Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the Baba Adinni of Lagos, Sheikh Abdulhafeez Abou, on his 100th birthday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Tuesday, described Sheikh Abou, as a respected leader, who has contributed immensely to the propagation of Islam in Lagos and Nigeria…
Showers Encomiums On Students, Management Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd.) has called for more participation by NGOs and well-to-do individuals in the fight against the endemic drug abuse crisis in the country. He made this call recently when he paid a…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has released two former governors, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as three others from costodial centres. The Public Relations Officer, FCT command, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Humphrey said that the letter…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the number of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) customers in Nigeria increased from 10.37 million in 2020 to 10.51 million in 2021. This is according to the NBS Nigeria Electricity Report 2021 released in Abuja on Monday. The report focuses on energy billed, revenue generated and customers by DISCOS…
At least four soldiers, two civilians and five assailants were killed Sunday in an attack, attributed to jihadist groups, in a locality where a military camp is located, Tessit, the Malian army said. The toll could be “much higher” for the Malian army. The two civilians are local officials, relatives of the victims told AFP….
Thousands of angry South African protesters hunted down miners without permits, sealing makeshift shafts and burning houses, after the mass rape of eight women last week west of Johannesburg. Armed with machetes, golf clubs and hammers, mobs of residents on Thursday moved from one area to another on the fringes of the town of Kagiso,…
Freshly-minted Commonwealth Games champion, Tobi Amusan, has expressed great delight at her record-breaking outing in Birmingham. Amusan clocked a time of 12.30s in Sunday’s final at the Alexander Stadium to successfully defend her Commonwealth Games title and the reigning World Champion is happy with the latest addition of titles and records to her name “I’m…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the federal government to adopt measures to increase the country’s revenue and borrow from cheaper sources to cushion Nigeria’s debt portfolio. The President, LCCI, Michael Olawale-Cole, gave the advice in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Mr Olawale-Cole said the advice had become necessary…
China’s gambling hub Macau has ordered residents to undergo two days of COVID-19 tests after a person who travelled to the neighbouring city of Zhuhai tested positive for the virus. The announcement comes just days after Macau began easing its strict pandemic restrictions, including allowing quarantine-free travel to Zhuhai, and as lockdowns in the Chinese…
