The Lagos State Government says it is collaborating with the Lagos Urban Development Initiative (LUDI) to observe the first ever ‘Car Free Day’ in Lagos on Sunday. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a statement through the Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit of the Ministry, Bolanle Ogunlola, in Lagos on…
The apex Igbo scio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has said the Igbo tradition of presenting kola nut to guests is a sign of hospitality in the area. The group stated this in a communique issued at the end of a one-day seminar by the Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Nsukka Local Government Area, Damian Opata, and…
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says the gas leak at its facility in Bayelsa State has been brought under control. This is contained in a statement by a spokesperson of the company, Domenica Spina, on Friday The company stated that the line had been depressurised and was currently being repaired. Agip said it was…
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, in Delta State, Godfrey Enita, on Thursday expressed concern over the extent of damage wrought by flood on a rice farm in the state. The commissioner spoke with reporters after inspecting a 100 hectare rice farm taken over by flood at the Benin-Owena River Basin Authority in Ngegwu,…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Osun has denied a claim that it had endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Bola Tinubu. The caretaker chairperson of the party in the state, Abdussalam Abdullateef, who made the rebuttal at a news conference on Saturday in Osogbo, urged Nigerians to disregard the claim….
WildAid, an environmental NGO, says that Nigeria’s surviving Cross River Gorillas are threatened by extinction. This is contained in a statement by Kelechukwu Iruoma, Nigeria’s WildAid Representative, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 24 September is World Gorilla Day. It is an annual event celebrating gorillas and empowering global communities to…
The police in Ogun have arrested an 84-year-old man, Stephen Jack, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl. Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the suspect resides at Okun Owa area of Ijebu-Ode and was “a well-known paedophile”. He added that Jack’s latest escapade was…
The Federal Government has announced the arrest of 210 suspects in its efforts to combat crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the figure on Friday in Port-Harcourt after undertaking an aerial assessment of some hotspots along the Right of Way of the Trans-Niger Pipeline. The…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has hailed Nigerian youths and others who marched in support of his candidacy in Abuja, on Saturday. Thousands of supporters, under the aegis of the fast growing ‘Obidient Movement’ took to the streets of the city in support of Mr Obi. Many of the supporters who…
