Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to ensure that the ongoing rehabilitation of Lagos-Badagry Expressway meets international standard. Sanwo-Olu spoke when he hosted members of the Senate Committee on Works, who visited him at the State House, Alausa Ikeja. They were led by Chairman of the committee, Senator Adamu Aliero. […]

Pandemonium and anxiety enveloped Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, as strange fire erupted in the house of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday night. The house located at Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta was gutted by fire about 9:30pm believed to have been triggered by a power surge. Residents of the area and sympathizers who trooped […]

Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Kwara State have pledged their loyalty to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. They said the governor’s leadership style, humility and attachment to the poor are a breath of fresh air. The PDP leaders, who included some suspended council chairmen, women and youth leaders, spoke late on Tuesday when they visited […]

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, said on Wednesay that about one billion Barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in the Northeast. Sylva spoke at a news conference to end the 2020 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), in Abuja. “The figure we are getting, the jury is not totally out yet, […]

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned in strong terms last Sunday’s reported killings of over 30 people at Auno, near Maiduguri by the suspected Boko Haram terrorists. It reiterated its calls on President Muhammadu Buhari for the total overhauling of the country’s architecture of the country by sacking the service […]

The Presidency yesterday described reports that daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, had secured employment with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) as false and malicious. A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, noted that the report was allegedly designed to cast aspersions on the first […]

The Federal Government has said that it will soon put in place a law that will stop illegal mining in the country. The Minister of State for Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogar, disclosed this in Ogun State during a courtesy call on Governor Dapo Abiodun in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The minister said […]

Factional president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has alleged the mismanagement of the Ogoni cleanup, insisting that the ‘jettisoning of the emergency measures of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Programme (HYPREP) was the root of the ugly development. According to him, […]

To ensure flawless operation of the South-West Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, the Ondo State Government has approved a draft bill for its exclusive legal framework, saying it would thrive on robust relationship with Nigerians. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, disclosed this yesterday while addressing journalists immediately after the State […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a contract of N318 million for engagement of a lead consultant for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Lead Consultant, according to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, is Olumuyiwa, Bashir and Co. Ltd. Akpabio, who spoke with State House Correspondents […]

Efforts to find a lasting solution to escalating security challenges facing the country reverberated again yesterday as Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola urged holistic approach in the quest to enthrone peace in the society. He said traditional rulers occupy vintage position due to their closeness to the grassroots, urging security agents and other stakeholders to […]

We have a representative of the Corpers Loveworld on this edition of the morning show as she talks about the expectation for the Fire Conference with the esteemed Rev. Tom Amenkhienan.