An Oyo State-based socio-political group, Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), Thursday came hard on the Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Senator Teslim Folarin, for claiming in an address to his party loyalists that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had set two traps for the government of Governor Seyi Makinde, which according to him it cannot escape.
The group in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Mr. Adebayo Ayandele, and made available to THISDAY, said the statement credited to Folarin, had exposed the evil intention of the APC, its members and that of the Senator in question.
According to him, “By …
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed the death of two people in a gas explosion which occurred on Thursday.
It added that 23 others who were seriously injured were rescued from the explosion that occurred at Adule Street, Off Ojo Road, in Ajegunle area near Apapa, in Lagos State.
The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The DG said that when LASEMA officials arrived at the scene of the incident, they discovered that a …
President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the escalating violence in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, where in the past 24 hours, many properties have been vandalised and several yet to be ascertained number of people killed.
The President’s call for immediate cessation of hostilities was contained in a statement issued yesterday by his media aide, Garba Shehu.
The statement said that so far, there had been claims and counter claims as who restarted the killings and arson between the neighbouring communities of Nsadop community …
The 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Balkan state before dawn on Tuesday, levelling buildings and trapping bodies underneath the wreckage in towns near the Adriatic coast.
“Ten more victims were found during the night, bringing the number of dead to 40,” the ministry said in a statement.
With the help of experts flown in
Disturbed by the ₦250 billion loss to cybercrime in 2017, the Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to improve budgetary provisions for digital technology and cyber-dependence safety.
The upper legislative chamber therefore mandated its Committee on ICT and Cybercrime to engage stakeholders on the menace and chart path for the future of the country.
It also directed the Committee on ICT and Cybercrime to strategically relate with the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to ascertain their ICT shortfalls, cyber security constraints, data management challenges and possible remediation measures.
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A 32 year old football coach Leodina Ahamadah, was yesterday remanded in prison custody, by the Lagos State Magistrate Court, Igbosere, for allegedly raping a 9 – year – old boy.
Magistrate Mrs K.O Doja- Ojo, remanded the defendant in prison, pending the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Ahamadah who resides at Idi-Aba area of Lekki Beach road, was docked on a one- count charge of forceful rape, preferred against him by the police. The Prosecutor, Inspector Peace Chukwudi, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence on November 18.
She said that …
As public debate on a controversial Hate Speech bill before the Nigerian Senate heats up, rights organisation Advocats Sans Frontiers (Lawyers Without Borders) has weighed in on the development, describing the bill which had proposed the death penalty for Hate Speech as attempt to discriminate against the poor.
Head of the organisation in Nigeria Angela Uwandu said that it was unfortunate that Nigeria still has capital punishment laws at a time the world is moving away from the practice.
Advocats SANS Frontiers France with the support of the European Union had organised a two-day training for selected civil …
Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia State Governor, has approved the dissolution of the leadership of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers with immediate effect.
This was contained in a terse statement issued by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu and made available to IgbereTV on Thursday morning.
The Governor also approved a four-man Committee made up of eminent Traditional Rulers to work out the modalities for the selection of a new leadership.
Eze Eberechi Dick, the immediate past Chairman of Abia State …
President Muhammadu Buhari has formally written to the Senate to approve an undisclosed amount of foreign loan to the Federal Government.
The said $30 billion loan was rejected by the 8th Senate headed by Bukola Saraki.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, read the loan request from President Buhari on the floor of the Senate on Thursday.
The Senate rejected it in November 2016 in a bipartisan move. No reason was offered on why the loan request was rejected then.
According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), the total …
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) accountable for the promises made during the last election and stop directing their energies to the issue of 2023 presidency.
Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, George, who is the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland said solutions to problems of unemployment, hunger, insecurity and other challenges should be the focus of Nigerians and not the 2023 presidency.
According to him, it is absurd that Nigerians are dissipating energies on the issue …
Between January and June this year, no fewer than four medical doctors, working in Abuja, committed suicide.
Dr Roland Aigbovo, President Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, disclosed this during a campaign against drug abuse, at Wuse Market. He did not give the names of the doctors.
The campaign, part of activities to mark the association’s Health Week was aimed at educating traders and shoppers on the dangers of drug abuse.
He said that many people resort to substance abuse to ease off stress, adding that “people now take refuge in drugs to cover up stress, believing that once someone is …
Speaking in Abuja yesterday, NFF’s Technical Director, Mr. Bitrus Bewarang said Mr. Rohr’s new-found love for disclosing information beyond technical matters to the media is highly unprofessional and against the spirit and letter of his contractual relationship with the football –ruling body.
“In as much as we appreciate the work that Mr. Rohr has been doing with …
