The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has tasked all the contestants in this Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State not to see the exercise as a do-or-die affair. Abubakar made the appeal during the signing of the Peace Accord by Ondo State governorship candidates on Tuesday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria…
The European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), has expressed its commitment and support towards deepen democratic process in Nigeria.He said ECES would achieve this through the implementation of EU-SDGN programme componet one- support to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).ECES’s Deputy Project Coordinator, ,Manji Wilson disclosed this yesterday in Benin at a 2-day training/workshop organised by…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, insisted that the rice distributed to various states were certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, had said on Tuesday stated that her agency did not know the status of the…
Community leaders in Abule-Ado area of Lagos State, where an explosion killed 21 people on Sunday, have faulted the government’s narrative that the explosion was caused by a ruptured pipeline, attributing it to a bomb blast.The distressed residents of Soba community have also kicked against the recent moves by the federal government to take over…
2023: A DIFFERENT FORM OF AILMENT Due to alert responses of Lagos and Ogun state governments, actively supported by the federal machinery, Nigeria was able to quickly identify and isolate the two cases of the novel Coronavirus 19. This action, thus far, has stopped the spread of the disease into the wider community as has…
The Lagos State Government has finally banned commercial motorcyles and tricycles in 15 local governments of the state. All major highways and bridges are affected from the ban which the government said would protect lives and properties. The State Government said full enforcement of the ban would commence on Saturday, February 1.Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga…
After ample pressure, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, finally broke his silence on the establishment of the South-West regional security outfit, Amotekun, calling for dialogue in resolving the controversy over the initiative.Amotekun was launched by six governors of the south-west under the Western Nigeria Governors’ Forum (WNGF) penultimate week to…
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said the South West will not succumb to federal government’s decision to stop the region from operating a security outfit, called Amotekun to guarantee the security of lives and property in the Yoruba land.Chief Fani-Kayode who spoke with newsmen Sunday, in Abuja, said Amotekun was a regional…
Attorbey General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN has pronounced ‘Amotekun’, the security outfit newly inaugurated by governments of states in the south west as illegal. “The setting up of the paramilitary organization called “Amotekun” is illegal and runs contrary to the provisions of the Nigerian law. The Constitution of the…
The five governors of South East have thrown their weight behind the embattled Air Peace boss, Mr Allen Onyema over the alleged money laundry leveled against him. The governors particularly pleaded with President Buhari to support and protect Onyema and his business until the matter is resolved. Onyema was accused by the US authorities for…
