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The Federal Government has berated US-based Cable News Network for its coverage of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of Lagos saying “CNN breached the most basic of the core principles of journalism – balance and fairness.” The goverment also demanded “an immediate and exhaustive investigation from CNN into its …

Femi Gbajabiamila The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila has confirmed the death of a newspaper vendor shot by one of his security aides on Thursday.  Gbajabiamila who, in a series of tweets on his official handle in the early hours of Friday, narrated how the incident took …

Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has asked the Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, to explain how he acquired some multi-billion naira properties in Kano State. The ASUU’s Bauchi zone coordinator, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, in a statement on Wednesday, sought …

BPP Director General, Mamman Ahmadu The House of Representatives during the ongoing budget defence held on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the inefficiencies in the operations of the Bureau of Public Procurement and resolved to investigate a Deputy Director Accounts on Grade Level 16, who was born on January 8, …

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre. The PPMC disclosed this in an internal memo with reference number PPMC/C/MK/003, dated November 11, 2020, …

A group, Lagos of Our Dreams (Project LOUD) on Thursday commended Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the massive plans to create jobs and empower the youths as contained in the Year2021 Appropriation Bill presented to the House of Assembly on Tuesday. In a statement by Convener of the …

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. We gathered that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until …

The Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday collapsed during the swearing-in ceremony of the governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Edo State. Governor Obaseki was reading his inaugural speech for his second term in office when the incident happened. The …

Suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been reinstated. This was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement was titled, ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to UNILAG’. It read in part, …

DJ Switch (left) DJ Switch, a prominent member of the recent #EndSARS protests in Lagos, has revealed why she left Nigeria after the controversial shooting incident involving Nigerian soldiers at the Lekki toll gate. DJ Switch, whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh, had made headlines after she livestreamed the …