The Senate on Tuesday said it would meet President Bola Tinubu next week over rising insecurity across the country. The lawmakers said the meeting with Tinubu will follow its planned meeting with the security chiefs. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this in
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (retd.) as the new Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps Agency also known as Kick Against Indiscipline Brigade. Also, the governor appointed Adefemi Afolabi
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, says his administration has within its first eight months in office spent over N9billion in repositioning education. He disclosed this at the flag-off of the National Campaign on Out-Of-School Children in the Geo-Political Zones in Nigeria held in
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, set up a facility to tackle post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of the recent explosion at Bodija area of Ibadan. The Emergency Operation Centre is located at the state Housing Corporation, Bodija in Ibadan. The PUNCH
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Nigeria’s economic growth projections for 2024 to 3.0 per cent from 3.1 per cent in its October forecast. This was disclosed in its ‘World Economic Outlook Update, January 2024,’ released on Tuesday. In its prediction for sub-Saharan
Ibadan traditional chieftaincy title holders, otherwise known as Mogajis, on Tuesday, sought the support of governors of South West states in tackling kidnapping. They said the security synergy needed to tackle the menace cannot be achieved without the support of the governors, most
Popular actor and comedian, Babatunde Bernard Tayo, aka Baba Tee, has claimed that cheating is natural for men. According to him, men would always cheat, as cheating is a “man’s next skin.” The skit maker spoke in the latest episode of The Honest
The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that one Olumide Openaike, a staff member of a Microfinance Bank, Kemta Oloko, reported to have been missing and found in Mokwa, Niger State staged his abduction over N1.7m debt. The spokesperson of the state
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned a suit seeking to stop the imposition of an annual levy for a certificate of proof of vehicle ownership in the country till March 4, 2024. The Federal Government had in June 2023 introduced
One striking thing about Nigerians is that once a Nigerian excels in any field of human endeavour, that field becomes attractive to other Nigerians. That is why the emergence of Tope Awotona as a tech entrepreneur billionaire in the United States is a