Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State is widely believed by many as a breath of fresh air in the nation’s politics. The trained lawyer hit the ground running immediately after he was appointed as commissioner after his tenure as a Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on…
The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe on Monday lamented the poor state of the environment in most of the markets in Ekiti State. The monarch equally condemned the poor maintenance culture on the part of some market users. Adejugbe particularly bemoaned the near total absence of amenities, especially toilets and water sources in the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has discovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers State. A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia while the other was at Etche local government area of Rivers State. Afolabi said…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called for transparency, accountability and the elimination of unnecessary expenditures to cut down on the cost of governance in the country. Akpabio made the call on Monday at a one-day dialogue on the cost of governance in Nigeria organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday hosted his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Posting on X, Atiku wrote: “It was my honour and privilege to host @PeterObi today. -AA” During the 2019 presidential election, Obi was Atiku’s presidential running mate. But the former Anambra State…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the World record holder, Tobi Amusan, for emerging as the fastest woman in the women’s 100m hurdles this year after running a blistering 12.40s to win the first Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. Amusan won the race ahead of Jamaican and world champion, Danielle Williams. Abiodun, in…
Michael Cohen on Monday took the witness stand in the New York criminal case against former United States President Donald Trump. Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, said he spoke to him “every single day, and multiple times a day” before the 2016 election. Fox News reports that Cohen’s testimony is central to the case against Trump,…
The Appeal Court sitting in Kano has reduced the 24-year sentence handed to an atheist, Mubarak Bala, to five years. Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. He was arrested at his residence in Kaduna over alleged blasphemy and incitement A Kano State High Court had in 2022 sentenced Bala to 24…
An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) serving in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abdulwahab Magaji, has reportedly killed himself at his Abuja residence. Magaji shot himself dead himself with a pump-action rifle at his residence located at Binta Street, Farm Estate area, Abuja. Magaji’s family reportedly lodged a report about his tragic death to the…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, office in Umuahia, Abia State capital was on Monday, sealed by the enforcement team of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. The EEDC office, situated at Bende Road, opposite the Umuahia North LGA secretariat, was locked with a big padlock by the NLC team, which arrived at the place at about…
