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Kannywood actor and comedian, Saeed Muhammed, popularly known as Funky Mallam has criticised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,l of Lagos State for ordering his police escorts to arrest a “soldier” over a traffic violation. Sanwo-Olu had ordered the arrests of motorcyclists riding against traffic on the Lagos-Badagry expressway on Tuesday. When one …

By Olutayo Irantiola   The unfolding University degree saga in Nigeria has brought to the fore the need for our country to look inward and strengthen our academic heritage. It is pretty unfortunate where we have found ourselves as a country. I am not a beneficiary of the heydays when …

 Tinubu   President Bola Tinubu, has appointed six new executive directors in the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Both agencies are under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in …

 Halima Shehu   The embattled National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, Halima Shehu, who was arrested in connection with an alleged ₦44billion money laundering, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on bail We learnt that Shehu was released on …

The Spiritual Director of  Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi, says, though 2024 will be a difficult year for Nigerians generally, God will uplift and prosper the righteous. Speaking at the Cross-over programme of the Ministry at its headquarters at Zion ground, Okota, Lagos, Evangelist Ebuka said those …

 Sadiya Umar-Farouk   Sadiya Umar-Farouq, the embattled former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has officially written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking an extension of the deadline to meet with EFCC interrogators over an ongoing probe into an alleged N37.1 billion money laundering. This …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Wednesday, declared that there was no plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, said in a statement that Nigerians should disregard rumours of a possible hike in petrol price. The …

…Says Students Patronizing Illegal Tertiary Institutions, Criminals Not Victims The Federal Government has said that the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. Recall that the Federal Government had earlier announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation …

Six weeks after the 11 November 2023 Kogi State governorship election, the All Progressives Congress, APC has accused the state Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr Gabriel Haile Longpet of being compromised by the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Spokesman of the Kogi APC Campaign Council, …

The Nigerian Army has warned candidates of the ongoing 86 Regular Recruits Intake to desist from manipulation and fraudulent acts that could compromise the process. The warning is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Wednesday in Abuja. The warning was in reaction …