more
Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde, has urged the club’s fans not to subject Atletico Madrid striker, Antoine Griezmann, to jeers when the two clubs meet in Saturday’s La Liga clash. With many Barca fans peeved that World Cup winner, Griezmann, who was strongly linked with joining Barca last year, opted to stay at Atletico, many … Read more
A Serie A sporting judge has ordered teenage Juventus star, to pay a fine of €2,000 fine for diving in the match between the Seria A champions and Cagliari on Tuesday. Similarly, the judge has demanded further investigation of the alleged racism faced by two black players, Moise Kean and Blaise Matuidi, during the match … Read more
Liverpool striker and Senegal international, Sadio Mane, has backed his side to win their last six games of the season to stand a chance of ending their long-running drought as league champions in England. According to Mane, Liverpool are well motivated to clinch the Premier League trophy this season as Jurgen Klopp’s men were shoved … Read more