The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to publish the final list of candidates for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives seats on Sept. 20 ahead of 2023 poll. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the ”Expert Meeting on Conducting Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections in Volatile Security Environment”, organized by Read More…
Ifeanyi Onyega, a 22-year-old painter, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, on Thursday in Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbours’ 16-year-old daughter. Mrs. M.O. Tanimola, the Magistrate, who did not heed Onyega’s plea, instructed that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for Read More…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said that the Lagos State Government will establish the State Tertiary Education Trust Fund to create a financial model that will sustain its universities, on Thursday. He stated this when the Visitation Panel to the Lagos State University (LASU) tendered its report to him at the State House in Marina. Read More…
Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, was arrested by the operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Thursday on his way out of the country. Reports have it that the operatives of the EFCC picked him up to answer questions Read More…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s triumph in the forth-coming elections on Monday. Meeting in camera, their dialogue centred on various plans and strategies for winning the forthcoming presidential election for Read More…
The Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-19 Girls Volleyball Team, Elishama Elam, on Sunday disclosed a list of 14 players to represent the country at the forthcoming 2022 Girls U-19 African Nations Volleyball Championship. Nigeria hosts the Championship which will serve off on Tuesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The crew to assist Read More…
European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, revealed plans for structural reforms to skyrocketing energy on Monday, saying prices have exposed the limits of the European Union’s electricity market design. Von der Leyen stated in her speech, at an international conference in Bled, Slovenia that the market “was developed under completely different circumstances.” “That’s why we, Read More…
Lagos State Police say they detained Ayomide Fawehinmi, a 22-year-old man for attempted child trafficking. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, said the suspect had been rescued from a mob in Empire Area of Surulere. Hundeyin said police operatives attached to Surulere Read More…
The leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) through its Public Relations Department has empathised with the people affected by the gas explosion which had occurred in the early hours of Monday. The statement which emphasised that it was a gas explosion and not a bomb blast read: “This incident which has been Read More…
An explosion has occurred close to the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirmed that the explosion by was caused by a truck loaded with gas that burst into flame only a few meters away from the camp. Reports states that the explosion caused dread amongst Read More…
