Daniel Reyenieju The former member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju has commended youths of Warri Federal Constituency over the manner they conducted themselves during the #EndSARS protests. Speaking yesterday in Abuja the former lawmaker who is currently the Special Adviser on Niger Delta to the Honorable Speaker of the …
By Dennis Agbo Enugu state government has commenced reconstructions of damaged infrastructure in the capital city, after the destruction that befell the state during the #EndSARS protest. No less than 2 police officers and 5 civilians reportedly died during the three days of violent protests in the coal city. 241 bus shelters, almost all the traffic …
Enugu ENDSARS protest By Dennis Agbo Enugu state government has commenced reconstructions of damaged infrastructure in the capital city, after destruction that befell the state during the #EndSARS protest. No less than 2 police officers and 5 civilians reportedly died during the three days of violent protests in the coal city. 241 bus shelters, almost all …
A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate By Jimitota Onoyume Prominent Itsekiri septuagenarian Pa Churchill Oki has called on the federal government to implement recommendations of the 2014 national confab, stressing that it would address myriads of challenges plaguing the nation. Speaking against the backdrop of the recent EndSars protest in several states …
Kano State Government has urged proprietors of private schools to reduce school fees by 25 and 30 per cent for the 2019/2020 Third Term academic session. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, stated this in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, on Thursday in Kano. Kiru said …
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for implementation of the proposed N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). CBN, in a statement by its Development Finance Department, stated that the fund was a built-in strategy to effectively respond to the challenge of youth employment in Nigeria. The Fund, an initiative of the …
By Elizabeth Osayande The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020. The state also stated that boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month. This was contained in a …
By Bose Adelaja A truck driver was confirmed dead Thursday, in Lagos State, while his Motor Boy escaped unhurt after their truck fell sideways at Owode-Elede inward Mile 12. The incident occurred at about 5.30am when the victims were heading from Ikorodu to Lagos in a truck laden with iron rods. Eye witnesses’ account said …
By Bashir Bello Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has reinstated his media aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai suspended two weeks ago over attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Yakasai on Thursday took to his Twitter handle @dawisu to appreciate all those who showed solidarity with him. “I wish to thank each and everyone that reached …
By Bashir Bello Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has reinstated his media aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai suspended two weeks ago over attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Yakasai on Thursday took to his Twitter handle @dawisu to appreciate all those who showed solidarity with him. “I wish to thank each and everyone that reached …
By Adesina Wahab A group, the Coalition of Urhobo Ex-agitators, CUE, has called on Federal and Delta State governments to pay compensation to families and victims of the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest in the state and the country at large. The CUE specifically called on the government to adequately compensate victims of the protest …
Governor Nyesom Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities in the State. He made this known in a statement by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor. Ebiri stated that the governor, in a broadcast …
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday, November 2, 2020, while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Recall that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had …
Governor Nyesom Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reviewed the curfew imposed on parts of the state in the wake of the protest that rocked the nation, when hoodlums and looters took advantage of the #EndSARS protests. Governor Wike announced the lifting of the existing curfew on Mile 1, Mile 2, Iloabuchi, Emenike and …
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that 18 rooms and eight toilets were razed in Wednesday night fire at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kano. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, confirmed the incident in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kano. Muhammed said that …
Udom Emmanuel By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has directed that all of the state borders be shut down from 7 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 31, 2020, because of elections into the 31 Local government councils of the state. Secretary to State Government (SSG), Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem who …
By Bashir Bello, Kano The Kano State Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru has issued a November 1st deadline to private school proprietors in the state to slash down their school fees by 25 per cent or it will cancel the third term of the 2019/2020 academic session. The Commissioner stated this in a statement made …
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that 18 rooms and eight toilets razed in Wednesday night fire at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kano. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, confirmed the incident in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Kano. Muhammed said that the …
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck in the early hours on Thursday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol, suddenly overturned while in the process of navigating through the dilapidated spot at LACASERA outwards Mile- 2 Oke, opposite Fatgbems Fuel Station, along Apapa -Oshodi Expressway. The ill-fated fuel tanker subsequently, exploded …
The Enugu State Police Command said it lost two police officers, who were allegedly murdered by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the peaceful #EndSARS protest in the area. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, said this on Wednesday, when he paraded before newsmen, 23 suspects arrested for their alleged roles in the violence. …
