On November 18, a Federal High Court in Abuja will issue its ruling in a lawsuit brought by Abdulrasheed Maina against Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola and Controller General (C-G) of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) Haliru Nababa. After Ibrahim Idris, counsel for Maina, and Abdulmumin Muhammad, counsel for the respondents, followed their procedures and presented Read More…
On Friday, Ms. Surah Animashaun, Chairman of Epe Local Government in Lagos State, issued a warning to locals not to deposit trash in undesignated areas, particularly on the sides of the road. Animashaun issued the warning in an interview with the newsmen on Friday in Epe. She claims that seeing enormous amounts of trash along Read More…
To show their support for Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Progressive Coalition of Entertainers met with Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The group, led by Mr. Saheed Balogun, visited the speaker on Friday at the compound where the assembly meets in Lagos. Obasa urged like-minded Nollywood actors, producers, and artists to Read More…
No life was lost, according to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), when a fire broke out at its Abuja headquarters on Friday. This was said in a statement released on Friday by Mr. Eddy Megwa, Director of Press Relations. He said that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Fire Service Departments put out Read More…
Ayodele Fayose’s alleged money laundering trial has been postponed by the Federal High Court in Lagos till January 31 and February 1. Due to a scheduling error, the case’s trial was originally supposed to continue on October 26. A new trial date was to be decided by the parties and set by the court. The Read More…
LUIZ Inácio Lula da Silva, 77 had done his duty to his long-suffering country, Brazil. His origins were rough, like those of his motherland. The product of a polygamous family, he learnt to read at ten and began working at 12. At 19, while working as a press operator, he lost the little finger on Read More…
On Thursday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court revoked Blessing Adanu’s bail and proclaimed her wanted for allegedly scamming her client of N47 million. Adanu has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with two charges of acquiring money by false pretence and theft. When she was arraigned on December 19, 2019, the Read More…
The Lagos State Government’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), inducted 200 students from Education District 1 as ambassadors against sexual and gender-based violence on Thursday. At the ceremony of induction at Iyana Ipaja, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), spoke to the 200 ambassadors Read More…
The State House’s permanent secretary, Tijjani Umar, says that the N21.1 billion budget request for 2023 is N19.01 billion less than the N40.1 billion budgeted for that year. This information was made public by Umar on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared with other members of the State House’s top management team to defend the Read More…
In their second game in the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League, Bayelsa Queens FC defeated TP Mazembe of the DR Congo to earn the necessary three points. The Nigerian champions got off to a strong start in the encounter on Thursday at the Grand de Stade Marrakech, Morocco, scoring in the fourth minute of play. Read More…
