President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday evening, landed in Lagos from London, just in time for the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations scheduled for Wednesday. Tinubu’s Presidential Jet touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, where he was give a warm welcome from a crowd of eager supporters eagerly awaiting his arrival. The journey marked … [Read more…]
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the general election of 2023, has urged state governments to have compassion when demolishing buildings and other structures all around the nation. Obi made the call in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Some properties were recently demolished by the governments … [Read more…]
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has directed the Accountant General of the state, Mrs Njum Onyemenam, to ensure that all verified workers in the state civil service receive their salary for June before Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, in a statement on Tuesday, cited the governor’s promise … [Read more…]
The governor of Kano, Abba Yusuf, has given orders to the accountant-general of the state to cease giving salaries to 10,800 workers, who are believed to have been employed by the Abdullahi-led administration. Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, the accountant-general of Kano state, made this announcement on Monday while addressing journalists, saying that the governor had called for … [Read more…]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that Nigeria’s Federal Government has finalised plans to create one million jobs for young Nigerians. Shettima, who stated this Monday while playing host to a delegation from the Republic of Korea led by the Special Envoy to the President, H.E. Jang Sungmin, at the State House, Abuja, declared “we … [Read more…]
About six people were confirmed dead, while 15 others sustained injuries in an auto crash involving a commercial bus and an articulated vehicle at Sekona on the Ogbomoso-Odo-Oba Road, Ogo Oluwa Local Council of Oyo State. Also, a commercial motorcyclist died, yesterday morning, after he ran into a stationary vehicle at Gbede, very close to … [Read more…]
A witness on Monday told the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Arum Ashom, that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke were allowed to cast their votes, despite their voter cards being invalid. This testimony was given by an agent of the Labour Party, Dayo Isreal who was subpoenaed to testify … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th and Thursday, June 29th, 2023 as Eid-El-Kabir holidays. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. “In the spirit of this special occasion, during which we commemorate the great virtues of obedience, sacrifice and faith as exemplified by … [Read more…]
TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR PETER NDUBUISI MBAH, AT THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, ENUGU, ON MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 Gentlemen of the Press, Launch of the Enugu State Diaspora and Investment Forum (ES-DIF): I am pleased to announce today, that my government will host an … [Read more…]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has said that unless Nigeria strengthens her rule of law and the fight against corruption, the country would not go anywhere. He said the law of the land must be worked in such a way that both the “big and the small” are treated … [Read more…]
The President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has renamed some federal airports after several notable Nigerians. This is according to a memo by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations. The statement made available to Channels Television on Monday noted that the … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate in the November 11, 2023 Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, at the weekend, said he will return sanity to the system in Kogi State by working directly with the people when elected into office. Senator Melaye disclosed this during an interactive session with Kogi State women, youths … [Read more…]