Lagos Restates Ban On Use Of Houses As Morgue, Burial Site
Lagos State Government has restated that it is an offence to use residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites. It said this was to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases. Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Ade Adeyemo stated this on a LTV programme, Lagos Today. Read Also: Lagos Starts Review […]
Facebook, Google To Pay Outlets For Content In Australia
Australia has finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook Inc and Google pay its media outlets for news content. This is a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism that has been strongly opposed by the internet giants. Read Also: Facebook And Its Gimmicks In Suppressing The Truth Always Under the laws to go to […]
Police Won’t Tolerate Another Round Of Protest – IG
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has said that police will not tolerate another round of End SARS protest in the country. The IG, who was in Anambra to inspect the level of damage done on police facilities in the state, charged men of the state police command to ensure that any further protest […]
We Can’t Reduce Flights’ Ticket Price – Ministry Of Aviation
The Ministry of Aviation has weighed in on the increase in the cost of flight tickets in the country. Passengers have been lamenting about the recent increase in flight tickets. Dr James Odaudu, Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, told Newsmen that the ministry does not have the power to fix ticket prices for […]
COVID-19 Vaccination Begins In UK
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Tuesday confirmed that the United Kingdom has commenced vaccination against COVID-19. Britain is the first country in the world to grant emergency use of the vaccine. Read Also: UK Is First Country To Approve COVID-19 Vaccine The vaccine was produced by United States pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech. ‘Today […]
Lagos Starts Review Of Obas, Chiefs Law
Lagos State Government has commenced a stakeholders’ meeting on the Review of the Obas and Chiefs of Lagos State Law, 2015. It was organised by the Ministry of Justice’s Directorate of Legislative Drafting. At the state secretariat on Monday, the Director, Aderinsola Olarenwaju, said the legislation was due for an update. Read Also: Lagos State […]
#EndSARS Promoters Sue CBN
Some #EndSARS promoters whose bank accounts were frozen by the apex bank have dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to court over the freezing of their bank accounts. Reports say that fourteen out of the twenty campaigners filed a motion through their team of lawyers led by human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, […]
Tinubu Meets Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero
The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has paid a courtesy visit to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu hosted Bayero during a courtesy call at his Bourdillon residence in Ikoyi, Lagos State over the weekend. The meeting was disclosed via Tinubu’s official Twitter handle. At the time of filing […]
Almajiri Are Not Nigerians – Gov Ganduje
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday, insisted that most Quranic education school pupils, popularly known as Almajiri, who roam the streets in the Northern part of Nigeria, are not Nigerians. Ganduje said this while declaring open a three-day retreat organised by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Kano. Read Also: PDP Accuses […]
PDP Reps Call For Buhari’s Impeachment
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on members of the Green Chamber, to begin impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for gross incompetence and persistence breach of Nigeria constitution. In a statement released on Sunday by its leader, Kingsley Chinda, the caucus called on Nigerians to call on […]
NAF Graduates 204 Special Forces, Combat/Rescue Personnel
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated a new batch of Special Forces (SF) and Combat Search and Rescue Personnel (CSAR) as part of efforts to tackle Nigeria’s internal security challenges. The graduation ceremony which took place on Saturday at the Regiment Training Centre (RTC) Annex, Bauchi has nine officers, 153 airmen/airwomen and 41 personnel for […]
Ghana Begins Presidential, Parliamentary Elections
Ghanaians are voting today in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The poll is being conducted under strict COVID-19 protocols. Around 17 million voters are on the register to cast their ballots. The Electoral Commission says voting will end at 1700 GMT. Read Also: Nigerian Traders In Ghana Raise Alarm Over Shops Closure Counting will be […]