The Police in Lagos have arrested two runaway soldiers over the murder of a Police Sergeant around Okokomaiko axis on Saturday. One of suspect was identified as Kehinde Elijah, who is 45 years old and claimed to have fled the army in 2015 after he was sent to fight terrorists in the northeast. The Lagos State Police…
A new research has revealed that Nigeria has been made a dumping ground for highly toxic petrol, diesel and kerosene by international commodity traders. According to the report of the survey conducted by Stakeholders Democracy Network, SDN, the dubious commodity traders take advantage of Nigeria’s weak and poorly enforced fuel regulations. The report reveals that the quality…
The Nigerian Senate has commended President MUHAMMADU BUHARI for his leadership in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. However; the Senate appealed to President BUHARI to direct the military to go after armed bandits who have been terrorizing the people of Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Sokoto and other states. Adopting a motion moved by Senator SABI ABDULLAHI,…
Most Lagosians on Twitter will like the State Government to lockdown the state for a second time, following the growing number of confirmed Covid-19 cases. This is based on the voting trend in an opinion poll lunched by the Lagos State Government on its Twitter handle, which is supposed to end today. Seventy-two thousand, seven hundred and…
Some Nigerians who were brought back from Dubai have protested against being tested for Covid-19. The Dubai returnees who are being kept in isolation at a hotel in Lekki area of Lagos State, made their position to the Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI. They also criticized Professor ABAYOMI for informing the public that one of their…
The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence-fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country as part of efforts to ease the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the waiver during a meeting in Abuja between the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, and the…