Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, has joined in mourning the passing of Shedrack Amagada, father of the member representing Isoko South Constituency 1, Hon Orezi Esievo. Amagada died on Monday, March 28, 2016. He was 80. The Speaker in a condolence message described Amagada as “a cherished character, widely admired…
According to reports, former Commissioner for Lands and Housing in Ondo State, Abbas Aidi, on Sunday slumped and died at a cyber cafe in the state capital, Akure. It was said that the man gave up the ghost after receiving an important letter that he had been expecting for a long time. However, it the…
Those plying the ever busy Lagos/Badagry Expressway will soon begin to heave a sigh of relief following the directive of the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode to the Lagos State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, to commence repair of the road immediately. A statement issued on Thursday in Alausa, Ikeja, by the governor’s Special Adviser on…
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…