Ameer Habib Tajje, the leader of the newly emerged terrorists group “Lakurawa,” has issued a direct and powerful message to notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji, urging him to renounce his criminal activities. Turji, a notorious bandits leader who has been on the watchlist of Nigeria’s security agencies, has wreaked havoc in the North-West of the…
Tragedy struck in Lagos on Monday as separate fatal accidents claimed the lives of at least three people, including two students, in two different locations. The first incident occurred at the Ayeyoro traffic light in Epe, where a truck, suffering a brake failure, crashed into a commercial tricycle and a stationary Toyota Camry car before…
Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, received heartfelt birthday wishes from Hon. Khadijat Kareem Omotayo, Personal Assistant to President Tinubu on Constituency Affairs, as he celebrated his 52nd birthday. “Happy birthday to Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, an inspiring leader and a beacon of excellence in public service!” Omotayo exclaimed. “Today, we…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. Ten others were injured in the crash. On Monday, the sector commander, Ngozi Ezeoma, in Umuahia, said the crash occurred at the Ntigha junction axis of the expressway on Sunday at 5:02 p.m. Ms…
Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun, says the parliamentary system of government is most suitable for a populous country like Nigeria. The former minister of interior spoke on Monday at a national dialogue on Home-Grown Parliamentary System in Abuja. “If you go on believing that an individual, no matter how beautiful, no matter how good,…
Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, widely known as MC Oluomo, has officially assumed office as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at the union’s national headquarters in Abuja. Akinsanya’s appointment as president was secured through a consensus during the Quadrennial Delegate Conference held at the NURTW Zonal Secretariat in Osogbo, Osun…
A data review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501. According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at N134.297 trillion as of the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has criticized a suit filed by about 16 governors seeking to declare the agency illegal. He made the remarks during a visit by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. Olukoyede on Monday described the move as unnecessary and urged the National…
The federal government said it has fully allocated the N75 billion Manufacturing Sector Fund (MSF) set aside to support manufacturing businesses under the N200 billion Presidential Intervention Fund initiated by President Bola Tinubu. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo, disclosed this while giving an update on the status of the…
Edo State’s Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, has made his first appointment, Fred Itua, who will serve as the Chief Press Secretary. The appointment was announced just a day before Okpebholo is set to assume office on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Itua will begin his role immediately upon Okpebholo’s swearing-in. Fred Itua is a well-respected journalist and…