By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N15bn for the construction of an access road linking the Benin-Asaba Expressway to the Second Niger Bridge. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this disclosure at the end of FEC meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, 15 March 2023. Mohammed said the completion of the road would help achieve the dream of inaugurating the bridge before May 29, adding that N16bn was also approved as variation for the dualisation of Suleja-Minna Road in Niger State. According to the minister, N8bn was approved for Jatu Dam in Etsako West…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike In a very rare case, police authorities have posted and redeployed five Commissioners of Police (CPs) in Kano State within one week after cancelling previous posting signals The development followed the charged atmosphere in the state ahead of the Saturday, 18 March, 2023, Governorship and State Assembly Elections in the state. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) had at various times accused the police of partisanship in the state. The Inspector General Police (IGP), Usman Baba, in a posting announced on February 21, deployed CP…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 50,000 teachers and early childhood educators in New Zealand have walked off their jobs, demanding better pay and working conditions, after union talks with the Ministry of Education stalled. The strike, which was organized by the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), started on Thursday. Teachers demanding better pay waved placards declaring “can’t afford the dentist” and “too poor to print good signs” as the one-day strike forced kindergartens as well as primary and secondary schools to close across the country. Teachers “want to send a message to the government about how…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections in Kano State, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested two of the supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for allegedly inciting violence in Kano State. The DSS has also deployed its crack detectives across the country to “track down any politician with the mindset of inciting violence ahead of March 18 gubernatorial and State Assembly elections”. DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who made this disclosure on Thursday, 16 March 2023, explained that the duo of Sharu Abubakar Tabula and Isma’il Iliyasu…
By Chidozie Emeagwali Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in 2018 and later as Governor in 2019. No sooner had he settled to work as Lagos State Governor than COVID-19 and the #endSARS protests started in 2020. These challenges regardless, Governor Sanwo-Olu implemented several initiatives aimed at improving the living conditions of the people of Lagos State, such as the “Lagos State Employment Trust Fund” and the “Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme.” He has also worked on improving infrastructure in the state, including the construction of new roads and bridges. Sanwo-Olu’s administration saw to…
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), Hon. James Abiodun Faleke has called on the people of Ikeja Federal Constituency to vote for the All Progressive Congress Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu. According to him, Sanwo-Olu has done enough for Lagos State in terms of his people-oriented leadership style, security and infrastructure development and should be, “appreciated by people of the state by queuing behind him for victory come March 18 because he needs to complete the good job”. Faleke who met several groups of electorate, royal fathers, women and youths on Wednesday, 15…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid received a major boost on Wednesday as former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Ade Dosunmu and Labour Party’s Lagos Central Senatorial candidate on February 25 National Assembly poll, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri dumped their parties to work for the Governor’s re-election. Dosunmu and Onitiri, who defected to APC with thousands of their supporters and members across Lagos State, declared their intentions to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and work for the party during Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. They made the declarations on Wednesday during a meeting…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Delta State Police Command has confirmed two suspected kidnappers-cum-armed robbers have been shot dead by its operatives from Ekpan Division in the State. The suspects who sustained serious gunshot injuries died before they could be rushed to the hospital after a gun duel with the police. Items recovered from the suspects include a locally made single barrel rifle, a locally made cut-to-size pistol, three expended cartridges, seven live cartridges and a native Amulet. The suspects, it was gathered had been terrorising the Warri and Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The Police Command…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A truck crushed a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger were crushed to death on Wednesday, 13 March, 2023 in Ogun State. The crash involved a Daf truck with registration number, KTG941YG and a Bajaj motorcycle with no registration number. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State said the accident occurred at about 9:10 am around Toll Gate, Bible College, Sango. The Ogun FRSC spokesperson, Florence Okpe, said four male adults were involved in the accident. “Two persons were recorded dead and two others were unhurt,” Okpe said, blaming the crash on excessive speed and route…
National leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has endorsed the re-election bid of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, urging the electorate in the State to queue behind the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in order to consolidate on the achievements recorded in the in Lagos. Lagos, the Afenifere leader in a press statement said, is an important nation’s commercial city and the pride of the Yoruba race, saying the evolving physical and socio-economic developments of the city should not be thwarted. He said the State would gain more under the incoming Tinubu administration than…