LAGOS TASKFORCE CLAMPS DOWN ON OKADA OPERATORS PLYING BANNED ROUTES
August 5, 2022 … Says Okada Passengers Risk Three Months Jail Term The Lagos State Taskforce has continued its enforcement of the ban on commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada,…
DON’T GAG THE MEDIA, SANWO-OLU TELLS POLITICIANS, PUBLIC OFFICERS
August 5, 2022 …As NGE Urges Journalists to Uphold Ethics, Ensure Quality Content Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the…
Abducted Kaduna school rector, one other regain freedom
August 5, 2022 Mr. Amos Magbon, Rector of the Federal School of Statistics, Manchok, Kaduna State, has been released, barely 48 hours after he was abducted by armed men. Magbon…
LASG SETS UP COMMITTEES TO DOMESTICATE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE
August 5, 2022 The Lagos State Government has constituted sub-committees to domesticate the National Building Code. Speaking at a meeting with the members on Wednesday in Alausa, Commissioner for Physical…
Poverty alleviation: IFAD invests US$459m in Nigeria
August 4, 2022 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said it had directly invested 459 million US dollars in Nigeria through domestic and international co-financing. Ms. Dede Ekoue, IFAD…
Atiku appoints Dino Melaye, Daniel Bwala as spokespersons
August 4, 2022 Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Sen. Dino Melaye and Dr. Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023…
Commonwealth Games: LASU VC congratulates student for winning bronze medal in weightlifting
August 4, 2022 Islamiyat Yusuf, a Sandwich Degree student of Lagos State University (LASU), Ilesha Campus, Osun, has won a bronze medal in weightlifting for Nigeria at the ongoing Commonwealth…
Alleged Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu To Remain In Custody As Court Adjourns Trial Till Oct 31
August 4, 2022 The Central Criminal Court in the United Kingdom has adjourned the alleged organ harvesting case involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice…
Iniubong Umoren: Court Sentences Uduak Akpan To Death By Hanging For Murder, Discharge and Acquit Father, Sister
August 4, 2022 A High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom on Thursday sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging the first accused in the murder of Iniubong Umoren. Justice Bassey…
South Africa reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine
August 4, 2022 South Africa’s health regulator reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine, the first time such…