President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “overwhelming joy” over release of abducted female students in Zamfara State. The Governor of Zamfara, Bello Mohammed Matawalle had earlier today confirmed that 279 schoolgirls were released without paying any ransom adding that their release was secured through dialogue with their abductors. Reacting to the development in a statement issued…
Year: 2021
Residents, Motorists Excited As Apapa Gridlock Eases Off
It is fresh breath of relief for residents and motorists plying the Apapa corridor, with the take-off of electronic call-up system in the Lagos seaports, last weekend. According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary of the Lagos State Government, Gboyega Akosile, major access roads into the Apapa corridor are now substantially free…
Ogun Tackles Maternal Mortality, Distribute Tricycle Ambulances To LGs
As part of efforts to improve the health indices of citizens as well as put an end to maternal deaths and other health emergencies, the Ogun Government has distributed 22 Tricycle to Primary Health Centres across the State. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker at the distribution ceremony held at the Obas Complex, Oke Mosan,…
When Passion Overshadows Knowledge: The Amaechi Example
By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe With the successes recorded so far in the Transportation sector, particularly in the Railway Revolution, would Amaechi have done better as Defense Minister with the level of insecurity facing the Government he fought so hard to bring about? Keep your argument over his qualification as a professional security expert, because he…
Dangote Grooms Nigerian Engineers to Manage Refinery Complex on Completion
The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery is preparing young Nigerian graduates to take over the management of its 650,000 barrels per day single train refinery when it becomes operational in 2022. Already, the company has trained several Nigerian engineers in some of the world’s biggest refineries in India and other parts of the world to…
Lagos Extends Work-From-Home Directive By Four Weeks
The Lagos State Government has further extended the work-from-home directive to civil servants on Salary Grade Levels 12 and below. This directive, according to a statement issued by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola is in a bid to further stem the spread of COVID-19 within the Public Service and other stakeholders. The Head…
Buhari Warns Governors To Stop Rewarding Bandits With Vehicles, Cash
The President has asked to state governments “to review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles, warning that the policy might boomerang disastrously.” President Buhari gave this warning on Friday via his Twitter handle in reaction to the recent abduction of 317 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara. The president also…
DSS, Police Attempt To Arrest Sunday Igboho
There has been a report of an attempted arrest of popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, by a joint team of soldiers, Department of State Services, and policemen on Friday afternoon. But the arrest was resisted by his supporters as commotion ensued between his supporters and the joint team which sought to arrest him by force.…
Zamfara Confirms Abduction Of Over 300 Schoolgirls In Jangebe
The Zamfara State government has confirmed the abduction of 300 school girls at Government Girls Secondary school in Jangebe, in Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. This comes barely some days after gunmen kidnap boys from Kangara School for Niger state on February 17, 2021. Those abducted in…
Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines
Ivory Coast becomes the second country to benefit from the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, a program meant to ensure fairer distribution amid a global scramble for the vaccine against the pandemic. The country on Friday at the commercial capital Abidjan received a shipment of 504,000 COVID-19 doses. By the end of this year, COVAX plans to…