Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said its internally generated revenue for the first quarter of 2018 was N103.476bn, as against N96.7bn recorded in 2017. It added that the IGR was 81 per cent of the total revenue of N141bn generated in the quarter. The Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Segun […]
Sesan Olufowobi Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has urged workers in the state employ to take the pains to disseminate proper information about government activities to the public, nothing that such would erase speculation in governance. The governor spoke on Tuesday while declaring open a two-day training programme titled, ‘Positive Perception of Government Programmes: […]
John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives did not mince words on Tuesday when they said President Muhammadu Buhari committed an “impeachable offence” by authorising the purchase of $462m jets for the military without appropriation by the National Assembly. Buhari is buying 12 Tucano aircraft from the US with the money. The planes […]
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government says it is ready to screen caregivers operating in the state to ensure quality service delivery to children and the elderly. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, said the government would collate the data of the caregivers operating in the state with a view to […]
Samson Folarin The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called for prayers for leaders in the country, saying governance is spiritual warfare. Osinbajo spoke on Tuesday at the inauguration of the auditorium of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry headquarters at Gbagada, Lagos State. Osinbajo said the inauguration was auspicious because it came at a time when […]
John Ameh and Leke Baiyewu The Senate and the House of Representatives will jointly set up a committee to investigate the invasion of the upper chamber and the theft of its mace on Wednesday last week. The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, disclosed this after a prolonged closed session of the Senate on Tuesday. Saraki also […]
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday declined awarding N500m damages against the Nigeria Police Force for the arrest, detention and parade of Alhaji Alaka Abayomi before the media on July 31, 2017 as an alleged sponsor and godfather of the murderous ritual group, Badoo. Though Justice Muslim Hassan knocked the police […]
NIGERIA’s diminishing status as a major athletics force has been further reaffirmed by a shoddy performance at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The performance, defined by utter listlessness and downright mediocrity, could only fetch the country a solitary gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles, in which Oluwatobiloba Amusan breasted the tape […]
Lekan Sote lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 Towards the closing years of the 16th Century, the Spanish Armada, a Spanish fleet of 130 warships, sailed from La Coruna escorting an army from Flanders, to invade England and overthrow Queen Elizabeth I. Then, in the 1970s, Nigeria experienced the “Cement Armada,” a deluge of cement that overwhelmed the Lagos […]
is it ever too early to set up a bank account for your kids? Find out how to open children’s savings account, when to do it, which bank to choose and so much more in this guide to kids’ savings accounts. According to magazine.northeast.aaa.com, every childhood is marked by common milestones like learning to ride […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian Institute of Management has inducted 102 senior military officers as qualified members. It induction was held during the executive training for membership and upgrade programme for selected officers at the National Defence College in Abuja. The President and Chairman of Council, NIM, Prof. Olukunle Iyanda, charged the military personnel to […]
Justin Tyopuusu Jalingo The member representing Wukari I Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Pius Sabo, on Tuesday donated two police stations he constructed in Rafinkada and Arufu communities in the Wukari Local Government Area. Handing over the buildings, the member said the donation was in response to the security challenges in the […]
Oladimeji Ramon A human rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sued the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the 108 other senators, over their alleged monthly earnings of N13.5m as running cost. In the suit, which it filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking an order compelling the […]
Akinpelu Dada The Federal Inland Revenue Service generated a total of N1.17tn in the first quarter of this year from the collection of various taxes, according to a document in the possession of our correspondent. This was a significant rise over the N778.19bn recorded in the corresponding period of 2017. According to a letter written […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government has not done enough in the area of maintenance of infrastructure across the country, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola stated this while receiving an award of recognition from the Association of Indigenous Construction Contractors of Nigeria as a result of the regular […]
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa THE Bayelsa State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a suspected drug baron and a leader of an armed robbery gang, Henry Samuel. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Asinim Butswat, said, “On April 23, 2018, at about 0400 hours, following interrogation and confession of an armed robbery suspect, operatives of […]
Alexander Okere, Benin NIGERIAN returnees from Edo State on Tuesday staged a protest over what they described as a “systematic delay” in the payment of their monthly stipends and an alleged breach by the state Task Force against Human Trafficking. The protesters, who carried placards, marched from the temporary shelter provided for returnees on Reservation […]
Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has through the Bill and Melinda Gates’ polio vaccination programme succeeded in almost eradicating the crippling polio disease in Nigeria. This programme and others have been of great help in tackling some serious health problems in Africa. However, a constant evaluation of the global social impact of these interventions is necessary […]
Umar Muhammed, Lafia No fewer than five persons were reportedly injured during a fight between youths believed to be supporters of some councillorship aspirants in Wayo Ward in the Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The clash occurred on Monday at the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Lafia after supporters of a councillorship aspirant […]
Mudiaga Affe, Port Harcourt MEN of the anti-cultism unit of the Cross River State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of five suspected members of a cult group while they were holding their meeting. The suspects were arrested during a nocturnal meeting at a town hall in the Akai-Efa axis of Calabar Municipality Local […]
Mudiaga Affe, Port Harcourt MEN of the anti-cultism unit of the Cross River State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of five suspected members of a cult group while they were holding their meeting. The suspects were arrested during a nocturnal meeting at a town hall in the Akai-Efa axis of Calabar Municipality Local […]
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A middle-aged fisherman, Mr. Gogo Onyeoma, from Agwut-Obolo in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has appealed to the Rivers State Government to fish out those who killed his 22-year-old son, Goodnews Onyeoma. A distraught Onyeoma said it was painful to recall how his son was shot dead in his […]
Femi Makinde, Osogbo A lecturer in the Department of Economics and Business Studies, College of Management and Social Sciences, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Prof. Adeleke Adepoju, has urged governments, universities as well as private organisations to pay more attention to entrepreneurship. The don said doing this would help to ensure industrial development in the nation as […]
Oladimeji Ramon Chief Bode George’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, says a former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, was rude for asking his principal to seek forgiveness from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Oyinlola had described Obasanjo as George’s benefactor, calling on him to desist from attacking the ex-President but to apologise and […]
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo Gunmen suspected to be cult members have killed a 65-year-old police informant, Raphael Udofia, who resided at 81 Ikpa Road in the Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The deceased was said to have been brutally shot and his head cut off. A family source told Southern City News that […]