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The Rotary Club of Gbagada District 9110 Nigeria has awarded the Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi (JP) an ‘Exemplary Leadership Award’ (Infrastructural Development). This award, according to the organiser, the council boss has performed tremendously on infrastructural development of Agege Local Government area. The colourful event attended by prominent personalities home and diaspora was held ... Read More »

A Mobile Police Inspector, whose name was given simply as John, has been arrested and detained at Ugba Police Station over the rape of a 13-year-old female student in Ayilamo, Tombo ward of Logo Local Government Area in Benue State. The incident allegedly took place on Thursday, 12/11/2020 in Ayilamo. Narrating how the incident happened to The Nation, a community ... Read More »

•Angry Youths set station on fire •PPRO – I’m yet to get in touch with the DPO in Ugba A Mobile Police Inspector, whose name was given simply as John, has been arrested and detained at Ugba Police Station over the rape of a 13-year-old female student in Ayilamo, Tombo ward of Logo Local Government Area in Benue State. The ... Read More »

A representative of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the deployment of soldiers to Lekki Tollgate on 20th October. He said this under cross-examination by counsel to the Lagos State Government, Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), while testifying before the Justice Doris Okuwobi Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution on the alleged atrocities of ... Read More »

Public Relations professional, John Awe, has been inducted into the ICT Hall of Fame at an award ceremony for ICT icons organised recently by Titans of Tech, an initiative of TechTv Network, in collaboration with TechEconomy.ng. ​A total of 60 ICT industry players, including former Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), now MTN Nigeria Chairman, Eng. Ernest ... Read More »

Johnson onifade Abeokuta   Governor Dapo Abiiodun OF ogun state had encouraged youths in ogun state to start contributing their resources and experiences to the development of the state by joining a political and and participate actvely in the much anticipated local government council polls.    Governor Dapo Abiiodun gave this WORDS of encouragement at a Youth/Government parsley held at ... Read More »

The leader of market women in Isua Akoko, Mrs. Hellen Edward, has said that she and five others were not fed anything during the five days they spent in the kidnapper’s den. Mrs. Edward and 15 others were abducted last Thursday along the Akure-Owo road but the police and other security agencies rescued 10 of the victims. They were traveling ... Read More »

Q1Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. He said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members ... Read More »

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) on Monday began its indefinite strike action over non-payment of four months’ salary. This is just as the legal officers in the Ondo State Ministry of Justice under the auspices of Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) withdrew its services over what it termed ... Read More »

The Lagos States Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend served a 7-day ‘Removal Order’ to owners/occupiers of all illegal structures/shanties including containarised shops around Fagba along Abbatior new Oko-Oba to remove them with their belongings immediately. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi who led the enforcement team of the Agency disclosed that over 2500 illegal ... Read More »