The Dangote Group on Sunday said its drivers’ patrol team has made several arrests of unruly drivers that engaged in illegal activities and handed them over to relevant authorities for trial. Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer for the Company, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. Chiejina also urged the Read More…
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ASUU dragged to Industrial Court by FG to end strike
All efforts to resolve their differences outside of a court action having come to nought between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), both parties are now in court. On Monday the Federal government urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call Read More…
Fire on the Mountain
“There’s fire on the mountainand nobody seems to be on the runThere’s fire on the mountain top and no one is a-running… One day the river will overflowAnd there’ll be nowhere for us to goAnd we will run, runWishing we had put out the fire In this season of university closure and youth rudderlessness, the lyrics Read More…
2023: Remi Tinubu pledges support for IDPs, others
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate says she will give voice to the voiceless if she becomes the country’s next first lady in 2023. She said this on Saturday in Abuja when she visited Karon-Majigi Ward of Gwarimpa and Yar Goje Community of Abuja Municipal Area Council to meet Read More…
Navy hands over 627 bags of smuggled rice, Indian hemp to Customs, NDLEA
The Nigerian Navy on Friday transferred 627 bags of smuggled parboiled rice, 57 parcels of Indian hemp and one suspect to the Nigerian Customs Service and the NDLEA. Capt. James Otache, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the navy, said the handover was the result of consistent patrols by the Navy to defeat Read More…
The death of Elizabeth II: FG orders all flags in Nigeria, foreign missions be flown at half-mast
The Federal Government has ordered that all flags in the country and missions abroad be flown at half-mast on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, to honour the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “We commiserate with the government and the Read More…
Ice Prince released on bail after six nights in prison
Music rapper, Panshak Zamani, aka Ice Prince, accused of allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos, has been granted bail after six nights in prison. Folarin Dalmeida, his lawyer, confirmed that Ice Prince had been released from the Ikoyi correctional facility in Lagos, on Thursday, September 8. “His bail conditions have been met, and he Read More…
New Lagos Physical Planning Commissioner promises transparency
Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, former Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations resumed office as the new Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development on Friday. Mr. Mukaila Sanusi, spokesman of the ministry, said Bamgbose-Martins was cordially received by the ministry’s management staff. Sanusi said the staff were led by the Special Adviser to the Governor Read More…
700,000 people commit suicide globally annually – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day. Mulombo said that Read More…
King Charles III pays tribute to his ‘darling mama’ in first address
“Queen Elizabeth’s was a life well lived,” King Charles III said, as he renewed his “darling Mama’s” promise of lifelong service. In an emotional first address to the nation, he praised her warmth, humour and ability to see the best in people. Prince William and Catherine will become Prince and Princess of Wales, he said, Read More…