Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has declared that the state won’t be a fertile ground for hoodlums and criminal-minded elements. He made the remark while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illiyasu, who was posted to the state to replace AbdulMajid Alli who was recently promoted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge…
In keeping with his pledge to help local government councils pay July 2016 staff salaries in full, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday evening approved the release of N162,938,836.31 to augment Local Government allocation for the month. News of the approval was conveyed by the State Commissioner of Finance, Demola Banu in a statement…
The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has kicked off a three-day programme of activities to unveil the State’s new tourism brand tagged ‘One Lagos’ at the Lagos Bar Beach during the grand finale on Friday July 29. Commissioner for Tourism in the State, Folorunso Folarin-Coker, during an interactive session with newsmen, disclosed…
The monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Lagos State will hold on Saturday, July 30, 2016, and will be dedicated to cleaning of drains and canals across the state to allow for free flow of water as the rainy season nears its peak, the state government has declared. Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare, disclosed in a…
Following the controversies trailing the funds raised for the purported treatment of a cancer patient named Mayowa Ahmed abroad, the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has directed a full investigation into the matter. To this effect, the Access Bank account of the patient, where donations were made into, has been frozen by…
some actors under the aegis of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, took to the streets of Abuja to stage a protest against human trafficking in the country. The demonstration was put together by AGN in conjunction with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. Some popular faces on the screen were…
A new coordinator for the Nigeria Impact Awards has been announced. Also, a new logo has been unveiled for the annual awards ceremony. According to a statement signed by the awards’ Media & Corporate Relations Executive, Bunmi Obarotimi and was made available to newsmen, the responsibility of coordination has shifted from the pioneer coordinator and…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, maintained that as governor of Rivers State for eight years, he was transparent and did not embezzle money meant for the people as being alleged by successor, Nyesom Wike. He made the clarification at a stakeholders’ forum on corruption organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Thursday.…
It is summer! While Nigerians do not necessarily experience the season (they only have wet and dry seasons), they tend to take time off and travel the world around that time; and in addition to London, Dubai and USA, one other country a lot of Nigerians line up to visit is South Africa. In fact,…
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned criminals, especially kidnappers in the country never to think Nigeria is lawless. Idris gave the warning when operatives of the IGP’s Intelligent Response Team, IRT, arrested a notorious kidnapping gang known to have been terrorizing law-abiding citizens in Rivers State and its environs. The gang met…