I Have Lost Weight Just One Week In Office- Sanwo-Olu
After spending barely a week as governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the enormous work of governing a state like Lagos has made him to lose weight. Speaking with state house correspondents after a private meeting with Yemi Osinbajo, vice-president on Friday, at the presidential villa, Abuja, predicted that he would probably lose more […]
Court Rebukes INEC, Orders Okorocha be Given Certificate of Return
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has nullified the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to refuse to present former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, with a certificate of return as senator-elect. The Court ruled that the decision to deprive Okorocha of the certificate falls outside the provisions of the law […]
Doctors Flee Ondo Hospital as Thugs Flog Health Workers
Medical doctors at the Ondo State Specialists’ Hospital in Ikare-Akoko have abandoned their duty posts, over an attack on their colleagues by suspected thugs. The doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General, Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, Ondo State Branch, are protesting shoddy security arrangement and unavailability of emergency drugs and consumables […]
S/West APC Commends S/west Governors on Efforts at Tackling Insecurity in Yorubaland
The South West chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the south west Governors over their meeting at Akure, Ondo state capital yesterday, June 6,2019,where the problem of insecurity in the Yorubaland was the core of their discussion.The party is particularly happy at the pragmatic strategy outlined to tackle the menace and cleanse […]
Keystone Bank, TunMicro, Slum2School Extend Free Genotype Test, Sickle Cell Awareness Campaign To 700 In Makoko
Over 700 children in the slum area of Makoko in Lagos state have benefited from the ongoing free genotype test and sickle cell awareness campaign of the Nigerian United Kingdom-based TunMicro Sickle Cell Foundation, TSCF, with supports from Keystone Bank PLC and Slum2School Africa. The NGOs in collaboration with the bank made a visit to […]
Breaking: NBC Suspends AIT, Ray Power Indefinitely
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Thursday suspends the operating license of the Daar Communications PLC, operator of AIT and Ray Power. Announcing the decision in Abuja, the Director General of the NBC, Dr. Modibbo Kawu said the decision was taken for the persistent violation of 2004 broadcasting Code, following persistent warning to the company to […]
Lagos Govt. Set to Introduce Toll Free Lines for Potholes, Road Repairs
In line with its zero tolerance for bad roads, the Lagos State Government has unveiled plan to roll out toll free phone lines to residents to intimate the authorities about location of bad roads. A call centre to handle complaints about roads is in the pipeline. The plan was made known on Wednesday via a […]
Patience Jonathan called me useless Justice Minister – Adoke
Former justice minister under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mohammed Bello Adoke has recounted sensational events the followed the loss of his principal in the 2015 general election. The defeat of the then Peoples Democratic Party led-government was rumoured to have caused acrimony among the party hierarchy including the then first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, who reportedly […]
Dokpesi Stages One-man Protest at NASS Against Alleged Anti-media Policies
Dr. Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Chairman Emeritus, Africa Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM, Nigeria broadcast stations is staging a “one man protest in the National Assembly against what he described as plot by the Federal Government to gag the media and suppress free speech. Dokpesi and his broadcast stations have been in a running battle […]
SARS Officers Detain, Brutalise Radio Presenter for Exposing Atrocities
Popular On-Air-Personality, Kofi Bartels, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), in Port Harcourt yesterday. It was learnt that the victim is in critical condition at a private hospital in Port Harcourt. Police authorities have however commenced an investigation into the incident through the Complaint Response […]
