The monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Lagos State will hold on Saturday, July 30, 2016, and will be dedicated to cleaning of drains and canals across the state to allow for free flow of water as the rainy season nears its peak, the state government has declared. Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare, disclosed in a…
Following the controversies trailing the funds raised for the purported treatment of a cancer patient named Mayowa Ahmed abroad, the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has directed a full investigation into the matter. To this effect, the Access Bank account of the patient, where donations were made into, has been frozen by…
some actors under the aegis of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, took to the streets of Abuja to stage a protest against human trafficking in the country. The demonstration was put together by AGN in conjunction with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. Some popular faces on the screen were…
A new coordinator for the Nigeria Impact Awards has been announced. Also, a new logo has been unveiled for the annual awards ceremony. According to a statement signed by the awards’ Media & Corporate Relations Executive, Bunmi Obarotimi and was made available to newsmen, the responsibility of coordination has shifted from the pioneer coordinator and…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, maintained that as governor of Rivers State for eight years, he was transparent and did not embezzle money meant for the people as being alleged by successor, Nyesom Wike. He made the clarification at a stakeholders’ forum on corruption organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Thursday.…
It is summer! While Nigerians do not necessarily experience the season (they only have wet and dry seasons), they tend to take time off and travel the world around that time; and in addition to London, Dubai and USA, one other country a lot of Nigerians line up to visit is South Africa. In fact,…
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned criminals, especially kidnappers in the country never to think Nigeria is lawless. Idris gave the warning when operatives of the IGP’s Intelligent Response Team, IRT, arrested a notorious kidnapping gang known to have been terrorizing law-abiding citizens in Rivers State and its environs. The gang met…
The Nigerian Army says it will from this weekend commence another training exercise code named ‘Exercise Crocodile Smile’ in 82 Division and part of 2 Division areas of responsibility traversing the South-South geo-political region. It explained that the aim of the exercise is to practice its Special Forces and other units of the Nigerian Army…
National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Ahmed Makarfi has maintained that the National Convention of the party earlier scheduled for August 17, 2016, will still go despite the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday July 28, 2016. The party described the Justice Okon Abang ruling as…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been accused of announcing a wrong result for the Imo North Senatorial rerun election that took place on Saturday, July 23, 2016. INEC had declared Imo candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as winner, but the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it totally disagrees with the announcement.…