It was with great shock that we learnt of the passage today, Thursday, February 11, 2021, of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first civilian governor of Lagos State. He was 91. Alhaji Jakande, journalist, publisher and politician, was the pioneer…
By Ibiyemi Mathew The Federal Executive Council has approved the building of the first National ICT Park during its meeting on the 10th of February, 2021. This followed the presentation of a memo by the Honourable Minister of the Federal Ministry…
The Executive Director, FCT Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency Dr Mohammed Dan-Hassan, has raised concerns over threat of pollution from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in Mpape community. Dan-Hassan told our Correspondent on Wednesday that the continuous dumping of refuse…
Police Command in Kwara has secured the release of a 46-year-old tipper lorry owner, Alh Musa Atere, who was kidnapped in Ilorin on Tuesday. The spokesman of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said Atere was rescued from his abductors at a…
A mobile police Inspector, simply identified as Umoh, on Wednesday shot himself dead after he returned from an official assignment in Owerri, Imo. The Inspector, until his death, was serving at Area Command Headquarters in Owerri. The tragedy, according to…
Some stakeholders from Enugu State on Wednesday sought the support of the leadership of the National Assembly for the creation of Adada State from the present Enugu State . The stakeholders led by immediate past President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo…
The Enugu State Government on Wednesday decried low publicity on tourism and entertainment sub-sectors of the state. The General Manager of Enugu State Tourism Board, Chief Steve Odo, made the lamentation in Enugu during a parley with the media and…
Ebonyi Government has secured a total of 3,500 doses of anti-rabies vaccine for dogs and cats to prevent and eradicate rabies across communities in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Ogodoali Nomie stated this during the…
The newly elected Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau (FUGUS), Prof. Muazu Gusau, has taken over the leadership of the institution with a call for support and prayers from staff and students. Gusau made the call at the taking-over ceremony,…
The Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) on Wednesday inaugurated over 80 projects executed at its Oye and Ikole Ekiti campuses by the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Soremekun. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Oye Ekiti campus of the…
