Explosion rocks Lagos A massive explosion has rocked Iju Ishaga area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The explosion occurred on Tuesday night sending panic among residents. Balls of fire enveloped the atmosphere with loud ‘bang’ heard several metres away from the scene of the incident, which is Agbado Road, Toyin Bus …
Read More »Lagos State Ministry launches Special Task Force to curb street begging
Lagos State Government The Ministry of Youth and Social Development in Lagos has launched a Special Task Force aimed at tackling street begging. The Task Force, consisting of representatives from various government departments and agencies, was inaugurated today in Alausa. Mr. Mobolaji Ogunlende, the Honourable Commissioner of the …
Read More »Three Nigerians placed on INTERPOL Red Notice for forging Buhari’s signature to steal $6.2m from CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria building CBN, FCT, Abuja The Team of Special Investigator investigating massive fraud in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to place three Nigerians on Interpol Red Notice for massive fraud in the Apex bank. According …
Read More »Ondo PDP Chairman Dies Months To Guber Election
Fatai Adams Less than 10 months before the 2024 Ondo State Governorship Election, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Fatai Adams, has died. Adams had served as deputy chairman of the party in the state. He emerged as the chairman of the party on …
Read More »Otti Inaugurates ABSU Visitation Panel One Month After Meeting With ASUU
Governor Alex Otti has inaugurated a nine-member Visitation Panel to Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), one of the most prestigious institutions in the state. The panel is tasked with reviewing the records and structures of ABSU from 2019 to 2023 and making recommendations that will restore the university to its …
Read More »Anambra: NSCDC Presents Welfare Package To Family Of Deceased Operative
NSCDC Personnel The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has presented some welfare package to the family of a deceased operative, the late Corps Assistant I (CAI), Pascal Nnaegbuna, who died in active service. The ceremony was performed by the state Commandant of the Corps, Mr Maku …
Read More »ICPC Closes Sexual Harassment Case Against UNICAL Professor After ‘No-Case’ Submission
Prof. Cyril Ndifon On Wednesday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) closed its sexual harassment and gratification case against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Cyril Ndifon, with four witnesses. ICPC counsel, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, who had earlier said he had about seven witnesses …
Read More »Keeping hope alive – How the Tinubu strategy will deliver
President Bola Tinubu The thing about economic policies is that they have good and bad sides. The trick for policymakers, and indeed the people, is to focus on maximising the good and minimising the bad. But the larger responsibility rests on policymakers, truth be told. President Bola Tinubu took the …
Read More »Tinubu seeks confirmation for 5 CBN board directors
President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the names of five directors for the board of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for confirmation by the Senate. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at the plenary on …
Read More »PHOTOS: Dangote, Abiodun, Others Visit Wigwe’s Parents After Helicopter Crash
The President/Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, alongside other associates paid a condolence visit to the parents of the late CEO, Access Holdings Plc., Herbert Wigwe, on Monday. The Ogun State governor disclosed this in a post on his Facebook account …
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