archiveMarch 2021

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos Command, has paraded a man, (name withheld) for allegedly dealing in illegal foreign Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card business. The NSCDC, Lagos Commandant, Mr Paul Ayeni, while parading the suspect on Thursday in Lagos, said that the 35-year-old was caught...

says Nigeria a transit route for traffickers   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has attributed the lingering insecurity to the funding activities of drug barons who provide insurgent groups such as Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers with arms and ammunitions to undertake criminal activities in the country. Lawan made...

 The Federal Government has inaugurated an intervention grant for micro transport operators under its Survival Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to overcome challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.Amb. Mariam Katagum, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, said in Abuja on Monday at the inauguration of the...

  The Federal Government says it has conceded about N1.024 trillion import duty waivers, concessions and grants to drive economic growth in the country in the past three years.Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning made this known at a one-day sensitisation on Digitisation of Import Duty...

  It was gathered that the film star, known for his role in ‘Cock Crow at Dawn,’ an NTA drama series, died on Wednesday evening at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), although details of his death remain sketchy as of the time of this report. He was said...

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, is under fire over his comment on Wednesday that hoodlums who invaded his palace during the #EndSARS protest stole his $2 million and N17 million. SaharaReportes reported. Akiolu, who spoke at the Glover Hall Memorial Commissioning, Lagos on Wednesday, lamented the devastation inflicted on Lagos...

Conveys President Buhari's congratulatory message to outgoing PFN President VP thankful for solidarity visits that "encouraged me", honoured with award At a defining moment in the history of the country, the church must stand as the light of the nation, and Christians as the purveyors of justice and voices of...

 Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has relieved some of his political appointees including personal assistants, special assistants and senior special assistants of their duties with immediate effect.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu was sworn-in on Feb.24 for his second term of office. Mr Olabode Richards, the...

   The Lagos State Government (LASG) has called for private sector partnership in its efforts to  establish feedlots for livestock rearing and fattening. The move is part of the reforms and sanitise the red meat production goals for 2021, said the  State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Absiola Olusanya, on Wednesday ...

  alleges plot by FG to impose state of emergency The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the no-fly-zone imposed on Zamfara State by the Federal Government following incessant bandit attacks on communities across the troubled state. The spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, at media briefing on Wednesday alleged...