sex workers By Shina Abubakar Osogbo Despite lifting of Curfew in Osun State, commercial sex workers have lamented the effect of ban on commercial motorcyclists on their line of business. The state government had insisted that the lift of curfew does not extend to commercial motorcyclists in the state as it insisted that Okada riders cannot …
Lai Mohammed By Johnbosco Agbakwuru MINISTER of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, yesterday declined to comment on the alleged freezing of accounts belonging to some perceived actors in the peaceful #EndSARS protests by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, saying he has been constrained to comment on the matter. Alhaji Mohammed said he was not …
..says Nigeria’s destiny not in hands of govs By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo THE National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga has advised the Federal government to treat the #EndSARS protest issue with utmost care regardless of what any governor or anybody says. …
Nestoil By Providence Adeyinka To achieve an effective tax regime, boost revenue generation, it is important for the federal government to be transparent and accountable for every tax generated, said Group Head of Tax at Nestoil, Stanley Ezekobe. He added that one of the major reasons Nigeria cannot maximize revenue through tax is because the government …
Bola Tinubu NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Wednesday commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s decision to repeal the Lagos State law that ensures life pensions for former governors and deputy governors. Tinubu, a former governor of the state, stated this in a series of tweets. The former governor, in his tweet, said: …
File Photo: Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu. By Esther Onyegbula In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried eighty-one (81) personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive …
University students during one of NANS protests. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has resolved to organise a nationwide mass protest to press home its demand for the immediate reopening of all universities across the country. This is part of resolutions reached in a communique issued on Wednesday in Enugu after NANS Students’ Leaders Emergency …
The lieutenant governor of Texas has offered up to $1m as a reward to anyone who can help expose fraud in the presidential election, amid a range of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Dan Patrick according to Independent.co.uk said anyone who comes forward with evidence of fraud that leads …
File Photo: Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu. By Esther Onyegbula In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried eighty-one (81) personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that were committed between October 2019 and October 2020, ranging from murder, discreditable conducts, excessive …
An official puts a mail-in ballot into a box at the San Francisco City Hall polling location in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The Justice Department will deploy 500 personnel to polling stations on Election Day to help protect voters against discrimination and intimidation, down from 2012 as the result of a …
Ologbodiyan … Frowns at Clampdown on Peaceful Protesters The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Buhari Presidency to stop playing the ostrich and take responsibility for the violence and looting by hoodlums fuelled to discredit the peaceful protest by Nigerians against brutality and extra-judicial killings by unscrupulous security operatives in various parts of the country. …
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State …Embarks on mass vaccination, fumigation of affected communities Enugu State government said it has commenced immediate mass vaccination for Yellow Fever in Ette and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state, after confirmation of the outbreak of the disease in the areas. The state government also …
Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniagwu Charles and the State Chairman, (NUJ),Comrade Mike Ikeogwu, during the Governor’s Quarterly Media interaction with Journalists in Asaba. Wednesday 11/11/20. Picture: BRIPIN ENARUSAI AND JIBUNOR SAMUEL. Delta State Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, said states in the South-South region were united in the quest …
Paul Erokoro, SAN By Ike Uchechukwu Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Paul Erokoro has asserted that it was high time the National Judicial Council reported the Cross River State House of Assembly to the presidency following the impasse that has ensued in the leadership of the Judiciary in the state. Erokoro who made the assertion while speaking …
The ENDSARS Protest along Kachia Road, Kaduna. PHOTOS:Olu Ajayi. By Gabriel Enogholase A man who lost his truck to #EndSARS protest in Benin, Mr. Pius Ebhodaghe has approached the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry to seek financial compensation worth N10m from the state government. Speaking with Journalists Wednesday in Benin through his counsel, Chief Matthew …
The late Mallam Balarabe Musa By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has commiserated with the people and government of Kaduna State over the death of Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a former civilian governor of the state who passed on at the age of 84. Balarabe was the first civilian governor of Kaduna State during …
NYSC members By Peter Okutu The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ebonyi State has opened its orientation camps for the Batch B Stream 1A with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The Public Relations officer of the Corps in Ebonyi state, Ngọzi Ukwuoma confirmed this to Newsmen in Abakaliki. She said the Old MacGregor College …
Davido By Emmanuel Okogba When Davido drops his ‘A Better Time’ album on Friday, he will be serving up a potpourri of sounds that bring together artistes from Nigeria and abroad. Notable on those featured are American rappers Nicki Minaj, Nas and his son, Ifeanyi who features as both the album cover and one of the …
Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus By Chioma Obinna, To avert major measles and polio epidemics the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, WHO on Wednesday urged countries including Nigeria to take urgent action that would protect millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases due to disruptions in …
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has again urged members of the Boko Haram to stop the killings and surrender. Zulum made the call on Wednesday at the launch of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) Super Camp and lists of key Boko Haram wanted members in Chabbal in Konduga Local Government Area. Zulum said that …
