Attention of the Lagos State Football Association has been drawn to a proposed Football championship tagged “OBA AKRAN CUP”. We have received several enquiries from unsuspecting individuals and corporate organisations seeking the authenticity of the football championship by some unscrupulous individuals intending to use LSFA platform to organise football competitions across the State, particularly in the Badagry Divisional Football Association axis. It is instructive to keep members of the public on notice that the LSFA did not receive request for any private championship in the Badagry Divisional Football axis, neither has the LSFA sanctioned nor endorsed any football competition in…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, and that of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Festus Usifo, held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening, 2 August, 2023 at the State House, Abuja. Consequent upon the fruitful and frank discussion with President Tinubu and their confidence in his ability to encourage open and honest consideration of all the issues put forward by the Labour Movement, the Labour Leaders resolved to stop further protest. They opted for further constructive engagement with the government to resolve all outstanding issues as they affect the working people…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Air Peace airline has confirmed that a passenger on Abuja-Port Harcourt flight identified as Vitalis Nwabuzor was caught stealing the sum of N1 million. Air Peace on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023 announced that the incident happened on Thursday, 27 July, 2023. This happened after another theft case was reported on Ibom Air with a passenger caught with a laptop belonging to a fellow passenger. Spokesperson of Air Peace, Stanley Olisa, disclosed that Nwabuzor stole the said amount contained in a brown envelope but was caught by the owner of the money who called the attention of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least two terrorists’ kingpins identified as Dankarami and Aliero have been killed by the airstrikes of the troops of Nigerian Air Force attached with the Operation Hadarin Daji in the North West zone of the country. A military report confirmed the development, just as it also added that over 10 other members of the adversaries disturbing the peace of the zone were killed in the air raid. “In continuation of efforts to rid the Northwest region of terrorists and their activities, strikes have recently been heightened in the entire region between July 28 and 29, 2023.…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of a medical doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, describing her death as shocking and a colossal loss to the health sector in the State and Nigeria as a whole. Dr. Diaso died on Tuesday, 1 August, 2023, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, after an elevator she took developed a mechanical failure. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on his verified social media handles on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023, said he has taken immediate action to initiate a thorough investigation into the cause of the ugly incident. Sanwo-Olu also commiserated with…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, on Wednesday,2 August, 2023 has said that the UK backs the stance taken by ECOWAS on the military coup in Niger Republic, which ousted Mohamed Bazoum last week. Clerverly stated this while briefing the State House correspondents shortly after an audience with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. “We touched briefly on the situation in Niger. I made the point that the UK very much welcomes ECOWAS’ and his (Tinubu’s) indeed decisive action, his strong commitment to democracy, and the unambiguous message that violence is not…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has forwarded additional 19 names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent approval. The Chief of Staff and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila presented the new batch of ministerial nominees to the Senate on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. The Rules of the Chamber were suspended at 3:15 pm to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the hallowed Red Chamber. The new nominees included a quintet of former Governors: Adegboyega Oyetola, Osun State; Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi State; Bello Matawalle, Zamafara State; Ibrahim…
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has put forward a proposal for the establishment of a Health Development Bank in a move towards strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system. The announcement was made by the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, during a workshop on “Innovative and Alternative Funding of the Health Sector” held in Abuja on Wednesday. The current state of healthcare financing in Nigeria has been a cause for concern, with allocations to the health sector averaging a mere 5% of the federal budget over the last five years (2018-2022). These allocations encompass capital, recurrent, statutory transfers, and other vital…
. A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname has been sentenced to 13 years prison term for smuggling drug into Nigeria. The man, whose name was given as Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray, taken to court subsequently found guilty and sentenced to 13 years in prison. According to a statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, the accused…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike International Police has declared a Nigerian businesswoman, Ese Cynthia Daniel, who hails from Delta State, over an alleged N750 million fraud. In an INTERPOL bulletin numbered CR: 3000X/ICPO/ADM/LD/VCP/Vol. 4/93, the declaration followed a warrant of arrest issued by a Magistrates Court in Lagos State to the Nigeria Police Force. The bulletin noted that Ese, who hails from Delta State, conspired with accomplices to fraudulently convert the sum in Lagos, between 24 January, and 26, 2023. The suspect allegedly obtained the said amount under the pretence of paying the United States of America dollars but declined and absconded…