The Lagos State Government has called on residents of Ejigbo, Egbe-Idimu, Alimosho, Oshodi and their environs to promptly report suspicious moves or vandalism of petroleum pipelines to the government and other relevant authorities. The Head of the Department of Oil and Gas Department in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sesan Odukoya, made the…
A communications expert and trade partner attached to one of the mobile telephony companies, Chinedu Anaukwu, has accused a member representing Anambra East/West Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Chinedu Obidigwe, of attacking and beating him to a coma, with the help of “hired” thugs. Anaukwu, who spoke to journalists on his sick bed at…
The United Nations Children’s Fund says it has concluded plans to train health workers on effective service delivery to address acute malnutrition in Adamawa State. UNICEF Country Representative, Christian Munduate, told newsmen shortly after inspecting Yelwa primary health facility in Yola, the state capital, on Monday. Munduate, who did not disclose the number of the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a Rapid Response Team to Jigawa, Yobe, and Katsina states. Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, Dr Priscilla Ibekwe, said this on Monday in Abuja, during a ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and development in the country’s health…
Passengers were on Monday morning, January 23, left stranded at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, following an industrial action by members of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO). It was gathered that several international and local flights at the airport were grounded following the strike. There are reports that the protesting workers…
Six people killed in the attempted to foil the kidnap of two persons in Zonkwa, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The suspected kidnappers, who attacked the community, according to a statement, invaded the residence of one Mr. Calistus Eze and abducted him with another person called Mrs. Amos. The kidnappers…
Stakeholders in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, have begun mobilisation of residents for the collection of their Permanent Voter Cards to enable them to participate in the forthcoming general election in the state. News reports gathered that the stakeholders, including royal fathers, political leaders, chieftains of the Community Development Committees/Community Development Associations, market leaders, traditional chiefs,…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, to life imprisonment for defiling the eight-year-old daughter of his benefactor. The judge held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye held that the court found that…
