Dr. Kadri Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, on Sunday at a symposium organised by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, in his keynote address said that the State Government has placed a high premium on the security of lives and properties. The theme of the symposium: “Rethinking Nigeria’s Read More…
Year: 2022
10 Nigerian youngsters set for Bayern Munich Youth Football Tournament
Ten young footballers, selected across Nigeria, are set to depart the country for Germany to be part of the Bayern Munich FC World Youth Tournament. Emeka Okeke, Founder of Aspire FC, who is sponsoring the players, told newsmen in Awka on Sunday that the players would join the Bayern Munich FC Academy for the tournament. Read More…
2023: Allow police to monitor your rallies, IGP pleads with politicians
Usman Baba-Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), on Sunday in Maiduguri urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to monitor their campaigns for the 2023 general elections. Baba-Alkali said the measure was to contain any possible breakdown of law and order. “I want to beg the politicians and political parties to give us Read More…
Experts advise Lagos govt to regulate, not ban street trading in Lagos
An environment expert, Dr Ayobade Adebowale, has called on the Lagos State Government to regulate street trading to make it inclusive for benefit of both government and residents. She made the call at the fifth edition of hybrid Eko Enviro Talk, organised by global environmentalist and researcher, Mr Adedoyin Lasisi and Mrs Yewande Seriki, renowned Read More…
ASUU disobeying National Industrial Court order – Ngige
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused by the Federal Government of disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Read More…
Nigeria considering China’s C919 plane for Nigeria Air
Nigeria is considering the purchase of China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it projects to grow its new national air carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Saturday. Sirika said the new airline would have a mixture of Airbus and Boeing planes, but added the carrier is Read More…
Ruto and Falana: Brother for enslavement and brother for liberation
His Excellency William Ruto, Kenya’s newly minted President, prides himself as the Hustler-in-Chief of the country. He says he is from the “Hustler Nation” – the informal economy where he used to sell chickens for survival. However, having a dog-eat-dog street ideology as he claims, does not preclude a sense of basic human decency. It is Read More…
Not A Poisoned Chalice
Some people think that the next president of Nigeria will inherit a poisoned chalice because he (yes, he) will find out that what he thought was a throne was but a marble-coated trap programmed to de-ball. If the economic situation is as bad as many experts see it, why are so many people hell-bent on Read More…
Police break minors’ tummies bloating syndicate
The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday apprehended four men who allegedly use minors to beg for alms in Lagos traffic. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Commands Public Relations Officers stated this via this official Twitter handle. According to him, the men get minors from villages and then get a medical doctor to inject them with Read More…
Police arrests suspected ‘one chance’ syndicate in Lagos
A three-man syndicate that specialises in duping innocent passengers in commercial vehicles has been arrested. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, PRO for Lagos State Police Command on Saturday listed the suspects arrested to be: Abiodun Bamidele, aged 48, Olumide Faleye, aged 45 and a female suspect, Toyin Adekoya, aged 49. He said the suspects were arrested around Read More…