The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has warned some personnel of the Nigeria Police and other security outfits who are smoking Indian hemp. Obiano noted that the substance would only damage them instead of helping them as they erroneously believed. He stated this during a lecture organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
The former sectional chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi has finally met the outgoing national president of the union, Alhaji Najeem Yasin. Auxilliary, as Lamidi is fondly called, is rumored to be favored to return as chairman of the state chapter of the…
Kehinde Ayanboade, Ibadan Traditional Rulers, Chiefs and Prominent Indigene of the Yoruba community on Thursday converged in Ibadan to deliberate on the issue of insecurity in the western region, and remember the virtues and qualities of the late ‘sage’ Obafemi Awolowo where his unpublished Autobiography was launched. The meeting that was attended by the Aare…
Kehinde Ayanboade, Ibadan. The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday called on Gov. Makinde led Executive Arm of Government to work in conjunction with the Security agencies in tightening the Security against further incursion from the killer herdsmen and other hellish groups disrupting the peace of the state and its neighbour. The house made…
The Director General, National Commission for Museum and Monuments (NCMM), Abdulkerim Oshioke Kadiri (FCA) has tasked the Nigerian government on need for museum digitization as best way to retrieve the country’s historical collections illegally taken abroad. He disclosed this at the Opening Ceremony of Museum Digitization Project 2019 held at the National Museum in Jericho,…
Governor Seyi Makinde led administration and Stakeholders in Oyo State on Thursday agreed to sanction anyone caught dumping refuse indiscriminately within the State, as well set up Environmental Tribunals to try offenders in earnest. This was contained in a communique after an Environmental Advocacy Meeting with Stakeholders organised by Oyo State Government at the House…
Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, has expressed her commitment to creating a database for widow’s registration in the state. This database, which will serve as a pool, will assist in financial literacy and skills and will be managed by the Ministry of Women Affairs. Mrs. Abiodun spoke during the 2019 International Widow’s…
Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the Nigerian surveillance and interception regime. Relying on the Freedom of Information Act 2011, the pan-African Digital Rights and Digital Inclusion organization is requesting information on the role the regulatory agency plays in enabling law enforcement in Nigeria to carry…
A three-storey building on Wednesday night collapsed at Iju area of Lagos state. It was gathered that the building, which was under construction, left many people trapped in the rubble Confirming the incident, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the newly appointed General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said: “This is just to inform you…
The prosecution on Wednesday alleged that Adegboyega Adenekan, a supervisor of the Chrisland School, Lagos, charged with defiling a two-year-old pupil, also defiled at least two others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Babajide Boye, lead state counsel, made the allegation against Adenekan during his cross-examination. According to the Boye, apart from…
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