The Lagos State Government has asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to restore its power to register and license cinemas. It filed an appeal challenging a March 18, 2020 Federal High Court judgment which held that only the Federal Government can exercise such power. The state also filed a stay of execution of the […]

Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Prof. Godswill Obioma as Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Kalu, who represents Bende Federal Constituency in Abia said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said the appointment came at a time, the examination body was confronted with several challenges, […]

‘Killer-cop’ fired 30 bullets at us, says eyewitness A policeman who went berserk yesterday and shot his colleague dead has been arrested by the Lagos State police command. The suspect, Inspector Monday Gabriel from No. 21 Police Mobile Force Squadron Abuja, on special duty in a Federal Government facility in Ikoyi, Lagos, went berserk and […]

Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Reverend Chris Okotie yesterday restated his earlier viewpoint that the Christian Association (CAN) cannot speak for Christians, especially as it concerns their well being in the COVID-19 era. In a statement issued yesterday by his Media Adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, he said “CAN is an amorphous organisation sustained […]

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Sunday said the government had begun “systematic maintenance of all bridges in Lagos’’ to ensure smooth rides and safety. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone that government had a schedule to fix all bridges in Lagos State in batches […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari failed to address the nation on May 29, being the anniversary of his inauguration day, because he must have assessed his administration as a monumental failure. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, it stressed, “President Buhari must have been […]

Lagos-based rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide spending details of the loans obtained by his government since May 29, 2015, including details and locations of the projects the funds were deployed. In a Freedom of Information (FoI) request yesterday, the organisation also implored the first […]

If there has been any incident during this COVID-19 pandemic that illustrates the shifty nature of this government, it is the saga of the so-called ‘Chinese doctors’. So sadly episodic has the event been that the term ‘Chinese doctors’ may well be a metaphor for the nonchalance and utter disregard for sincerity, which this administration […]

Abubakar Dangiwa Umar is not a stranger to stirring up a hornet’s nest. He has walked this path for most of his adult life. The cost has been huge. His promising military career was cut short. And he quit as a colonel. From speaking against the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election to […]

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has jailed a 35-year-old man, Abdullahi Sani, and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Paul, for stealing 64 chickens. The police charged Sani and Paul with criminal conspiracy, house breaking, theft and mischief, contrary to sections 58, 332, 270 and 312 of the Kaduna State Penal Code. In his […]

***says corruption in security, defence sector continues unabated ****hails president for increased asset recoveries, TSA A pro-democracy think tank, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of condoning corruption within his administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The organisation, in its five-year assessment report of the anti-corruption programme […]

A financial expert, Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has commended the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for reducing the interest rate by one-percentage-point from 13.5 per cent. Okunrounmu, a former Director, Budgetary Department at CBN, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, […]