NEMA – Floods in Lagos can be mitigated

NEMA - Floods in Lagos can be mitigated

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Lagos Territorial Office, has said floods in Lagos can be mitigated if all stakeholders play their part accordingly. At a high-powered emergency responders stakeholders meeting, held in Alausa, to find a way forward in preparation for unforeseen emergencies, Head of Operation at NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Mrs Ibitayo Adenike, […]

South African border authority on high alert

South African border authority on high alert

The South African Border Management Authority (BMA) is on high alert as the country prepares to hold the general elections on Wednesday, May 29. The management authority in a statement, also said it arrested 28 Bangladesh nationals on Saturday evening at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg who had landed from Dubai, the United Arab […]

FG to introduce Single-Digit Interest Rate for Media Financing

FG to introduce Single-Digit Interest Rate for Media Financing

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has reiterated Federal government’s resolve to extend a single-digit interest rate financing through the Bank of Industry to all media organisations, designed to mitigate the high operational costs faced by the media in the country. Speaking at the ongoing ministerial sectoral update yesterday in Abuja, […]

FG drags governors to Supreme Court

FG drags governors to Supreme Court

The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors before the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in administration of local government areas in Nigeria. The suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), prayed the apex Court for an order restraining the State Governors and State […]

President Tinubu Flags Off Construction of Lagos-Calabar coastal Road

President Tinubu Flags Off Construction of Lagos-Calabar coastal Road

President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of the 700 kilometres Lagos/Calabar coastal highway, ‘a flagship project of the renewed hope agenda.’ At the formalities yesterday, the president who described the flag off as his bragging day for embarking on the bold endeavour to transform the economy, said it was a hard decision for […]

Flights from Britain to Rwanda to take off after election

Flights from Britain to Rwanda to take off after

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said Flights carrying migrants from Britain to Rwanda will take off “after the election’’,  Sunak who made the admission ahead of a two-day trip across the UK to mark the start of the campaign, urged UK voters to back him at the polls if they want to see this […]

Court grants Former Minister of Aviation N100m bail

Court grants Former Minister of Aviation N100m bail

A former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad, have been granted a N100 million naira bail each, in the fresh fraud-related charges, instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Federal Capital Territory High Court, in Abuja, also barred them from travelling out of the country except with […]

Bill on Nigeria’s old national anthem passes second reading

The Bill seeking to revert to Nigeria's old national anthem passes second reading

The Nigeria Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem. The old anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” was replaced with the current one “Arise, O Compatriots” in 1978 during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime. Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports that the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele who sponsored […]

FG re-launches National Information Portal

FG re-launches National Information Portal

The Federal Government has re-launched the National Information Portal with the link, www.nigeria.gov.ng as the official digital gateway to comprehensive information about Nigeria and Nigerians. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, who yesterday re-launched the portal on the sidelines of the Ministerial Sectoral Briefings, to mark the first anniversary of the President […]

Sean “Diddy” gets another sexual assault lawsuit

Sean “Diddy” gets another sexual assault lawsuit

Another sexual assault lawsuit has been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Former model Crystal McKinney alleged yesterday that the American rapper had forced her to perform oral sex on him at a party in 2003. The lawsuit said the assault occurred after she was “pressured to imbibe” alcohol and marijuana, including a joint she believed […]