Category Archives: Politics

Two Foreign Nationals Test Negative To Coronavirus In Lagos

March 2 Politics 6 comments

Two more foreign nationals suspected to be carrying the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from a high-risk country in Asia have tested negative in Lagos State, the Chief Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said o...

Suspected Boko Haram Members Kill 50 Persons In Kaduna

March 2 Politics 8 comments

.Photo for illustration purpose only. – No fewer than 50 persons have allegedly been killed, as suspected bandits invaded Kerawa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, and Unguwar Barau villages, all of Igabi Local Go...

Coronavirus: Governor Assures Lagos’ll Prevent Spread Of Disease...

March 1 Politics 7 comments

Chief Incident Commander for the counter measures against Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has again re-assured Nigerians that the State remained committed to every effort gear...

Lagos Records First Case Of Coronavirus In Nigeria

February 28 Politics 7 comments

The Ministry of Health in Lagos State has confirmed its first case of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), incidentally the first in Nigeria and in West Africa since the outbreak in China in January 2020. This was c...

Aso Rock Staff Murdered In Abuja

February 18 Politics 10 comments

A report claimed an Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Naankang Dagan, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants. Dagan, according to punch, was said to have been killed in her apart...

Anambra Sustains Partnership With WHO

February 14 Politics no comments

Anambra State Government has re-emphasised its resolve to sustain partnership with World Health Organisation (WHO) and other donor agencies on the health management sector. Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra said this while i...

Nigeria Police, S/West Governor’s Agree On Amotekun

February 14 Politics 7 comments

The Southwest Regional Security Operation code-named Operation Amotekun has finally been adopted by Governors of all states in the Southwest and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The Southwest Governors’ Forum told ...

30 Killed in Boko Haram Attack on Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway

February 10 Politics no comments

Not less than 30 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a night attack on Auno village on Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway. The villagers while narrating their ordeal in the hands of the terrorist group on Su...

Djibouti Reaffirms Stand As A Non-Permanent Member Of UN Security Coun...

February 7 Politics 6 comments

While the 33rd African Union Summit is held in Addis Ababa, the Republic of Djibouti reaffirms its ambition, already announced at the end of 2016, to sit as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council f...

Insecurity: What Senate President Told Buhari

February 4 Politics 11 comments

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the state of insecurity in the country has reached the tipping point. He spoke shortly after a closed-door meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with him and ...

Lagos Rolls Out Buses To Ease Ban On Okada, Keke

February 4 Politics no comments

Lagos State Government has rolled out 65 high capacity buses in addition to the existing buses as part of palliative measures to the restriction of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in parts of the State. The Managing...

Lagos Gov. Reiterates Commitment To Quality Education

February 4 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to massively invest in quality education to guarantee a brighter future for the young ones, assuring that the State Governme...

Anambra Explains Delays In Payment Of January Salaries

January 30 Politics no comments

Anambra State Government says payment of January Salaries are being delayed in order to effect the computation of the new minimum wage. This is contained in a circular signed by the Anambra State Head of Service (HOS), M...

Husband Killer Sentenced To Death By Hanging

January 27 Politics 7 comments

Maryam Sanda, the woman who stabbed her husband to death has been sentenced to death by hanging. Sanda wept uncontrollably on Monday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. She broke down in tears aft...

Lagos Plans To Transform Education Sector

January 25 Politics 6 comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday reaffirmed his administration’s plan to transform the educational sector of the State, vowing to increase government’s investment for the good of the p...

Anambra Cautions Against Indiscriminate Waste Disposal

January 22 Politics no comments

Managing Director, Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA), Mr Amechi Akorah has cautioned the public against indiscriminate disposal of refuse in some parts of the state. The caution has become necessary in a ...

Lagos Says Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT Corridor’ll Be Completed In May...

January 12 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has beamed a special focus on the ongoing construction BRT corridor from Oshodi to Abule Egba. The 13.68 kilometre-long route will be completed in May, this year, Sanwo-Olu d...

Sanwo-Olu Visits Lagos Island Ahead Regeneration

January 12 Politics 4 comments

In line with the administration’s plan to embark on urban regeneration of identified communities in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu early Saturday morning visited some locations in Lagos Island. The Governor, wh...

Govt’ll Position Universities To Produce Quality Graduates -Buha...

January 12 Politics 10 comments

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will give more attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of universities to produce quality graduates, assuring that education will, henceforth, be a t...

30 Killed As Bomb Explodes In Borno

January 8 Politics no comments

No fewer than 30 people were reported killed in northeast Borno in Nigeria, after an improvised explosive device went off on a bridge. The bomb, according to Reuters, detonated at roughly 5 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 202...

Sanwo-Olu Owes Lagos’ Progress To God

January 6 Politics no comments

The progress recorded by Lagos State, since the beginning of the fourth republic, would have been impossible without the guidance of God, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said. The Governor said the successive administra...

Kwara Governor Demolishes Saraki’s Ancestral Home

January 3 Politics no comments

The Kwara State government says it has demolished the political home of the Sarakis because it violated the laws of the land. The demolished home belonging to the Sarakis is called the ‘Ile Arúgbó’. The home was demolish...

Sanwo-Olu Marks Boxing Day With Patients At Lagos General Hospital

December 27 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday visited the Paediatric, emergency and orthopaedic wards of the Lagos Island General Hospital, Broad Street, to celebrate Christmas and boxing days with the in-pat...