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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has called on the community, religious and traditional leaders as well as unions, associations, and educationists to cooperate with the State Government in spreading basic information to curb the spread of coronavirus among their community members and adherents. Speaking earlier today at the stakeholders’ forum on the Management and Control of COVID-19, organized to sensitize Lagosians, the Governor noted that the event was convened to save the State the trauma of managing the further spread of the Coronavirus. Sanwo-Olu, represented by his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, further urged citizens to stop gossip…
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, says he resisted shedding tears while watching displaced persons queuing for distribution of relief materials. Zulum stated this during the distribution of food and non-food items to 19,000 displaced households on Tuesday at Gajiram, headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Areas of the state. The governor, who directly supervised the distribution of the items, was dismayed over the life-threatening and critical conditions being experienced by the displaced people occasioned by the insurgency. He said: “When will our people stop queuing to receive relief items. “I charge you all to cooperate with the security operatives to enable…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has told participants at the Nigerian-American Business Forum holding in Tampa, Florida, United States that huge investment opportunities readily await them if they make Oyo State their next investment destination. The Governor, who spoke on the topic: “Improving Nigeria’s Economy: Challenges and opportunities…The Oyo State Journey” called on investors to visit the state and take advantage of the arrays of opportunities in the agriculture, tourism, education and health sectors. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as saying that his administration would not waiver in…
Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority of Nigerians, Tinubu must metamorphose into that political leader and presidential candidate with the most intense national outlook, farthest outreach, and most acceptable leadership character! He has to start working on the homogeneity of the Yoruba aspirations for a start. And there is only one thing that can…
UYO – The Uyo Zonal Office of the EFCC has uncovered a criminal syndicate of bankers that specialized in forging signatures of deceased bank customers and stealing from their accounts. They also execute fraudulent financial transactions, including unauthorized debits of depositors’ funds. The members of the criminal syndicate, which include, Mbong Essien, Akwa Akwa, Precious John, Kenneth Udoetuk and Ubong Udom were on Monday, March 2, 2020 arraigned before Justice Archibong Archibong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo. They were arraigned on a 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, obtaining by false pretense and criminal conversion…
The crisis rocking Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has divided the state executive members, leading to the emergence of two groups. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one faction has demonstrated loyalty to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while the other pitched tent with Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. A faction loyal to the governor consisting of some aggrieved members led by the state Deputy Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, had allegedly accused the state Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Bolarinwa, of financial recklessness. Addressing newsmen in Ilorin, Samari accused Bolarinwa of running…
ABUJA—The Supreme Court has stood down its proceedings till 3pm to enable it deliver judgement on the fresh application seeking to restore Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as Governor of Imo State. VANGUARD reports that a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, stood down after they heard all the parties on whether on not its January 14 judgement that sacked Ihedioha and enthroned Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress, APC, should be set-aside. Whereas Ihedioha and the PDP, through their lawyer, Chief Kanu…
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 on Monday. The Governor disclosed that series of medical examinations at the State’s bio-security facility conducted on the two patients, who were brought from Ogun State over the weekend, did not show any sign of COVID-19 infection. Sanwo-Olu made this known during an advocacy meeting held at the Banquet Hall in State House, Alausa, with all 57 council chairmen, community health officers from all councils, representatives of Community…
Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu has commenced screening of students, staff, and visitors to the institution to prevent an outbreak of Coronavirus in the school. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited LASPOTECH Ikorodu Campus on Monday reports that security officials were screening students with an infrared thermometer before entering the school. LASPOTECH Acting-Director of Medical Services of the institution, Dr Funsho Babawale, told NAN that anyone with high temperature would be sent to the clinic immediately. “Currently, we are following the directive of the management to screen people coming in and going out of the…
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it is not laying siege on Premium Times and has not hacked the phone of any of its staff. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Afunanya said reports in some sections of the media that the service was laying siege on Premium Times and had hacked the phones of one of its staff was not true. According to him, it is unfounded and just a needless sensationalism because there is no such operation at the moment by the service. “If…