Everton forward Alex Iwobi has tested negative to COVID-19 few days after it was reported that his initial test returned positive moments before Super Eagles faced Squirrels of Benin in Port Novo. The negative result was however confirmed on the official Twitter handle of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with a hint that Iwobi will be available for selection ahead Read More
Former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said the choice of Kano for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday was to prove that Nigerians are one. He said it was douse ethnic tension and promote peaceful co-existence. The All Progressives Congress(APC) chieftain said Nigerians were better off together, faulting secessionists groups’ agitations. He said: “Why are we in Kano? It is Read More
The Crocodiles of Lesotho a while ago arrived Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre Lagos day ahead of a dead rubber Nation’s Cup qualifying match against Super Eagles. Already, Nigeria’s Super Eagles have qualified but Lesotho being at the bottom of group L won’t be at Cameroon for 2022 continental showpiece. While Super Eagles beat Benin one nil at Port Novo on Read More
Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called for economic solutions and fiscal wisdom to address the current security challenges bedeviling Nigeria, noting that use of force alone won’t work. The former Lagos state governor said enhanced security may be the first step, but Nigeria cannot resolve the problem by holding on to one-dimensional answers, thus Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described its national leader and former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a man of “excellence, true Democrat and a great leader.” Tinubu turns 69-year of age on Monday 29th of March 2021.In a statement signed Sunday in Abuja by the APC’s National Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, Read More
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said that they will continue to look up to the former Lagos state governor and the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, even as he clocks 69-9ear of age. The serving governors on the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), said they acknowledge and the “untiring Read More
To position it for better performance and for the attainment of world-class status in all areas of its operation, the management of Great Nigeria Insurance Plc recently reiterated its commitment to exceptional service delivery to ensure that the organization achieves its goal of attaining the top five position in the Insurance Industry. While addressing the media at the Head Office Read More
The former Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Sen. Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi, has warned some political elements feeling threatened by the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to desist from whipping sentiments about age. Governor of Ekiti state Kayode Fayemi had on Thursday said 2023 President should not exceed a 60-year-old. But former lawmaker argued that antecedent and capacity should Read More
Ahead of his 69th birthday coming up on Monday, former governor of Lagos state and All Progressives Congress National chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to chair this year’s Arewa House lecture holding on Saturday in Kaduna. The lecture, which is the 11th edition of the annual Arewa House lecture, will take place at the Arewa House Banquet Hall, Kaduna. Read More
The visit and donation by former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to victims of fire outbreak at a market in Katsina state has been criticised as a mere political eye service. A group known as Omoluabi Coalition in a press release signed by its director-general Engr. Seye Karounwi, Thursday said Read More
The South-West region has the highest foreign and domestic debt stock among all the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria as the thirty-six states currently have a total domestic debt of N4.18 trillion as at 31st December 2020. The South-West alone has a domestic debt burden of N1.52 trillion, accounting for 25.2 per cent of the country’s total subnational domestic debt. Read More
The Commissioner of Insurance, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr. Sunday Thomas, yesterday in Lagos commissioned the College of Insurance and Financial Management (CIFM) 1500’s seating capacity multipurpose auditorium located in the College Premises along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Asese, Ogun State. The Auditorium is named after NAICOM. The NAICOM boss while speaking at the the unveiling of the auditorium listed importance of Read More
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has disassociated itself from a meeting purportedly convened by unauthorized persons in Abuja on Wednesday. The association described the meeting as “illegal and should be disregarded by its members nationwide and the members of the public.” A faction of the association led by one Kolade Alabi, chairman of Bariga LCDA, Lagos state, Read More
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has called on leaders in the country to emulate the life and times of late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, former Minister and Governor of Lagos state, who passed on more than a month ago. A press statement by Muhammad Bello, the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor revealed that Tambuwal Read More
FC Porto man Zaidu Sanusi and goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has just arrived the camp of Super Eagles in Lagos. The Nigerian team are preparing to face Benin Republic and Lesotho in the African Cup of Nations qualifying games. According to the team’s official Twitter handle, 18 players were in camp as at late Monday night. However, the arrival of Uzoho Read More
The Lagos State authorities have threatened to prosecute trespassers, who encroach on government land or violate building control laws.The General Manager of the state’s Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki, said this during the removal and demolition of illegal constructions at Oluwole Urban Mall land in Lagos Island at the weekend. Oki said government would not hesitate to remove structures built Read More
Up to 19 people have been confirmed dead in an auto accident at the Kateri along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Sunday. The DAF trailer involved in the accident was said to be heading for Kano from Lagos when the incident happened. According to the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the accident, which happened late Read More
Amid commotion over a bill seeking for the establishment of Armed Forces Service Commission (AFSC), the Senate in avoiding division, hurriedly went into closed door session last week Wednesday. TAIYE ODEWALE reports . The hope of the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe ( PDP Abia South ), to get his bill seeking for establishment of Armed Forces Service Commission (AFSC) pass for Read More
Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. AdbulSobur Olawale has commended the Executive Chairman of Ajeromi Local Government, LG, Mr. Fatai Ayoola, management and Staff members for the resilience to rebuild the Secretariat that was destroyed during the aftermath of the ENDSARS protest. Olawale, who is also the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Relations, disclosed Read More
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has immortalised a former chairman of the council, Professor Etienne E. Essien for his outstanding contributions to the Pharmacy profession. It named the conference hall of the South-south Zonal office in Uyo Akwa Ibom state, after Professor Essien who served as Chairman Pharmacists Board of Nigeria between 1989 and 1992. The honoree was also Read More
The Lagos State Government says it has vaccinated 12,720 people with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 48 hours after the vaccination exercise commenced in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this known through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, on Thursday while giving the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination update for March 16. He said that from the 12, 720 people Read More
A Nigerian lady, 31 years old Funmilayo Victoria Fehintola who is a native of Ondo town is currently wandering about the international wing of the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos, having lost memories of her location in Nigeria. She was deported from Oman last Friday, March 12th aboard Emirates Airline flight which arrived by 2pm. Funmilayo, whose passport number is Read More
Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs, Abdulsobur Olawale Olayiwola, has reiterated the importance of prompt payment of severance allowance to political office holders by council chairmen. The lawmaker, who led the committee in continuation of their oversight function across the 57 local governments and local council development areas stated the need for proper Read More
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has cried out over the increasing cases of kidnap of school girls and killings of innocent citizens, calling on pepetrators of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) to leave children alone to grow in a peaceful and safe environment. Dame Tallen made the postulation, Tuesday, in Abuja during the presentation of a Read More
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