North-West Governors meet NSA
Governors of Nigeria’s North-West Zone on Monday pledged to explore all available means to ensure the security of lives and property. Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State made the commitment in Kaduna at a town hall meeting organised by the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Masari, who spoke on behalf of the governors, […]
WTO: APC proud of Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as DG
By Omeiza Ajayi The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. said it is proud of the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of the World Trade Organization WTO. The party disclosed this in a statement issued Monday night and signed by the Secretary, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe. The […]
R.E.V.E.A.L.E.D: ‘Some South West Obas collude with herdsmen to kidnap people’
By Henry Umoru VICE Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun East has raised the alarm that some traditional rulers in the South West cooperate with herdsmen to carry out their evil machinations in the region. According to him, Kidnapping, rape, Armed Banditry, killings and wanton […]
NEWS EXTRA: Lagos Assembly passes Coronavirus 2020 amendment Bill into Law
By Ebunoluwa Sessou The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed into Law the amended Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 in order to accommodate more stipulations. The newly amended Bill aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 and indiscriminate sales and distribution of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines in the state. Recall that the bill was passed […]
Breaking: New petrol price imminent as landing cost hits N180 per litre
…NNPC meets MOMAN, IPMAN, others in Abuja By Udeme Akpan THERE were indications, Monday, that stakeholders would soon emerge with a new price of petrol as the landing cost of the product rose from N151 to N180 per litre, due mainly to rising price of crude oil in the international market. The rise of crude […]
Adebayo hails Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as WTO D-G
Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment has described the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the right choice. Adebayo said this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Ifedayo Sayo, in Abuja on Monday. The statement was sequel to the minister’s […]
Nat’l steering committee plots roadmap for alternate school programme
By Joseph Erunke THE National Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Abuja. The meeting, according to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, “set the ball rolling for mapping out strategies and an action plan to […]
Breaking: Makinde, 4 Northern govs in closed-door meeting over Shasha market mayhem
By Adeola Badru Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday evening, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) in a closed-door meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde in Oyo state. The governors who arrived by 7.03pm were subsequently led into a closed door meeting by the host governor Makinde. The meeting with […]
Shasha market mayhem: Oyo APC sues for calm, peaceful coexistence
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter, has appealed to residents of Shasha community in Ibadan to remain calm and embrace peaceful coexistence. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, and made available to newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls […]
Makinde to constitute judicial panel of inquiry over Shasha market mayhem
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says a judicial panel will be constituted over the mayhem that broke out last week between Hausa and Yoruba residents of Shasha community in Ibadan. Makinde made this known in a state-wide broadcast monitored in Ibadan on Monday. The governor added that Peace and Security Committees would equally be […]
PDP laments Ibadan crisis, calls for calm, investigation
By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed concern over the ethnic violence and bloody clashes in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, which led to loss of several lives. The party described the clash as disconcerting and calls for calm while the authorities unravel the remote and immediate cause of the crisis. READ […]
