Lagos State Government has announced that it will commence the enforcement operations in Apapa to re-establish the three metres drainage Right of Way for all its drainage channels. Addressing newsmen after an inspection tour to check the level of compliance, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said the enforcement activities…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged Southeast importers and exporters to use the Onne seaport in Rivers State. IPOB said state-imposed technical and operational barriers should not be allowed to outweigh the economic benefits to importers. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, lamented that economic and political strangulation of policies by the Nigerian…
The United Kingdom has banned “Health and Care Workers” from bringing dependants to the country. This was made known by the UK Home Office via its official X handle on Monday. The post reads, “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. “This is part…
The Adamawa State Police Command on Monday said its operatives arrested two suspected kidnappers who were already on command’s wanted list. This was captured in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje. The statement said the suspects were arrested in an operation jointly carried out by the command’s…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano Command has described as malicious and false, a report that a minor is presently in custody at the Kurmawa Correctional Facility. A statement by the spokesperson of the Command, Superintendent Musbahu Lawan Knass, said, the command has no Juvenile offender in any of its Custodial Centers. He said the inmate…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commended President Bola Tinubu despite the current economic hardship in the country. Buhari said Tinubu has done well since assuming office on May 29, 2023. He spoke while receiving the Comptroller-General and members of the management team of the Nigeria Customs Service in Daura, Katsina State. The former president said…
On a beautiful Saturday morning, I find myself strolling down the aisle of the grocery store in my neighborhood and as I approach the section dedicated to cooking oils, I am greeted by an array of options before me. The shelves are lined with bottles of various shapes and sizes, each boasting its own enticing…
Members of the Local Government Coordinators of Grassroots Development Initiative, GDI, a political pressure group that was instrumental in the grassroot mobilization for the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, while contesting the 2015 governorship elections in Rivers State have declared their support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This is coming barely four days…
The New South Wales Government in Australia has appointed Nigerian-born Bola Oyetunji as its next Auditor-General. The appointment of Oyetunji as the next Auditor-General was announced by Premier Chris Minns last Wednesday. He will be sworn into office in April when the current Auditor-General Margaret Crawford concludes her eight-year term. According to a statement on…
The Director-General of the West African Monetary Zone, WAMZ, Dr Olorunsola Olowofeso, has said the expectation for the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to establish a single currency by 2027 is no longer realistic. Oluwafeso, who said this in an interview with NAN on Monday in Abuja, said the WAMZ member-states have been…
