archiveApril 2021

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has tentatively fixed elections for July 24, 2021, in the state’s 20 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) as stipulated by the 1999 Nigerian Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Justice Ayotunde Phillips (retd), the commission’s chairman, revealed the...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the decision of the United Kingdom to grant persecuted members of the group asylum, noting that while it appreciates the gesture, it is only interested in referendum. The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) had in its newly released guidelines, said asylum...

  The Police Command in Kaduna State, has confirmed attack by gunmen on Greenfield University on Tuesday evening.The university located on Kaduna-Abuja highway, was attacked at about 8:35p.m on Tuesday. The Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna, that...

Plans for the European Super League fell further into crisis late Tuesday with all six English clubs announcing they were turning away from their involvement in the controversial project. Manchester City were the first to formally confirm on Tuesday night that they were quitting the competition, two days after it...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not have a public celebration for her 95th birthday, according to royal sources. The reigning monarch is understood to have “no plans” to mark the event on Wednesday, which is her first birthday without her husband Prince Philip in 73 years, sources have told dpa. Philip,...

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he will on Thursday present the recommendations of the Kaduna town hall meeting on national security to the National Economic Council (NEC) Mohammed disclosed this in Abuja while fielding questions at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship interview...

Some gunmen have reportedly attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters, Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. The attack was said to have happened in the early hours of Wednesday, according to Daily Post. Two of the police officers on duty were reportedly killed and several others injured, while...

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, one of the leading figures in the breakaway European Super League project, has tendered his resignation to the Premier League club. Woodward's decision to leave his position came after reports that Chelsea and Manchester City were pulling out of the planned breakaway which has...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa today April 20, 2021, says the Commission has designed a new corruption prevention model to complements its enforcement activities. Bawa who spoke through his chief of staff, Hadiza Zubairu Gamawa at the ongoing capacity building workshop for members...

  approves N1.2bn for construction of new Governor’s Lodge, Abuja to open two modern GRAs for Oyo residents The Oyo State Executive Council has approved the sum of N279.2 million for the production of ballot papers to be used for forthcoming local government election in the state. The Oyo State...