Red Line Rail To Be Launched In Feb– Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos Red Line train will be launched in February, according to a statement made on Thursday, January 25, by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State. Speaking during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja, the governor stated that the state government had formally notified President Bola Tinubu of the unveiling scheduled...
Power Issue Beyond Our Control – Benin DisCo
The Benin Electricity Distribution Company has said the power problem being experienced by its customers is beyond its control. The BEDC told its customers in Delta, Edo, Ekiti, and Ondo States that the reduction in supply hours was due to limitations in allocation from the national grid. Poor power supply being experienced nationwide was a result of a continuous drop in the...
4th Mainland Bridge Construction Starts 1st Quarter 2024 — Sanwo-Olu
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said the construction of the long-awaited Fourth Mainland Bridge would begin in the first quarter of this year, “by the end of March or April.” The governor disclosed this in his keynote address during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu noted...
Men Storms Hospital, Attack Staffs Over Death Of A Patient
A medical doctor at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, has revealed how a group of men stormed the hospital on Tuesday over the death of a patient and attacked workers. Sharing videos on his X handle, k_f2d, the doctor explained that the men who were led by an unnamed political leader demanded to see the doctors on duty on arrival...
Gov Soludo Reconciles With Obi Of Onitsha, Restores Suspended Monarch
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has reconciled with the Obi of Onitsha Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe after a spat over traditional rulers. The Governor reinstated the suspended traditional ruler of Neni in Anaocha local government area, Igwe Damian Ezeani. The monarch, among others, were alleged to have conferred unauthorised chieftaincy titles on some persons, especially Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who joined the All Progressives...
EFCC Set To Arraign Obiano Over Alleged ₦4bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on Wednesday, January 24, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. Our correspondent gathered on Tuesday that the ex-governor will be arraigned on nine count charges. The development comes over a week after...
Supreme Court Releases CTC Copy On Nnamdi Kanu’s Judgement
The Supreme Court has released the Certified True Copy of the judgment on the suit between the Federal Government and the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court had, on December 15, 2024, set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against Kanu. The appeal court had exonerated Kanu following...
Akeredolu For Interment Feb. 23 As Family Releases Burial Arrangement
A former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu will be buried on February 23, 2024. This is according to a funeral timetable released by the late Akeredolu’s family on Monday evening. A burial schedule released by Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu, Jnr. says he would be laid to rest on Friday, February 23, 2024 after a funeral Service at St Andrew’s Anglican Church...
President Tinubu Hosts CAN Leaders, Urges Nigerians Not To Make Money Their god
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to join hands to fix the country and have a change of mindset towards money. Tinubu spoke on Monday when he received a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) led by its president Archbishop Daniel Okoh at the State House in Abuja, asking the body to help in preaching against corruption and...
Man Who Sexually Assaulted 3 Children Gets Life Imprisonment
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a man, Ademola Oladimeji to four life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven and nine. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were believable and truthful. Soladoye, however, said that their evidence established the offence of sexual...
