September 29, 2020

4th Mainland Bridge: 800 Houses To Be Demolished In Lagos

BudgIT Lied: Lagos Is Financially, Economically Stable – LASG

September 29, 2020 6:30 am

Lagos State Government has refuted claim by BudgIT that the state is not financially and economically stable.

Commissioner for Finance, Rabiu Olowo, in a statement said Lagos State is economically and financially solid.

”This is contrary to the publication by BudgIT, a public finance analyst, titled ‘Ability of States to Meet Monthly Recurrent Expenditure and Loan Repayment Obligations, 2019’, which the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration described as “misinformation”. BudgIT has apologized for its error.

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“Here are the facts: Lagos State continues to meet all its recurrent and loan service …

Sowore Faces Fresh Arraignment In Court On Treasonable Felony

Sowore Dissaociates Self From Oodua Nation

September 29, 2020 6:26 am

Activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has disowned claim that he had abandoned the plan to be part of a mass protest scheduled for Nigeria’s Independence Day and embraced agitation by a segment of people in the Southwest for the creation of Oodua nation out of the country.

Sowore, who was a co- convener of #RevolutionNow said this while reacting to a publication attributed to one Maiyegun, indicating that he has abandoned the #RevolutionNow Global Mass Action slated for October 1st 2020, and has declared support for agitators of Oodua nation.

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Nigerian Army Sends Message To Gov Zulum

September 29, 2020 3:44 am

The Nigerian Army says it is fully in support of the ongoing efforts of the Borno State government to relocate and resettle the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state back to their ancestral homes.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Musa described the effort of Gov. Babagana Zulum aimed at resettling the IDPs as a commendable and the right step in the desired direction.

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He said that the Nigerian army being a patriotic and key agency in …

'Amaechi Constructing Rail To Niger Without Doing Anything In Rivers'

‘Amaechi Constructing Rail To Niger With No Project In Rivers’

September 29, 2020 3:42 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hit back at his predecessor in office and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, after the latter had accused him of returning the state back to the era of lawlessness.

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Amaechi had at the weekend during the burial of late Justice Karibi Whyte bemoaned rising insecurity and decaying infrastructures in the state.

‘You have lost your voice. The sage (the late justice) has gone under and nobody is speaking. When I was governor, I gave people voices, but they have

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Nigeria At 60: I Am Extremely Sad – Ozekhome

September 29, 2020 3:19 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Mike Ozekhome, has said that he was extremely sad about Nigeria at 60.

Ozekhome explained that after 60 years of existence as a nation, Nigeria still grapples with the issue of social justice, equity, religious and inter-ethnic tolerance.

He stated this on Monday in Abuja while articulating his thoughts on how the country has fared after 60 years as an independent nation.

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He said: ‘I’m extremely sad about Nigeria at 60. Surely, a 60 year and above old man or woman, is

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Relevance Of Oil Will Reduce By 2040 – Sylva

September 29, 2020 3:19 am

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, on Monday, in Abuja declared that the days of crude oil as a driver of global economy, are numbered.

He made the statement while briefing the leadership of the National Assembly on the need for speedy passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill ( PIB), forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives, two weeks ago by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Sylva said having wasted 20 years in putting in place required laws for regulation of the oil industry, the country needed to quickly pass the PIB to make the best of …