The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended employees of Airtel Nigeria for donating the sum of N20 million from their personal income to support indigent residents of Lagos State during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Sanwo-Olu who was spoke recently when the Managing[Read More…]
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APCON inducts Redwood Consulting MD as a Fellow of Advertising
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has inducted Hannah Oyebanjo, the CEO of Redwood Consulting as a Fellow of the advertising profession in Nigeria. Her induction as a Fellow of the body comes as a result of the recognition of her contributions towards developing and advancing the practice of[Read More…]
Democracy has been restored in Imo State – Uzodimma
Amidst tension of insecurity in Imo State, the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has declared that his government has succeeded in restoring democracy in the State. The Governor made this known during the State’s 6th stakeholders meeting involving leaders drawn from across the State. According to the Governor, his government[Read More…]
Gov. Matawalle mourns Zamfara politician, Sagir Hamida, shot by gunmen
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Monday described the death of Alhaji Sagir Hamida, killed by gunmen near Abuja on Sunday as shocking and devastating. Matawalle, in a statement by Yusuf Idris, his Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, said the death came to him as a shock. He said[Read More…]
Jigawa court sentences 65-year-old man to life imprisonment for sodomy
The Jigawa State High Court in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area sentenced a 65-year-old man, Sabiu Suleiman, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of sodomy. The judge, Musa Ubale, on Monday convicted Mr Suleiman of sodomising a 15-year-old boy in Kiyawa town of Kiyawa Local Government Area of the[Read More…]
El-Rufai dares NLC to return to Kaduna for protest
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has dared the the Nigerian Labour Congress to return to Kaduna for protest again. The governor in a radio interview in Kaduna on Thursday night said the NLC leadership was paid from Abuja to organise the last protest in Kaduna. NLC had held the protest[Read More…]
CDHR Condemns Communal Violence In Benue State
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Benue State branch has recently condemned the latest communal clash in Edikwu community, Apa local government of Benue State, which left one person dead. Edikwu community had in recent times been engulfed in series of communal clash over Royal tussle which[Read More…]
ICPC: Commissioner for Agriculture bags 19 Years Jail Term
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Mr. Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State and presided over by[Read More…]
Lassa fever killed one in Ogun State, govt call for caution
Dear Editor, Good Morning to all Doctors and other Health Workers in Ogun state It is no longer news that LASSA FEVER has again raised the ugly head in our dear Ogun State. *A case has already been confirmed at FMC Abeokuta.* Therefore our sense of suspicions must be high[Read More…]