Lagos Taskforce to auction 88 vehicles impounded for driving against traffic
By Bose Adelaja The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) Monday, said it has obtained a Court Order authorising it to publicly auction 88 vehicles arrested for driving against traffic at different parts of the State In a statement by the Head of Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq, the Chairman of the […]
Soldiers kill 35 bandits, arrest 2 suspects in Zamfara, Katsina
Troops of the Operation ”Hadarin Daji”, have eliminated 35 bandits and arrested two of their collaborators in different encounters in Zamfara and Katsina State, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known in a statement on Monday. Enenche also aid the troops of ”Forward Operating Base Kekuwuje” […]
COVID-19: Imo Government postpones schools resumption until January 25
The Imo Government has postponed resumption of schools in the state until Jan. 25 Schools due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha said. Ikegwuoha, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday, said the postponement was as a result of rising cases of […]
Uganda eases internet shutdown imposed over election
Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country on the eve of elections the opposition says were rigged. The gradual easing of internet restrictions came as police announced dozens of arrests for alleged election-related violence, and surrounded the headquarters of the main opposition […]
RESUMPTION: Students, parents, teachers ignore COVID-19 protocols as schools resume in Ondo
By Dayo Johnson AS students resumed in Ondo state for the new academic session, the compliance to the COVID- 19 protocols was partially ignored. The students flouted the COVID-19 guidelines as most of them did not use their nose masks while those who used hung it below their chin. Parents as well as teachers also […]
No COVID-19 test required for resumption of students ― FG
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government, Monday, declared that no COVID-19 test was required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. But the government, in a terse statement by the Federal Ministry of Education, Monday, explained that only temperature test should be carried out on students. In the statement released by […]
I give you 7 days to vacate Ondo Forest Reserves, Akeredolu tells herdsmen
By Nwafor Sunday With the high rate of insecurity in the state, the governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, Monday ordered herdsmen to vacate the state’s Forest Reserves within seven days. Akeredolu gave the order in a series of tweets, prohibiting the movement of cattle’s within the city and highways. His words: “These unfortunate incidents […]
‘Tinubu has paid his dues politically, let’s support him for 2023 Presidency’
Rep. Babatunde Hunpe, representing Badagry Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Monday urged Nigerians to support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition in 2023. Hunpe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that Tinubu, National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had paid his dues politically in the country. According to […]
Restructuring or Igbo Presidency?
Will the North support a President of Igbo extraction demanding restructuring? One of the most critical issues before us as a nation as we build up to 2023 remains the zoning/ power rotation.
JUST IN: Lagos Airport Police Command gets new Commissioner
Mr Abubarka Umar Bature has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, Lagos. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Joseph Alabi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the new commissioner of police had assumed duty. According to Alabi, Bature took over […]
Music my calling, pursue your dream to excel, Philkeyz charges youths
A Nigerian music sensation, record producer and performer, Philip Ahaiwe Chukwuka, has said that people will excel in their different endeavours if they discover their purpose on time. Chukwuka, popularly known as Philkeyz, said, the discovery will lead to investing in their areas of calling, just as he said he discovered his own to be […]
