Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday evening commissioned the lighting up of the stretch of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway from Ile Zik to former Toll Gate, Sango Ota and Murtala Mohammed International Airport to Oshodi, just as he said the initiative was part of the promise of building a 24/7 economy that will create employment…
Henceforth, any persons convicted of kidnapping in Oyo State will be executed; this is according to the new law in the South West state of Nigeria. The state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, signed the kidnapping prohibition bill into law, which makes kidnapping a capital offence in Oyo State. Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly,…
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has sent a team to Lagos State on study tour. The delegates of the South Eastern state are in the aquatic state to learn what they called “revolution in environmental management” in Lagos State. Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Babatunde Adejare, who received the team, attributed the modest…
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday assured that work will commence on the Mile 12 market located in Imota from next week. Ambode made this known when he visited the proposed site for the relocation of the popular Mile 12 Market presently in Ketu. The Governor who was accompanied on the inspection visit by…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Abuja. Shettima was accompanied to NEMA office by Senators Abubakar Kyari and Baba Kaka Garbai as well as some top state functionaries. He was received by the Director General of NEMA, Muhammed Sani…
The Lagos State Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit says it has commenced prosecution of recalcitrant tax payers in the state. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, disclosed on Monday that the Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit has filled all the necessary information at the State High Court for the arraignment of the 28 tax…
Reports say a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Ogun State allegedly a female traffic officer for having the effrontery to stop his car. It was gathered that the DPO, Patrick Onwu, who is in charge of Ikenne Division, pounced on the female traffic warden, Inspector Anifat Bello, when his private car was stopped after he…
Not less than six teachers in Katsina State have reportedly died in a fatal auto crash on their way to collect their March pay, Daily Trust reports. The victims are said to be teachers in primary schools in the state. According to reports, the teachers took off from Danmusa local government area of the state,…
A journalist with popular Nigerian news television platform, Channels TV, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen in Imo State. It was gathered that the victim, Tope Kutiyi, was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday, April 11, 2016, at his residence in Federal Housing Estate, Umuguma. It is still unclear why Kutiyi, who is…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Thursday cleared the air on an issue surrounding Special Adviser to the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Library, Barrister Kingsley Esiso. “Barrister Kingsley Esiso is an indigene of Okpara Inland. I can tell you this for sure. His father was buried in Okpara Inland. I…