Teenage boy swept away by flood buried near Surulere canal
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says the remains of the 19-year-old teenager who was swept away by flood on June 22, near Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate has been recovered and buried beside the Canal at Onilegogoro. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Governor Akeredolu, Deputy in verbal war over impeachment plot
THE frosty relationship between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his embattled Deputy, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, yesterday, took a new twist as a plot to impeach the deputy governor thickened.
Edo PDP PRIMARY: Conflicting court orders over Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s participation in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship primary billed for tomorrow, received two conflicting orders, yesterday. While a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt barred him from taking part, an Edo State High Court, sitting in Ekpoma, cleared him for the exercise.
APC May not have candidate for Ondo Guber Election, INEC Warns
As the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State gets messier, the party is in deep trouble over the conduct of its primary elections in Ondo State.
IPPIS: Oil workers suspend planned nationwide strike
Oil workers, under the aegis of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Associated of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday, suspended the planned three-day warning strike, they had threatened to embark on to protest the Federal Government’s attempt to forcefully enrol its members into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.
People Talk: Buhari’s warning to service chiefs on insecurity
By Olayinka Latona “I am not in support of their sack but this is not the time for the current service chiefs to slack in their duties. They should better do what is right because they are in that position to serve us. “If they are not ready to do their duties then they should […]
More than 200 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa
More than 200 pupils and staff who returned to a boarding school in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province this month tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday, officials said. Eastern Cape accounts for around 15 percent of South Africa’s 101,590 COVID-19 cases, making it the country’s third worst affected province. The province’s health department announced […]
How land disputes consume lives, destroy properties in Igboland
By Our Correspondents – Enugu Land disputes are very common in Igbo land. It is difficult to see a typical Igbo community without one form of land dispute or the other. Indeed, it is an age-long issue. It is either intracommunity or interstate disputes. In some cases, it is between communities and governments. Some of […]
NNU ends controversy, holds stakeholders meeting June 27
The apex pan-Ndokwa socio-cultural organisation in Delta State, Ndokwa Neku Union (NNU) has scheduled leaders and stakeholders meeting for Saturday, June 27, 2020, with a view to resolving the stalemate plaguing the body.
South Africa to start Africa’s first coronavirus vaccine trial
South Africa will roll out the first African first coronavirus vaccine trial this week, the university leading the pilot said Tuesday, as the country grapples with the highest number of cases in Africa. The vaccine, developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute, is already being evaluated in Britain, where 4,000 participants have signed up for the […]
The Gambia reiterates stance against homosexuality
The Gambia said Tuesday that it would neither decriminalise homosexuality nor review its laws, following weeks of controversy over the issue in the country. In a statement, the government denied widely circulated rumours of plans to soften homosexuality laws in exchange for aid funds. “This is false political propaganda orchestrated to score cheap political points,” […]
