Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson. International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt was knocked out in the final round of balloting Read More…
Safety fears and a poor bank balance hit another Nigerian airline hard on Wednesday. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended Dana Airlines’ air transport licence (ATL) and air operator certificate (AOC) indefinitely. NCAA announced the suspension on Wednesday in a statement signed by its director-general, Musa Nuhu. The authority said it suspended the operating Read More…
The Minister Of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has described false a report claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered him to hand off negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He made the clarification Wednesday while speaking with State House reporters. Ngige said: “The truth of the matter is, Read More…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the full recovery of the national grid which reportedly collapsed at about 11.27 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah made this known in a statement at about 6.30am on Thursday. He explained that the grid collapse was the result Read More…
The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described as unwarranted distractions the viral pictures and videos of some Christian clergy at Wednesday’s unveiling of Sen. Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation in a statement on Thursday, said the clergymen were not fake as Read More…
The Lagos State Government is seeking to add 10 million more residents to the state’s database. Already, 6,500,000 residents have been registered since the initiative to provide a unique identification number for citizens commenced. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this on Wednesday during the re-inauguration of the Lagos State resident identity card at Ikeja GRA. Sanwo-Olu Read More…
The death of a lady, Bosede Ogendegbe, killed by an unknown driver while crossing the expressway at Fadeyi in Somolu Local Government has sparked calls for a functional pedestrian bridge across the expressway.Residents of the area urged the Lagos State Government to repair the existing pedestrian bridge at the bustop to prevent further loss of Read More…
Media reports linking Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with a defendant in a N31million fraud case at a court in Lagos State, has been debunked as false. One Sulaimon Gbajabiamila was arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Lateef Adeyemo, of the sum of N31million. Read More…
The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency has deployed 233 body cameras, safety shields, surveillance drones, dashboard cameras, stun batons, binoculars, vehicles, telephones and internet facilities to its divisional offices. The agency’s General Manager, Dr Ifalade Oyekan, stated this at a media breakfast meeting in Lagos on Wednesday. The theme of the meeting was: “Five Years Read More…
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) on Wednesday picketed MTN Nigeria PLC plaza in Falomo, Lagos to drive home some demands. They held placards with inscriptions such as “Workers Rights are Human Rights”; “Unionism is a Right and not a Privilege” and chanted solidarity songs. Some of the union’s grievances Read More…
