Some retired Commissioners of Police (CPs) in Lagos, on Friday described the late ex-Inspector-General of Police, Mr Gambo Jimeta as an incorruptible officer. They told newsmen in separate interviews that the late I-G would be greatly missed. Jimeta, 83, died…
Polaris Bank Ltd. on Friday said its current and corporate account holders might decide not to acquire the new cheque book introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for all banks. The bank’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Rasheed…
Cancer Enlightenment and Support Foundation (CESUF) a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has donated cash to cancer patients at the Pediatric Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). Elder Adegboyega Adepitan, Chairman, Board of Trustees of CESUF, said this in…
Gov. Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa State has raised an alarm over the regrouping of dislodged Boko Haram insurgents along the Benue/Nasarawa border, seeking urgent presidential intervention in checking their dastardly activities. Sule stated this when he briefed State House correspondents…
A Kwara High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Friday sentenced a commercial driver, Adetunji Oluwasegun to two years imprison for a fraud amounting to N2 million. The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on…
Sheikh Lukman Isalekoto, the Founder, Al-Hikma Al-Balegah, on Friday, warned Muslims against being careless with their health matters, saying that such act is un-Islamic. Isalekoto, who gave the warning in his Friday sermon in Ilorin, said “as a matter of…
Mr John Gabaya, Chairman, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has urged staff members of the council to take seriously and adhere to COVID-19 protocols as provided by the Federal Government. Gabaya gave the advice while addressing the members of…
Two panel beaters, Olawale Olaniyi and Kehinde Sulaiman, on Friday appeared before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Honda Element Jeep worth N3 million. Olaniyi, 50 and Sulaiman, 38, of no fixed addresses, are facing a two-count…
The Ebonyi Animal-Mediated Rabies Control Programme (EBARAP) Committee has called for support from governments and public and private organisations to enable it to effectively manage and prevent spread of rabies. The organisation’s Chairman, Dr Nwenyi Okoro, told newsmen in Abakaliki…
The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Friday charged school administrators and proprietors to their students from roaming the streets. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, gave the charge when paid unscheduled visits to some schools across the…
