Month: February 2021

Normalcy Returns To Obalende As Police Stations In Strategic Points

The Lagos Police Command has assured citizens that normalcy has returned in the Obalende area of Lagos following a clash between rival groups of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Pandemonium broke out in the early hours of Thursday, at Obalende area of Lagos Island when sounds of gunshots were heard, thereby raising…

CBN Misled Court Into Freezing of #EndSARS Protesters’ Accounts – Falana

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) misled the court into freezing the accounts of some individuals of the ENDSARs protesters by making the court believe that some grave offenses had been committed and would require time to run an investigation. The human rights lawyer,…

EFCC Arrest 39 Yahoo Boys in Ago-Iwoye, Ilesha

The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, arrested 39 internet fraud suspects, also known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’. Ten of them were arrested at Ilesha, Osun State, while Twenty-nine others were arrested in different locations at Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. Those arrested at Ilesha are: Oyesoji Tosin,…

Red Line Rail Project: Lagos Closes Lane At Yaba Axis For Three Weeks

The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of the Yaba Overpass temporarily for three weeks from Tuesday 9th to Tuesday, 23rd February, 2021. The government explained that the closure is in continuation of the Multimodal Master Plan in the transportation sector, According to a statement signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic…

Lagos Auctions 83 Forfeited Vehicles For Violation Of State Traffic Law

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit, on Monday, supervised the public auction of 83 forfeited vehicles on the orders of the Lagos State Special Offences Mobile Court for the violation of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018. Speaking to journalists…

COVID-19: CACOVID To Buy Vaccines Through FG, Plans On Distribution

The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has clarified that only the Federal Government, through the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) can obtain any COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The coalition also explained that the process of buying the vaccines through the Federal Government has commenced and…

Before You Switch From One PFA To Another, Read This

The pension industry in Nigeria has evolved over the years and introduction of the Transfer Window, which allows pension contributors to switch from one pension fund administrator (PFA) to another has been the talk of the town since November 2020 when it was officially declared open by the National Pension Commission (PenCom). Recently, Stanbic IBTC…

I Didn’t Meet With APC Chairman, Yahaya Bello For Defection – Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister has explained that his meeting with APC chieftains was centred on national issues and party politics, pointing out that Nigerians must set aside their differences to save the country from a second civil war. The former minister had sparkled rumor of a defection to the ruling party (APC) after…

Winning Anambra Governorship Election Critical To PDP—Wike

Ahead of the governorship election in Anambra state, the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has stated that winning the election in November is critical to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Rivers State Governor, who advised the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to allow governors supervise the conduct of congresses and…