Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said he would not interfere with the ongoing selection process that would lead to the appointment of the substantive Vice Chancellor of the state-owned Lagos State University (LASU). The Governor said he does not have personal interest in who becomes the next Vice Chancellor of LASU and…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the freezing of the assets and funds to the tune of N19, 178, 253,050 belonging to a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu gave the order on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, following an ex parte application…
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…
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,…
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…