Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has banned state government officials from travelling abroad for the rest of the year. In a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor instructed that the state expenditure should henceforth be focused on implementation of critical projects across the sectors. The governor while announcing the suspension…
Fourteen officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, will face a disciplinary panel over alleged extortion and high-handedness, in line with the extant rules and regulations of the state. Confirming the development, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said that the affected officer’s cases had been investigated and would…
The Dangote Group yesterday received accolade from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who expressed government’s position over the company’s numerous activities in Nigeria and across Africa. The President’s appraisal came at the heels of Laurels received by the company for creating thousands of job opportunities and imparting lives positively. President Tinubu, who visited Dangote’s compartment at…
A widow, Mrs. Dorcas Nwakor, has petitioned the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over the alleged killing of her son, Chibueze Nwakor, by police officers attached to the Police Area Command, Onitsha, Anambra State. In the petition made available to newsmen in Onitsha, yesterday, she lamented that her only son and father of three…
A group of foreign men have tracked down an internet fraudster, commonly known as a “Yahoo boy,” in Nigeria who had scammed a US woman named Leah. The dramatic unveiling of this elaborate scheme came to light through an eye-opening video on TikTok, where the men, in collaboration with Social Catfish, managed to outsmart the…
An 18-year-old nursing mother, Toyin Oluwagbemiga and her infant have been detained at the Trinity Hospital in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State for the past five months for her inability to pay her medical bills. Toyin, who is appealing to the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and other spirited individuals to…
A Christian cleric of the United Methodist Church identified as Oscar Mukahanana has reportedly committed suicide following the leakage of his adultery scandal on the church’s WhatsApp group. The cleric who was a Reverend at the Harare East District Superintendent in Zimbabwe, engaged in an extra-marital affair with a female youth in the church. There…
Oil marketers are increasingly worried they can’t import petrol due to the dollar shortage in the country. Despite the deregulation of the downstream sector, concerns have been raised about the potential comeback of the country’s persistent fuel scarcity. No fewer 86 oil trading companies may have dumped their various permits to import Premium Motor Spirit(PMS),…
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, if state governors fail to implement financial autonomy for state assemblies. The staff made their demands known in a letter of notice written to the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Chairman of the…
The United States on Monday warned that any Gaza ceasefire by Israel would benefit Hamas. This comes as the European Union considers a call for a humanitarian pause. A ceasefire would “give Hamas the ability to rest, to refit and to get ready to continue launching terrorist attacks against Israel,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller…
