By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, disclosed that the late former  governor of Lagos State, Alh. Lateef Jakande served the country principally through journalism and through newspaper management before becoming an active politician. In his condolence letter to the wife of the late first civilian governor, Alhaja Sikirat Abimbola, […]

Says FG emboldens NDDC to undermine mandate states’ govs By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Thursday narrated to the House of Representatives how the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) allegedly duped Rivers State Government of N400Million over a failed partnership to develop the Mother and Child hospital in Port Harcourt. Wike, […]

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has expressed his condolences on the death of the first elected Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on Thursday, aged 91. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, described Alhaji Jakande as a selfless leader, statesman, and a […]

  Leaders of the Niger Delta Student Union Government ( NIDSUG) have commended the Lawmaker representing Akoko North East/ West Federal Constituency, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji- Ojo is also the House Committee Chairman on NDDC. The group through its president, Comrade N-epba Goodness while responded to the statement credited to some groups from Ilaje/Ese-Odo region of […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja A complainant, Marcus Odianose, at the Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police, seeking to compel the Nigerian police to pay him the sum of a million naira, as compensation as a victim of […]

The remains of former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh, was on Thursday interred on Grail Land, Iju Hills, Lagos State, under strict observance of COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria ((NAN) reports the burial was preceded by a Grail Funeral Hour of Worship in the Temple of God on Grail land at 4p.m. […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council has named its Light House in Victoria Island, Lagos after the first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Late Lateef Kayode Jakande. The Light House Land was donated to NUJ Lagos Council by Jakande who was the sitting governor of Lagos State between 1979 […]

Chief Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun, has expressed grief over the death of the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande. Osoba, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, condoled with the immediate and political families as well as the Lagos State Government over the death. According to him, an “Iroko […]

Says intelligence critical to curbing insurgency, attacks against citizens President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged the security agencies to partner and collaborate among themselves especially in the sharing of intelligence. Lawan gave the advice on Thursday when he received in audience, Course 14 Participants from the National Institute for Security Studies, led by […]

As rig count stands at 6 – Report By Udeme Akpan THERE are indications that oil exploration has dropped by 150 per cent in Nigeria in the past year, due mainly to the prolonged delay in the passage of the nation’s Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB into law. The PIB, still before the National Assembly aimed […]

By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has flagged off the Federal Government’s Cash Grant to about 1,800 beneficiaries in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State. The Speaker, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Lanre Lasisi, addressed the beneficiaries […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja A joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs yesterday approved N11 billion for the Nigerian Police Trust Fund. Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru Dauda Fika who chaired the joint Committee announced the approval. He hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of the Nigerian Police Trust […]

By Sebastine Obasi Major oil marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN is advocating for the initiatives that can be taken to ease the impact of the subsidy removal on the most vulnerable in the society. Mr. Adetunji Oyebanji, Chairman MOMAN, who stated this during a virtual media interaction stated that anyone involved in the fuel supply […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo For allegedly digging a family land, three persons, Fasasi Tejumade, 30; Toyin Odekanle, 40, and Taiwo Oladimeji, 40, were on Thursday docked before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court over alleged malicious damage. Police prosecutor Elijah Adesina told the court that the defendants wilfully damaged and destroyed an acre of land belonging to […]

…Nigeria has lost one of its exemplary political leaders and administrators, Lawan …Jakande is a Personification of True Greatness,  Omo- Agege By Henry Umoru PRESIDENT the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said Thursday that with the death of Second Republic Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, Nigeria has lost one of its exemplary political […]