By Oluwayemisi Onanuga, The Ogun State Government is putting measures in place to create a mobile application through Complaint Resolution Mechanism (CRM), that will manage relationships, complaints, feedback and transactions between the citizens and government, for immediate response to people’s needs. The Acting Project Manager, Public Service Reform for Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP),…
By Tosin Koletowo and Luke Adebesin, A Committee comprising officials of the Federal and Ogun State Governments have been set up, to engender a developmental plan for the Lagos/Ibadan railway corridors to forestall illegal activities, which may become future threat to commuters and rail services. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tpl. Tunji Odunlami…
By Elijah Udofia The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has assured the people of Yewa North Local Government Area that the ongoing construction of 21 kilometers Ayetoro-Igan-Okoto-Iboro road will be commissioned soon. Governor Abiodun gave the assurance while speaking with OGIS correspondent after inspecting the road, saying it was divided into two phases, with…
By Kareem Chehayeb Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down on Thursday after failing to form a government for over the past eight months. Hariri resigned following a brief meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace. “I withdrew from forming the government,” he told reporters. “Aoun demanded some amendments, which he considered essential, and…
There were 600 floods from high tides in the US in 2019, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That number is expected to increase by several times into the 2030s, according to the study, which was published in the Nature Climate magazine. The flooding is projected to occur in clusters that could last…
India’s Supreme Court has questioned the government over its decision to allow a key Hindu pilgrimage even as experts warn that a third COVID-19 wave was inevitable in the country. The judges sought answers from Uttar Pradesh state and the federal government over the decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra from July 25, saying they were “disturbed”…
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged Nigerians to stop having doubts about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. Okowa fielded questions from State House correspondents after a private meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World…
By Aminu GarkoThe Police Command in Niger, on Tuesday, said it had arrested 16 students of Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, during cult initiation. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna. ”On July 7 at about 2100 hours, acting on a credible intelligence, Police operatives attached to…
By Virginia Pietromarchi rocked by violence and looting for five consecutive days, with more than 70 people killed as grievances over the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma spiralled into the worst unrest in decades. Following the jailing of the former leader, protests and mass looting have widened into an outpouring of anger over the inequality that remains 27…
