FRSC to introduce “flying ticket policy’’ for road offenders
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said the commission would soon introduce ``Flying Ticket Policy’’ to penalise traffic offenders
Badagry Expressway: Multiple Customs, Police checkpoints returns
Few weeks after the retirement of the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, road blocks along the Lagos Badagry Expressway have returned with the Badagry – Seme end having about 11 and nine police and Customs checkpoints respectively.
Lagos schools may not reopen Sept 22, says Fashola
Despite the Federal Government’s insistence on September 22 resumption date for schools, indications emerged yesterday, that Lagos State Government might not respect the date.
Rivers 2015: Jonathan ’ll not stand against our will — Major Anyanya
MAJOR Lancelot Anyanya (rtd), Chairman, Governing Board of National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Rivers State, in this interview de-constructed the general belief that closeness to the presidency would guarantee an automatic victory for any candidate at the primaries
66, 000 apply for 10, 000 houses
Abuja—Nigeriansoversubscribed for the 10,000 mortgages put on offer by the Federal Government, with 66,402 Nigerians expressing interests in the scheme.
Aderanti takes over as Lagos Commissioner of Police
LAGOS — The new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Cornelius Aderanti, officially assumed office, yesterday, with a promise to fight crime and build on the achievement of his predecessor, Umar Manko, who is now an Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos.
4 in Police net for hijacking petrol tankers in Lagos
LAGOS — Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, at the Lagos State Police Command, have smashed a five-man gang of robbers who specialised in hijacking tanker trucks with petroleum products.
2015: I didn’t defect to PDP, says Lagos APC vice chairman
Deputy chairman of Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Cardinal James Odumbaku, yesterday dispelled rumours that he had defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying he would not leave the party before and after the 2015 election.
Osun poll: APC rejects new tribunal chairman
THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, yesterday asked the new chairman of the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Justice Sulaiman Ambrusa, at his maiden sitting, to disqualify himself from presiding over proceedings of the tribunal, saying that the party had no confidence in him.
2015: Cross River PDP plots to stop Ndoma-Egba
Crisis is looming in the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following an alleged gang-up to stop the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, from returning to senate in 2015.
