Category: National/Politics

Lagos Schools to Resume September 13 – Commissioner

The Lagos State Government has announced the resumption guidelines for the Y2021/2022 academic session for public and private schools across the State. In a release issued on Monday by the State Ministry of Education, the Honourable Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, stated that all schools are expected to resume on Monday, 13th September 2021, while students…

COVID-19: Wike Threatens To Re-impose Lockdown in Rivers

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has threatened to re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor who gave this warning in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC show that both the transmission and death rates in the last…

Drug Test Is Essential For A Stable Marriage — Marwa

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has buttressed the need for pre-marital drug test as a key factor to a stable home. Marwa spoke at a conference organised by an NGO, Coal to Diamond Support Network for young adults over the weekend in Abuja. His…

57,000 Personnel to Benefit from Work at Refinery Site, Says Dangote

The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has disclosed plans to increase the human capacity at the Dangote Refinery Project site from 40,000 to 57,000 personnel in the coming months. According to him, the project currently employs 29,000 Nigerians and 11,000 foreigners at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery project located in Ibeju…

Lagos Warns 7Up Bottling Coy. Over Traffic Gridlock, Environmental Infractions

Lagos State Government, on Thursday, read the riot act to the 7-Up Bottling Plant on Mobolaji Johnson Avenue, Oregun, over its incessant creation of traffic gridlocks and environmental nuisance by its trucks. The government warned that any further infraction by the company will attract severe penalties. A statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment…

$350,000 Fraud: Court Freezes Gov. Abiodun’s Aide’s Bank Accounts, Seizes Properties

Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds as well as properties traced to the suspended aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial…

Unwarranted Court Orders: APC Unveils The Faces Of Erring Judges

The All Progressives Congress has released the names of judges in the Rivers Judiciary apparently being used to issue ‘black market’ injunctions against it by desperate politicians in the State. They are Justice Opufa Ben-Whyte, Justice Okogbule Gbasam, Justice Chiwendu Wogu and Justice Fiberesima. The APC in a statement signed and issued by its spokesman,…

Akeredolu Charges Pharmacists to Research more on Cannabis

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has charged Pharmacists in the country to conduct an in-depth research into the various uses of Cannabis for medicinal purposes. Governor Akeredolu also declared that the Sunshine state is ready to champion the ‘Green CBD Oil’ adding that his administration has embarked on the red oil project which deals…

President Buhari Fires Two Ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman. The President’s Special Adviser on (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, made the announcement on Wednesday. Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, has been redeployed to assume office as the Minister of Agriculture &…