2023 Presidency: Would Osinbajo be a fighter or a coward?
By Olu Fasan NOW we know! The Jagaban of Borgu and Asiwaju of Lagos, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will run for president in 2023. He hasn’t said so publicly himself, of course. But his apparent confidant, Tanko Yakasai, a founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, recently affirmed Tinubu’s presidential ambition. Speaking to a national daily, […]
Jail breaks: We’re making correctional centers impregnable — FG
WORRIED by the incessant jail breaks, the Federal Government yesterday said that measures have been put in place to make Correctional Centers in the country impregnable.
PDP to Obaseki: Clear air on bribe-for-ticket allegations
Outgoing national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to speak up on allegations that the party collected money from him in the build up to his emergence as the PDP governorship candidate in the 2020 Edo governorship election.
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia suspends flights from Nigeria over Omicron variant
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended all flights from Nigeria due to the the new Coronavirus variant, Omicron.
Banditry: Sokoto confirms 23 deaths in travellers’ attack
Sokoto State government, yesterday, confirmed 23 deaths among travellers attacked by bandits in Isa Local Government Area of the state.
Dowen College: 5 arrested students remanded in juvenile home
FIVE students of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos, who were arrested by the Police in connection to the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, have been remanded in a juvenile home.
NSE honours Shehu of Borno for mentorship
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in its 2021 National Engineering Conference and Annual General Meeting awarded HRH the Shehu of Borno, Dr Abubakar Umar Ibn Garbai Al- Amin El -Kanemi with the highest Fellowship of the Society.
Ojodu truck accident: Parents’ protest forces LASG to close schools
PARENTS of students of Ojodu Grammar School and Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior Secondary School along Ogba-Ojodu Berger Road in Lagos State, yesterday, forced the Lagos State Government to temporarily shut the schools following an accident which claimed the lives of some pupils.
Many feared dead as gunmen attack Imo community again
Barely 48 hours after Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma cried to President Muhammadu Buhari for help, over the security situation in the state, gunmen have again attacked another community in the state, killing some persons and injuring others.
Nigerian teachers to undergo training on intellectual disabilities, challenges in pupils
Teachers in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools across the county are to undergo training on Special Needs and Disabilities, SEND skills with a view to strengthening their competencies to effectively manage social, behavioural, physical, and intellectual disabilities and challenges in pupils.
Borno APC Chieftain hails Zulum for commissioning numerous people-oriented projects
APC Chieftain and Senatorial hopeful for the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Alhaji Idris Durkwa has hailed governor Babagana Umara Zulum over his developmental projects executed in Southern Borno in the last two and half years.
