Officers of the Nigerian army, attached to the 81 Division, on Monday prevented a woman identified as Mrs. Francesca Spark from killing herself after she jumped into the Lagos Lagoon. The Army made this known in a statement released on Monday morning by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan…
Scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas also known as cooking gas has hit Lagos and some other states in the country. The other affected states, according to findings by our correspondents are: Katsina, Sokoto, Delta, Kaduna and Kano. The rise in price of the commodity has been noticed since late last month, causing a continuous rise…
With days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that polling unit results will be uploaded real-time on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV). INEC’s Acting Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mary Nkem, stated this in Abuja on Sunday…
The Oba of Lagos, Riliwan Akiolu, has urged President Bola Tinubu and his rivals in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, to come together and move Nigeria forward. Oba Akiolu, who spoke from the United Kingdom, said politicians should be more focused on the welfare of the people. “Many things are happening to…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the health sector. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview while decrying the exclusion of the health sector from the 2023 supplementary budget. This was even…
Zamfara State Government has described the legacy left by former Governor Bello Matawalle as buying vehicles for bandits. The state commissioner for budget and planning, Abdulmalik Gajam, in an interview also noted that Matawalle failed to make any investment in mass transit while gifting vehicles to terrorists. Matawalle is the current Minister of State for…
President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said the President will be attending the Saudi-Africa Summit…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inaugurated the Oyingbo Bridge. Sanwo-Olu made this known on X formerly Twitter. He wrote, “Today, I commissioned the Oyingbo Bridge, a significant step in our journey towards completing and opening the Red Line Rail project. “A big thank you to the Governor of Ekiti state, H.E…
The Nigeria Police Force has bowed to pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, the Labour Party, and Civil Society Organisations by redeploying the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde out of the state. Egbetokun announced the redeployment of the commissioner on Sunday night He said the police were not unaware…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the distribution of 220 operational vehicles f.or election security management. The force also deployed anti-riot equipment, including water cannons, Armoured Personnel Carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters. The Force Public Relations Officer,…
