The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, in Abuja commenced disbursement of over N200 million to 8,236 students for the 2020 and 2021 session in the FCT. The Secretary for FCTA Education Secretariat, Alhaji Sani El-katuzu, made the disclosure while performing a symbolic presentation of scholarship award letters...
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Lagos State Police Command has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) against any planned protest in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Abiodun Alabi, gave the warning on Tuesday, saying the police will not condone any form of protest by any group....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the BUA Group of Company has yet again spent no fewer than 62 million naira on various projects for host communities in Sokoto State. The projects which include the procurement and installation of electricity transformers in...
Some Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) passengers along the Ikeja/Oshodi corridor in Lagos State on Sunday, appealed to the Lagos State Government to boost security on the buses for improved safety of commuters. Some of the passengers , who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) appealed to the...
Emerging video has shown how some brave bike riders were able to rescue a suicidal man from drowning in the lagoon after he jumped over the Lekki-Ikoyi Link bridge in Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The footage from the video...
The Lagos State Government has announced the suspension on the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) from parks and garages. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Thursday said that the state government had watched closely events in the...
The Lagos State commissioner of police, Abiodun Alabi, has directed all area commanders and Divisional Police Officers to beef up security and maintain visibility in their area of coverage. This is coming on the heels of the indefinite suspension of the Lagos State Chapter Chairman of the National Union...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Director United Nations Information Center (UNIC), Dr. Ronald D. Kayanja has said that with the renewed efforts of the federal government collaboration with UNIC in Nigeria, by the year 2030, three major dimensions of social, economic and environment comprising of poverty ratio, hunger...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of activities to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day, and in line with global efforts at addressing issues of climate change and reducing its impact on the environment, the FCT Administration has donated 6,000 varieties of economic tree seedlings to women groups...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that justice would be served in the death of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the “life of every resident’’ of the state mattered and...
Nigerian Celebrities have reacted to the news of the missing lady, identified as Bamise Ayanmole, who was found dead with her private parts missing after her disappearance from a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus at the Chevron area of Lekki in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of a Bus Rapid Transport(BRT) driver, Andrew Nice, in connection with the death of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that the 22-year-old lady was found dead on Monday on the Carter Bridge by...
The 22-year-old lady, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing in transit on Feb. 26 while on a BRT bus in Lagos has been found dead. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday that Oluwabamise’s corpse was found on Carter Bridge...
Some commercial transporters have blamed the increase in transportation fare to the increase in the price of Petrol (PMS) at filling stations in the state. Some transporters made the disclosure in a separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. One of the commercial...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – For the fourth time, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Sunday, undertook a humanitarian assessment of Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government Area in northern Borno on the fringes of the Lake Chad. Zulum had visited Malam-Fatori in February 2020, July 2021 and...
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offenses Unit (Taskforce) has arrested 39 miscreants who were known for terrorizing motorists and dealing in illicit drugs. The suspects were arrested during a raid on blackspots at Maruwa Beach around Brassal Mall on Admiralty Road and other adjoining areas in Lekki phase...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has frowned at a viral video showing kegs of petrol to be distributed to guests at the installation ceremony of Chief Dr Pearl Chidima Ogbulu as Erelu Okin of Orile Kemta. Recalled that the video which has gone viral on...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has commended the infrastructure drive in the Niger Delta and believes the oil-rich region would soon match Dubai’s developmental feat. Governor Diri said this during the commissioning of the Mgbuoshimini-Nkpor Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The governor praised his Rivers...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a major drug kingpin and Ssx other suspects, recovering 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in...
Thousands of youth from across the six states of the South-West, on Saturday, converged on Lagos to draw Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi out to contest the 2023 presidential election. The youths, who insisted that it was Bello or no other person for President in 2023, vowed to rewrite...