President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerian farmers stand to reap the benefits of his government’s reforms as he continues to accord the highest priority to agriculture. He described agriculture as the country’s largest employer of labour and engine of growth. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal office, on Friday, October 9 2020, arraigned one Otsapa Ubani Otsapa, chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ado Local Government Chapter, Benue State, before Justice Moris Ikpambese of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi, on a two count charge of criminal…
A man identified as Jimoh Isiaka has been allegedly killed while several others injured by unidentified police in Ogbomosho, Oyo state on Saturday during the #EndSARs protest rocking Nigeria. The deceased was said to have been murdered by trigger-happy police officer while participating in peaceful #EndSARSProtests in Ogbomosho and has been buried according to Islamic…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that 22 travellers have so far tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) among the 1,473 persons of interest tested since the reopening of the nation’s international airspace. The minister revealed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja. According to him,…
Following the murder of a policeman and stealing of one AK 47 rifle with 25 rounds of ammunition by some alleged #EndSARS protesters, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has warned that the Force will no longer tolerate any attack on its personnel or any member of the law enforcement community by any individual…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement from 11:59PM on Friday, 9th October, 2020 to 6pm on Saturday, 10th October, 2020 in Ondo State. The order, according to the Inspector General of Police, is part of efforts by the Force to ensure effective coordination of public order…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres and granted State pardon to Mrs Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Mr Abdulrasheed Bello, who are both non-custodial convicts for offences related to the disobedience of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. A statement signed by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has decried the removal of his cap by thugs at the Peoples Democratic Party rally in Ondo State on Wednesday. Fayose warned that what happened to the late Bola Ige, who was then the attorney general of the federation, must not happen to him after the…
Not less than five people have been confirmed dead in an early morning gas explosion that occurred at Baruwa, Alimosho area of Lagos on Thursday. In a statement by the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the incident occurred around 6:00 am, destroying several properties. According to Osanyintolu, the…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday commissioned a self-contained 20 bed holding bay and high care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to isolate suspected Covid-19 patients/cases to avoid further exposure of other patients before their test results come out. Sanwo-Olu, represented by the first lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the…