i. Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs is to move to Ministry of Labour and Employment as Minister of State, ii. Senator Tayo Alasoadura is to move to Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs as Minister of State. This redeployment takes effect from today, Tuesday 24th September, 2019. Willie Bassey Director Information Office of Secretary to the ... Read More »
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Marketing Communication Guru, Abisoye Fagade Bags Peace Achievers Award
Nigerian marketing communication guru, Mr. Abisoye Fagade has won the Peace Achievers Award for his efforts in peace building and leadership skills. The award was conferred on him, as well as other distinguished Nigerians, who have done commendably well in areas of peace building and social justice, during the 8th Peace Achievers International Conference and Awards ceremony. The event took ... Read More »
BREAKING: Court Orders DSS To Release Detained Sowore
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the application by the Department of State Services, DSS, to further detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order following the withdrawal of the application by the state counsel on Tuesday. Counsel to Sowore’s, Femi Falana, prayed the court to order ... Read More »
Oyetola nominates Bisi Akande’s son, Omisore’s running mate, others as commissioners (SEE LIST)
Osun State Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday sent the list of his commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for approval. This is coming almost 10 months into his administration as the ninth executive governor of the state. Although the the governor is currently in the United States, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly with President Muhammadu ... Read More »
For The Records: HOW GOVERNMENT POLICY AFFECTS BUSINESS, SOCIETY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MR BABATUNDE FASHOLA SAN
I would like to thank Dr Franklin M. Ngwu for his kind gesture of inviting me to speak to you today. If Dr Ngwu’s kindness had extended to giving me a topic that might be of common interest to all of you, my gratitude to him would have been more immense. As kind as Dr Ngwu has been, he asked ... Read More »
LATE ONIRU, AN EXCEPTIONAL MONARCH – GOV ABIODUN
Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has expressed shock over the demise of the late Oniru of Iruland in Lagos Island, Oba Oba Abiodun Idowu Oniru. Gov. Abiodun who dedcribed the traditional ruler as a great leader, astute businessman and thinker said the death “is the end of an era for the entire people of Lagos State”. In commiserating ... Read More »
Timi Frank to FIRS: I stand by my statement …Says I shall meet you in court
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to bury their faces in their hands in shame over their gross act of corruption recently exposed by him. Frank in a statement in Abuja in response to a riposte to his press ... Read More »
PICTURES: FASHOLA, ALIYU RECEIVE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR NNPC, MELE KYARI ON COURTESY VISIT IN ABUJA
Hon. Minister of Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN (left) and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kolo Kyari (right) during a courtesy visit and meeting to discuss issues relating to improvement of service delivery to citizens at the Minister’s Office, Ministry of Works & Housing Headquarters, Mabushi, Abuja on Monday, 23rd September 2019. Hon. Minister of ... Read More »
PHOTO NEWS: GOV. SANWO-OLU ATTENDS OPENING OF 2019/2020 LEGAL YEAR SPECIAL SERVICE AT CENTRAL MOSQUE, LAGOS ISLAND
Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor and representative of Lagos State Governor; Hon. Justice Kazeem Alogba, Chief Judge of the State and Sheikh Sulaiman Abou-Nolla, Chief Imam of Lagos during the opening of 2019/2020 Legal Year Special Service at the Central Mosque, Lagos Island, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Mr. Wahab Daudu, representative of Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner For Justice; Hon. ... Read More »
NO BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED ALONG JEBBA-MOKWA-BOKANI ROAD- FG
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Monday, strongly dispelled as fake, news circulating in the social media speculating that some bridges along Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Road, especially Tatabu Bridge, collapsed and advising motorists to avoid the route. The Ministry clarified that there is no bridge collapse along the route and urged members of the public to disregard any mischievous circulation of ... Read More »