Category: National/Politics

Pictures Don’t Lie, Sanwo-Olu Says Tinubu Hale And Hearty

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. Sanwo-Olu said his Tuesday visit to National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London was to see things for himself in the wake of the rumoured…

NYSC Refutes Report of COVID-19 Positive Corps Members in Camps

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday says there is no COVID-19 positive Corps member in any of its Orientation Camps nationwide. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi who made the clarification in a statement in Abuja described reports making rounds as misleading. She said, “Attention of the NYSC Management have…

Cleaner Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Launches 102 Waste Trucks, Unveils Mobile App

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated 102 units of brand new locally assembled compactor trucks and 100 units of double dino waste bins to the fleet of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). He said the intervention was part of his administration’s plan to reduce turn-around time in waste evacuation within…

EFCC Arraigns BDC Operator for Alleged N197m Fraud

The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday arraigned one Yusuf Yakubu before Justice Sanusi Ma’aji of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of misappropriation. The defendant allegedly obtained the sum of $870,000 (Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars) only from the complainant under the pretext…

Dangote Refinery, A Business Inspiration To Private Sector Operators – Tinubu

As efforts are being intensified for the imminent completion of the multi-billion dollars 650,000bpd Dangote Refinery in Lagos, the project has been described as an inspiration to private sector operators in the country. Excited at the share humongous size of the refinery, Mr. Wale Tinubu, Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc, leading oil and gas…

You Contributed In Bringing This ‘Failed’ APC Govt. – PDP Replies Jega

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, not to further infuriate Nigerians by trying to dry-clean the rudderless, inept and debauched All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the unbearable devastation the APC has brought to our nation in a space of six years. The…

IGP Appoints Tunji Disu To Replaces Abba Kyari As Head of IRT

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). DCP Tunji Disu, a former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Lagos State, replaces DCP Abba Kyari who was suspended following a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indictment. Kyari was…

Moderna Vaccine Cannot Be Mixed With Astrazeneca—Sanwo-Olu Warns Residents

As the Federal Government confirmed delivery of four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned residents that the Moderna vaccine cannot be mixed with AstraZeneca jab. Sanwo-Olu made this clarification on Monday while briefing residents on worrying trends of the third wave of…

NNPC Records Petroleum Product Sale of ₦234.63bn in March

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded ₦234.63 billion revenue from the sale of white products in the month of March 2021 representing a 24.7% increase from the ₦188.15billion sales recorded in the previous month of February 2021. This was contained in the…