The defendants, identified as Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka, were set free by Magistrate Bolanle Osunsanmi, after being cautioned. The defendants were discharged after pleading guilty to a single amended charge brought against them by the Lagos State Government. The charge, dated August 22, 2024, accused them […]
NAFDAC said in a press statement on Wednesday that it acted “on a tip-off” about the potentially hazardous cargo. According to the agency, the edible oil had been transferred into the tanker trucks from a designated edible oil storage facility to transport the product in violation of regulatory standards. Worried about its health implications, NAFDAC […]
Fuel queues have resurfaced in several parts of Lagos as scarcity ofpetroleum hit Nigeria’s commercial centre. It was learnt that in some areas of the state, motorists were spotted inthe queues that snaked into the streets. The development causedgridlock around filling stations. A litre of the product now sells for between N800-N1,000 in some fillingstations, […]
Adeleke who made the donation during a thanksgiving service held atthe church’s headquarters in Surulere, Lagos, said he made thedonation to the church’s centenary endowment fund in honour ofEsther Adeleke, his mother. Esther Adeleke was the senior mother-in-Israel at the church before shepassed on. The position is currently held by Module Adeleke Sanni, the Osungovernor’s […]
This is contained in a statement signed by the Scheme’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, last night. The Director General of the NYSC, Yusha’u Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja , adding that the illegal graduates would be prosecuted accordingly. He said of the 54, nineteen of them initially registered online for mobilization, […]
The Islamic Republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for the swearing-in of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel has not commented. Iran has vowed to avenge the death, which came hours after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed a senior commander of Hezbollah, […]
In a statement, Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu challenged anyone with credible evidence to present contrary facts, describing any suggestion that the National Assembly fixes its salaries as uncharitable and satanic. Adaramodu, who represents Ekiti South Senatorial Distric,t in the 10th NASS said the red chamber only receives the salary allocated to it by the Revenue […]
NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS. She condemned the alleged misconduct, saying […]
The anti-racism demonstrations had passed off almost entirely peacefully after police flooded the streets of numerous English towns and cities and reiterated violence by suspected far-right agitators would not be tolerated. It follows a week of near-nightly riots — during which mosques and migrant-related facilities have been attacked — nationwide and in Northern Ireland. The […]
It said the destruction was done during an operation by troops of the Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe. The Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, . Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and sent to newsmen. Danjuma said the feat is the outcome […]