Supreme Court: PDP to protest at EU, AU Abuja embassies today
The leadership and other critical stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Tuesday (today) protest at the embassies of the European Union and the African Union in Abuja. The protest will involve members of the PDP National Working Committee, the Board of Trustees, other national leadership, members of the National Assembly, and other stakeholders, according to a statement on...
LASEMA monitors coronavirus, Lassa fever
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA says it is closely monitoring the outbreak of hemorrhagic fevers to prevent an epidemic in the state. The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. He said, “These epidemics which have posed global and local emergency health threats have fueled the...
Fishermen trap & kill hippopotamus in Kebbi
Fishermen in Samanaji town in Koko Besse Local Government Area have succeeded in trapping Hippopotamus believed to be wreaking havoc on Farmlands in the area. The Aqua animal was killed by teams of fishermen who have been trailing its movements for some time. Reports from the area indicated that the Council's Chairman Bello Sarkin Gabas and Council Members have visited the...
87% Nigeria’s poverty rate in North – World Bank
The North accounted for 87 per cent of all the poor people in Nigeria in 2016, the World Bank has disclosed in a new report. The report titled ‘Advancing social protection in a dynamic Nigeria’, released on January 28, 2020, was described as a ‘detailed analysis of the social protection sector’ in the country. The report noted that social protection measures...
Amotekun: South-West Governors to sign bill for legal backing on February 14
Ekiti Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Monday said the bill seeking legal backing for the Western Nigeria Security outfit code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’ initiated by the six Governors in the Southwest region would be simultaneously assented to on Friday, February 14. Fayemi, who disclosed this while receiving proposal bill on Amotekun from Ekiti Attorney-General, Olawale Fapohunda, said the bill when enacted...
Governor Seriake Dickson commissions Bayelsa State International airport
The Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon Seriake Dickson has Commissioned the Bayelsa State International Airport Located at Wilberforce Island Under the Chairmanship of HRM, King Alfred Diette Spiff. The governor in his remark expressed deep gratitude to God to have given the courage to initiate the gigantic and life-transforming project. He also expressed gratitude to his team...
PDP criticises Lai Mohammed over $500 million loan for NTA
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to perish the thoughts of further mortgaging the future of our country by securing $500 million dollars (N182 billion) loan, purportedly for the upgrading of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The party also urged the National Assembly to save the nation by refusing the...
With $500m Loan NTA Will Compete With CNN, Says Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, will compete with the likes of Cable News Network, CNN, if his ministry gets the $500million loan it requires for the upgrade. The minister said this when he appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign loans. The $500 million is part of the $30 billion loan...
With $500m Loan NTA Will Compete With CNN, Says Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said that the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, will compete with the likes of Cable News Network, CNN, if his ministry gets the $500million loan it requires for the upgrade. The minister said this when he appeared before the senate committee on local and foreign loans. The $500 million is part of the $30 billion loan...
VP, Osinbajo To Represent Nigeria At Former Kenyan President State Funeral Service
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the State Funeral for former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya, in Nairobi on Tuesday 11th February 2020. Moi who died on Tuesday, 4th February, aged 95, was the second and longest-serving President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. Prof. Osinbajo would be joining other African Heads of State and...
