Again, Lagos diverts traffic for APC rally
The Lagos State Government has announced road closure for the All Progressives Congress (APC) march on Wednesday. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, issued an advisory on Tuesday. The traffic diversion is the second in five days after Saturday’s rally for presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This time, the government said […]
Adeleke dissolves all non-statutory boards
The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the immediate dissolution of all non-statutory boards in the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement said the directive was conveyed to Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies by Mr Teslim Igbalaye, the Secretary to the State Government. “As a follow-up to the pronouncement by […]
Court Sentences IGP To Three Months In prison For Contempt
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying court order. The ruling for contempt against the police chief was delivered by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon on Tuesday. Olajuwon issued the ruling following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a former police officer who […]
INEC boss visits burnt Abeokuta office
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday visited Abeokuta, Ogun State. While addressing journalists at the scene of the burnt INEC office in Abeokuta South Local Government, Yakubu said he was in the state to further assess the extent of damage done to the INEC facility. He […]
2022: National Merit Award has no winner
The 2022 edition of the Nigerian National Order of Merit, NNOM, has no winner as the organisers, the Nigerian National Merit Award, said all the 32 candidates nominated for the award did not qualify. The chairman, Nigerian National Merit Award Governing Board, Prof. Shakarau Yakubu Aku, who disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja […]
Police confirm arrest of 10 suspects, recovery of weapons after NURTW rampage in Osun
The Osun State Police Command on Monday disclosed that it has arrested ten persons in connection with the disruption of law and order in Osogbo while trying to take control of motor parks. Hoodlums had earlier went on a rampage across Osogbo, shooting sporadically into the air and attacking members of the National Union […]
Attacks on our facilities won’t stop 2023 poll – INEC Chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Monday in Abuja. Mr Yakubu, […]
Yuletide: NSCDC begins retraining of private guards
Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced a retraining of private Guards in observation, skills, memory and surveillance in Abuja. Head of the Department of Private Guards Company (PGC) of NSCDC FCT Command, Tijani Usman said the retraining was at the instance of […]
$15.4b lost to oil production shortfalls in 2022
Nigeria’s oil production averaged 1.34 million barrels per day in the first 10 months of 2022 against the 2022 Budget benchmark of 1.88 million barrels per day, costing the nation about 161.58 million barrels in lost production. At an average crude oil price of $95 per barrel, it means the country lost about $15.35 billion […]
Adeleke sacks 12,000 workers, dethrones three monarchs
Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers with immediate effect, The Nation reported. The Governor also nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The governor had earlier reported that the governor has also dethroned three monarchs. The […]
