The Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has sacked its employee accused of extorting and harassing a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, recently.The staff allegedly in connivance with some unidentified airport workers extorted the sum of N100,000 from a South Africa-bound traveller in December last year. Recall that one Oyewale Oyesiji,…
The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency has announced new tariffs for waste disposal, urging residents to comply with the updated rates and refrain from indiscriminate refuse dumping. ASEPA’s Director General, Mr. Ogbonnia Okereke, disclosed this on Tuesday, noting that the review aligns with Section 2 of the Abia State Tax Codification and Consolidation Amendment Law…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) has not yet begun. In a statement posted on its official X account on Wednesday, JAMB assured candidates that the registration process details would be announced soon. The post reads: “Attention prospective…
Lauretta Onochie, former Special Assistant on Social Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has joined the conversation about Seyi Tinubu’s eligibility to contest for Lagos governorship seat. The likelihood of Seyi, President Bola Tinubu’s son contesting for the number one political office in Lagos, has been a trending conversation since the Lagos State House of Assembly…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the release of 52 inmates and commuted the sentences of six death row prisoners to life imprisonment as part of ongoing justice reforms in the state. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a press statement signed by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro,…
Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, threatened to take legal action against global human rights organisation, Amnesty International for alleged false publication on last year’s #EndBadGovernance protest. The police threatened to go to court, if the AI failed to publish a retraction on the publication. NPF demanded the apology and retraction over AI’s report, titled: Bloody…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it has fined nine banks N1.35 billion for failing to make Naira notes available through automated teller machines (ATMs), during the yuletide season According to the apex bank, the fines were imposed on the banks to demonstrate zero tolerance for cash flow disruptions. Each bank was fined ¦ 150…
Timileyin Ajayi, aged 32, who was caught with the severed head of Salome Adaidu, has said he does not regret killing her, as she was cheating on him with other men. Meanwhile, Ajayi has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital He…
BARELY 24 hours after being sworn in as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, endorsed the emergence of Mrs Mojisola Lasbat Meranda as the new Speaker of the Assembly. The GAC is the highest decision-making body of the party in the…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday led the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, members of the Federal Executive Council, National Assembly, service chiefs and diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National Arcade in Abuja, was the climax of activities for the 2025…
