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It is unnecessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Tuesday when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He explained that President Buhari has not contravened the laws of ...
March, 2021
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31 March
13 Outstanding Lagos teachers get Sanwo-Olu’s car prizes
It was a defining moment for teachers in the Lagos State Education family on Tuesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented handsome rewards to teachers adjudged to have made quality impacts in the State’s teaching service. Thirteen teachers and school administrators got a brand new car each from the Governor at the Year 2020 Teachers’ Merit Award organised by the Ministry of ...
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31 March
Tinubu recounts, says some of his comments hrs earlier were slip of tongue
Tinubu: 50 million youth employment ‘an accidental verbal mistake’ Asiwaju Tinubu Advocates National Employment & Security Policy that Seeks Recruitment of 5 million Youths, including 50,000 into Police, Army, Other Security Agencies, Not 50 million The 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium marking Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s birthday was a well-attended event that focused on the important theme of national cohesion during these ...
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31 March
Family beat teacher unconscious for punishing pupil
A teacher at the Comforter City International School, Pakuro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Grace Akinoso, has been hospitalised after members of the family of a pupil, James Efeniye, allegedly brutalised her on the school premises. Grace was attacked for using her phone to make a video recording of James’s father and two brothers, Ezekiel ...
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31 March
Customs plan ban on vehicles above 7 years
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Customs and Excise has proposed a revenue target of N1.56tn for the Nigeria Customs Service in 2021, up from the original N1.4tn proposition. The amount was set for the NCS in 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that led to a downward review of the target to N1.3tn. The committee resolved to ...
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31 March
Super Eagles win after 10 yrs excite Sanwo Olu, others.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said, “I am excited as for the first time in 20 years, we witness the homecoming of our dear Super Eagles as they play their AFCON qualifier at our state soccer home ground, the Teslim Balogun Stadium. Sport is an important part of our THEMES agenda for Lagos. “We have invested in developing our ...
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31 March
NIN: Court bars FG from blocking SIM cards
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, asked operators to block all SIM cards not linked to NIN by April 9, 2021. The deadline had caused many Nigerians to gather ...
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31 March
Amaechi reveals :We begged Niger Republic to construct free railway for them
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he personally travelled to Niger Republic to beg the country to allow the Nigerian government to construct the $1.95bn railway from Kano State into Maradi in Niger Republic. The railway is expected to run from Kano to Dutse- Katsina through Jibia and will end at Maradi Niger Republic. The minister said some had ...
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31 March
Amaechi states why building railway to Maradi, Niger Republic
When asked why it was so important to extend the rail to Maradi, Amaechi explained that Niger Republic is a landlocked country and has to rely on entrepot trade which means it has to export and import through intermediary countries. The minister said due to insecurity and poor road infrastructure as well as extortion by security agents, Niger Republic and ...
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31 March
WATCH OUT: Fake covid-19 vaccines from China in circulation, FG warns
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Health has raised an alarm over fake covid-19 vaccines currently in circulation in Africa. It was gathered that about 3,000 of the fake vaccines, which were Africa-bound from China have been arrested. This was contained in a letter to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions on Saturday in ...
