Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, has decorated the newly promoted Deputy Commissioner of Police, Andy Amiegheme. The promoted cop was formerly an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, before he was moved up in rank by the police authorities. Performing the decoration on Amiegheme at the Government House in Yenagoa, the governor charged the police chief…
Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos, Steve Ayorinde, has clarified reports suggesting that the monthly environmental sanitation in the state has been abolished. Ayorinde pointed out that the statement credited to the State’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, was taken out of context. According to the ace journalist, the state government only…
The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara, Ibrahim Bello, has reacted to rumours of his purported death being peddled across the state. Bello, in a broadcast on Zamfara State-owned radio station on Thursday, informed residents of the state that he was still alive. He urged them to disregard the rumour because it has no iota of…
Henceforth, roadside trading will not be allowed at the popular Oyingbo market in Yaba, the Lagos State Government has said. The state government on Thursday stormed the market and stopped traders from displaying their wares by the road sides and in the open. It was learnt that the government took this step after traders at…
..enjoins organizations, individuals to comply with tax laws The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has disclosed that from Friday, April 1, 2016, it would no longer be business as usual for those in the habit of evading tax because it will commence the prosecution of tax offenders in the state in consonance with Section…
At least eight corpses were discovered in a community in Rivers State on Monday by some women on their way to farm. It was reported that the bodies were found in a burrow pit at the boundary between Agbalu and Umuokom, in Obibi Community in Etche Local Government area of Rivers State. According to Daily…
By Njamanze Fidel The Delta State House of Assembly has again refuted allegation in certain quarters of witch-hunting anyone as a result of the oversight function on the Independent Power Project, IPP. In a statement issued on Sunday in Asaba by the House Leader, Hon. Tim Owhefere, the House expressed strict reliance on the Rule…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has urged Christians in particular and Nigerians in general to see the Easter period as opportunity to increase their efforts at showing love and promotion of peace among mankind. Obasa, in his Easter message to Nigerians with particular reference to Christians, also urged Nigerians not…
Bayelsa State has received the sum of N1.24 billion bailout fund from the Federal Government, the state government has confirmed. Deputy Governor of the state, John Jonah, who spoke in Yenagoa, the state capital, during the government’s income and expenditure briefing for January, disclosed that the money would be used to settle the backlog of…
In line with the persistent calls for a paradigm shift from over dependence on oil as the major earner of the country, the Lagos State and Kebbi State governments on Wednesday entered into a partnership on the establishment of a commodity value chain that will give a quantum leap to food processing, production and distribution.…