A timely intervention of the Lagos State Fire Service has saved the popular Ladipo Spareparts Market, Mushin area of Lagos from being razed by fire on Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, director of the state fire service, said men of the service responded to a distress call about 7:31 am on Sunday. The fire reportedly started…
How Gulak was Killed – Police
Says he moved without security escorts The Imo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the murder of Ahmed Gulak, the former political adviser to immediate past President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, in Owerri, the state capital. The police said the visiting Gulak left his hotel en route the airport without informing the police, and without…
Over 38,500 Immunised in First Phase COVID-19 Vaccination in Edo
…As Second Dose Begins Next Tuesday Edo State Government on Friday said it had vaccinated over 38,500 persons for the first dose of phase one COVID-19 vaccinations, while the administration of the second dose of the vaccinations would commence Tuesday, June 01, 2021. Health Educator with the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Irene Uabor, who…
President Buhari Names New COAS
A new Chief of Army Staff, COAS has been named. He is Faruk Yahaya, a major general, and until his appointment the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army. Yahaya was also the Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code-named Operation HADIN KAI. The new…
NPO to FG: Address Calls for Restructuring, Insecurity
The Nigerian Press Organisation, NPO has called on the federal government to take urgent steps to stem the slide to anarchy in the country. The body, which comprises the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, rose from a meeting on Friday May…
AAU Management, Striking ASUU in Game of Wits Over Attempt to Break Strike
A desperate attempt by the new management of the crisis-rocked Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, to reopen the university in spite of the ongoing strike action by university teachers, is being resisted by the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Prof. Osarhieme Benson Osadolor-led management of the institution…
Eulogies, Tears, Anguish As Remains of Late COAS, 10 Other Officers Laid to Rest
The late Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru was laid to rest Saturday at 4.25 pm along with 10 other military officers who died in Friday’s plane crash in Kaduna amidst betrayal of emotions, even by senior officers. The Chief of Policy and Planning, Ben Ahanotu, a Major-General, couldn’t restrain himself as…
Attahiru, Nigeria’s COAS, others Die in Plane Crash (Photo+Video)
A military plane which had on board Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, a Lieutenant General, has crashed killing all the passengers and crew. The accident reportedly happened around 6 pm Friday. No fewer than 11 other persons yet to be identified were said to be on the training plane which was trying to…
We Won’t Resume Work on Empty Stomach, Striking ASUU, AAU Tells Edo Govt, Varsity Mgt
…Urges Members to Ignore Notice of Resumption The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma Chapter has asked its members to ignore a notice of resumption published by the new management of the University as contained in its News Bulletin, declaring that they would not resume on empty stomach. In…
Restructuring: AG Malami Faults Governors’ Demand, Says Agitation Does Not Hold Water
Southern Governors’ Clamour Lacks Legitimacy Political Elite Instigating, Celebrating Insecurity FG To Challenge Proposed Establishment of Lagos Anti-Corruption Agency Volume of Terror Funding Amazing, Huge Agitators for restructuring should perish the thought of its happening under the present political dispensation of President Muhammadu Buhari. This indication was given on Wednesday by the attorney general of…
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