The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi says bed occupancy in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has reduced from 60 per cent to eight per cent. Abayomi made this known through his verified Twitter account…
Tomi Falase, Chairman of Lagos State Squash Association on Thursday, says the association’s board is focused on the development of squash at the grassroots. Falase restated his commitment while speaking with newsmen at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, shortly after the…
The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed the release of an 18-year-old girl, Naja’atu Faruq, who was abducted on March 13. The girl was abducted at Gangaren NEPA GRA in Birnin Kebbi by gunmen. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the command’s spokesman…
The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has dismissed the allegation of missing N2.5 billion military pensions fund, describing the publications as outrageous and spurious. The Public Relations Officer of the Board, Flt.-Lt. Olayinka Lawal, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja,…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday, ordered that three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged arson. The police charged Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem , 38, and…
…as FEC approves $1.5bn for Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation The approvals made by President Muhammadu Buhari who is also the Minister of Petroleum on rehabilitation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refineries between 2015 and 2021 increased to N2.047 trillion in…
…Embarks on operational tour of units in Kaduna The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has assured the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of the readiness of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to rid Kaduna…
…Says his administration will not condone criminality …Drug scourge now an epidemic in Nigeria – Marwa Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) that the State Government would continue to collaborate with…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Professor Ojerinde, who was arrested…
By Taofeek Lawal Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has appealed to the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), to work out a specific funding mechanism for the FCT. Bello made the appeal when members of the Commission’s…
