Sanwo-Olu Set To Launch Trader Money
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will on Wednesday launch the N50, 000 cash transfer to 15,000 beneficiaries under the Lagos Market TraderMoney initiative. Commissioner for Agriculture Ms. Abisola Olusanya said this at the weekend during a one-day sensitisation for traders at the Lagos Fresh Food Agro-Hub in Idi-Oro, Mushin. Over 500 market men and women from Ikeja and Oshodi Local Government Areas attended...
Helicopter Crash: I Begged Wigwe To Take Me Along — Osita Chidoka
A former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has recalled his last moment with the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC, Herbert Wigwe. Chidoka, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, said he was supposed to meet with Wigwe last Thursday and he begged the late banker to take him along his many trips overseas. “We had an...
Growing Poverty In Nigeria Contradicts Our Campaign Promises, Ex-Vice Chairman Of APC, Lukman Laments
A former National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Moh. Lukman has lamented the growing hardship in the country, saying it is unfortunate that today’s existential realities are different from the campaign promises of the party. In a statement issued Sunday in Abuja and titled ‘Heartbreaking Reflections’, Lukman urged President Bola Tinubu to sit up...
High Cost Of Living Protest Spreads To Lagos
Lagosians have joined the number of states where there have been protests against High cost of living in the country. In Lagos, market women and youths protested in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State on Saturday. They carried placards with the inscriptions such as “Baba Tinubu, Nigerians are hungry”, and ‘Tinubu, come and rescue us”, among others. The protest is the latest...
Herbert Wigwe Dies In Helicopter Crash
A helicopter transporting Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Access Holdings, has crashed, killing him as well as about five others in California, United States. Sources said the chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night. The US government confirmed all on board dead. Wigwe was reportedly on board a chopper...
EFCC Declares Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele’s Wife, Others Wanted
The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has declared wife of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, wanted. She was declared wanted alongside a CBN official, Eric Odoh, a businesswoman, Anita Omoile, and a Bureau De Change operator, Jonathan Omoile. According to a statement issued by the commission, they were declared wanted for allegedly conspiring with Emefiele to convert...
Police Declare Bauchi Imam Wanted
The Bauchi State Police Command has issued a declaration for the arrest of Islamic cleric, Imam Idris Abdulaziz, who is 63 years old. Imam Abdulaziz is wanted by the police for contempt of court. The Bauchi Police has issued a Special Police Gazette Bulletin stating that a handsome reward will be given to anyone with information leading to his arrest. The gazette...
FG Says Its Intervention Will Reduce Prices Of Food Items
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that recent interventions by the Federal Government will crash the prices of food items in the market. Prices of food items have skyrocketed in recent times, making life difficult for many Nigerians who are now taking to the streets in some parts of the country to protest over the...
Anambra: 40 Die In 112 Road Crashes – FRSC
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra state on Friday, February 9, disclosed that 40 persons lost their lives in 112 road crashes in the state. The state sector commander, Adeoye Irelewuyi, disclosed this in Awka at the end of year 2023 award/durbar program for RS5. He noted that the state recorded decrease of 22.22% in road crashes in 2023 when compared...
4 Die In Ogun Lone Accident
No fewer than four persons on Friday lost their lives in a lone accident around J3 on the Sagamu -Ore expressway. The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anthony Uga, disclosed this to Newsmen in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, through the Commission’s Public Education Officer, Florence Okpe. According to...
