Nigeria’s New Ministers Take Oath Of Office
The inauguration of new ministers for the Federal Republic of Nigeria is holding right now on Wednesday, 21 August, 2019 at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Category Archives: Politics
Atiku Insists He Beat Buhari By Over 200,000 Votes In Presidential Ele...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that he beat President Muhammadu Buhari by over 200,000 votes in the 2019 presidential election. The Independent National Electo...
Lagos Police Arrest Tekno Over Public Indecency
Popular musician, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno was arrested Tuesday by elements of the Lagos State Police command, ostensibly for breaching public decency by displaying half-naked girls in traffic, the police spokesman, ...
Eid-il-Kabir: FG Declares Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th August As Pu...
The Nigerian government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Georgina Ehuriah, made the annou...
Lagos First Lady Inaugurated As Patron Of Girl Guides Association
Lagos State First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu was on Tuesday inaugurated as the State Patron of the Nigeria Girl Guides Association. At a brief but impressive ceremony held at Lagos House, Alausa Ikeja, the wife of ...
How Security Operatives Stopped #RevolutionNow Protest In Lagos, Osun,...
The Nigerian Police Force Monday said the #RevolutionNow protesters were dispersed in Lagos because they didn’t get permission from the police before staging the protest. “The gathering is unlawful, an unlawful gathering...
Lagos’ Free Medical Programme Targets 100,000 Children
Photo: (R-L) Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Fola Adeyemi; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. (Mrs) Titilayo Goncalves; Executive Director, Healthcare Mission International, Mrs. N...
Nigeria Senate Screens Ministerial Nominees
The Nigeria apex law making body, the Senate, on Wednesday, 24 July, 2019, began screening of some persons appointed as Federal ministers who would form cabinet members of President Muhammadu But.
Senate Officially Confirms Muhammad As Chief Justice Of Nigeria
The Senate has finally confirmed the appointment of Tanko Muhammad as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The confirmation was made official after Muhammad underwent a thorough screening in the Red Chamber on Wednesd...
Sanwo-Olu Declares Another Free Passage At Lekki, Ikoyi Toll Plazas
In furtherance of Lagos State Government’s real time traffic simulation survey being carried out with the aim of reducing traffic congestion around the Lekki-Epe and Ikoyi axes, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has again appr...
Traffic: Lagos Residents Welcome Electronic Toll System In Lekki
.Laud Sanwo-Olu Over Free Access At Toll Plazas – A cross section of Lagos residents and motorists on Friday commended the State Government for proposing a “touch and go” electronic payment system that ...
4,000 Nigerian Refugees In Cameroon To Return Home
Four thousand Nigerian refugees mostly from Adamawa state are due to be repatriated from Cameroon. The planned repatriation is facilitated by a Technical Working Group for Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon.
Lagos Yet To Reintroduce Monthly Environmental Sanitation, Says Bamgbo...
The Lagos State Government has asked residents of the state to ignore rumours that it had reintroduced the monthly environmental sanitation and vehicular restriction. The state government had on November 23, 2016 cancell...
Insecurity: Sanwo-Olu, South West Governors Renew Call For State Polic...
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday joined his counterparts in the South West to renew the call for the creation of State police as one of the major steps to stem the growing tide of insecurity in the ...
Boko Haram Releases Corps Member Kidnapped Since January
A corps member, Halima Uwani Umar, kidnapped in January 2019 by Boko Haram in the North-east, has been freed, says the Borno State government. “The insurgents released Ms. Umar as a sign of goodwill to commit to a ...
Lagos’ll Partner FG, Judiciary To Decongest Prisons –Sanwo-Olu...
Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the Executive will work with the State judiciary and the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to prison congestion, saying that the issue has become be a...
Sanwo-Olu Signs N873.5bn 2019 Budget In Lagos
Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed into law the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The bill with a total budget of N873,532,460,725 is a 55% capital expenditure and 45% recurrent expenditure. Out of the a...
Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu Orders Traffic, Sanitation Officials To Brace Up
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu today signed his first Executive Order to address the issue of traffic control and management, fixing of potholes on the roads, sanitation as well as cleaning of drainages in ...
We Can’t Afford To Fail Lagosians
.Sanwo-Olu Tells Workers – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday urged workers in the State to brace up and contribute their quota to the development of the State, saying that they cannot afford ...
Anambra Bans Use Of Tinted Windscreen On Commercial Buses, Tricycles
Anambra State Government has banned the use of tinted windscreens, glasses and stickers on commercial buses, shuttles and tricycles with immediate effect. Commissioner for Transport, Mr Uchenna Okafor gave this directive...
Ambode Commissions Roads In Agric Access & Egan
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yet again on Wednesday commissioned the Agric Access Road, Egan in Igando Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and the Lagos Theatre in Igando as he gets set to exit off...
Ambode Advises Muslims At Ramadan
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday evening congratulated Muslim Community in the State on the successful commencement of this year’s Ramadan, urging them to avail themselves of the training and ser...
George Weah Suspends Minister Over Ethnic Slur
Liberia’s President and former football star George Weah has suspended his deputy information minister, Eugene Fahngon, for fueling ethnic divisions by referring to descendants of freed slaves as “Congo Liber...
