Rumours of the death of former Oyo State governor Senator Ajibola Ajimobi have been debunked by family members who claim ” the senator isn’t dead but very sick and needs all the prayers.” The spokesperson of the family, Bolaji Tunji, also labelled the death story as falsehood. Read More »
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SANWO-OLU LAUNCHES HelpNow, SAYS IT’S A TIMELY SOCIAL INTERVENTION PLATFORM
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lauded the efficacy of HelpNow, a social intervention platform deployed to support at least two million Lagosians through a crowdfunding model that rallies support of well-meaning individuals and corporates. This effort is geared towards mitigating the debilitating effects of COVID-19 on the income and livelihoods of millions of households in Nigeria. Speaking at ... Read More »
INSECURITY: NIGER GOVERNOR SUES FOR CALM AMONG CITIZENS
….AS STATE GOVERNMENT MAKES EFFORT TO ENSURE SAFETY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS Following renewed banditry attacks in some local government areas of Niger State, the Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum, Abubakar Sani Bello, has sued for calm amongst the people of the state, especially those areas affected by banditry activities as the government is determined ... Read More »
PHOTOS: GOV. SANWO-OLU AT LAUNCH OF helpnow.ng HELD AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA
Ibukun Beecroft (Deloitte); Chief Operating Officer, Softcom, Mr. Seindemi Olobayo; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Softcom Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yomi Adedeji and Lynda Saint-Nwafor (MTN Nigeria) during the launch of www.helpnow.ng, a social intervention platform, at Lagos House, Marina, on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Lagos Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo; Chief Operating Officer, Softcom, Mr. Seindemi Olobayo; ... Read More »
OGUN GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES GUIDELINES ON PREMISES DECONTAMINATION
Ogun State Government has clarified the information and process for decontamination of industry and business premises as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in work places in particular and community transmission of the virus in the state as a whole. In the press statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday by his Press Secretary, Governor ... Read More »
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES 600KM OF TWO DIMENSIONAL DATA TO EVALUATE POTENTIALS OF HYDROCARBONS IN BIDA BASIN AND OTHERS
Efforts in search of the availability of commercial quantity of hydrocarbon have heightened in the Frontier Basins as Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is set to acquire 600km of Two-Dimensional (2D) data to evaluate the potentials of Bida and Sokoto Basins. The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, represented by the Group General Manager, Frontier Exploration Services (FES), ... Read More »
COVID-19: Fumigation no precondition for reopening worship centres: Kwara Govt
· Muslim leaders hail govt’s openness, sincerity Kwara State Government on Wednesday said fumigation of mosques or churches and mandatory use of thermometers are not preconditions for reopening of worship centres, saying people of all ages can go worship once they abide by the safety protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The clarifications came at a meeting ... Read More »
We are going after Naira Marley – FCT minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muhammad Bello on Tuesday declared that Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, alongside those who featured and entertained fun-seekers at the Jabi Lake Mall in Abuja, will be prosecuted. This is coming few days after the Jabi Lake Mall was shut down by the FCT administration following a judgment from a mobile ... Read More »
Edo 2020: I See a New Deal By Olawale Olaleye
With the political situation in Edo State APC currently what is locally called, “Yam pepper scatter scatter” in Yorubaland, the equation might have returned to its old fluid state. Nothing is subject to near accurate projection for now. But a few guesses are still plausible. If you share the position that this is not about what Governor Godwin Obaseki chooses ... Read More »
Insecurity in the North: Concerned Nigerians group condemns arrest of leader of Katsina protest, urges Buhari to arrest bandits and not critics
Concerned Nigerians group has asked the Nigerian Police to immediately release the chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Mr. Nastura Sharif who’s currently being detained for leading a protest against the insecurity in Northern Nigeria. Mr. Nastura Sharif, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) ... Read More »