Metro

The Lagos State government,with funding from the its Lotteries Board, on Tuesday donated a total of 30 power bikes to security agencies operating in the state, in an exercise it said was in line with the commitment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to boost security and enhance safety of lives and property. The power bikes were donated to the Police Command …

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The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged members of the House to redouble their efforts in their legislative duties in order to impact positively on the people of the state. This is as he also commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the state for his continued support to the House. In his welcome address to …

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Lagos State Government has constituted a body to convert the heaps of refuse dumped on the highways, major roads and streets of the mega city to create employment and wealth in weeks to come. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who gave this assurance over the weekend while inaugurating the new board of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), expressed optimism in …

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Folake Sokoya The combined teams of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Kaduna Police Command, all deployed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris, have Rescued the two Americans men and two Canadians, a man and a woman, kidnapped few days ago, “in fairly good health Condition” around 7: 30 am on Saturday. The victims …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Economist magazine has said an article criticizing Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, quoted and attributed to the UK-based journal by many online news platforms,for about nine months now, did not emanate from its stable. The African Editor of the magazine, Jonathan Rosenthal, made the clarification on Thursday in a statement addressed to Laolu Akande, Press Secretary/Senior Special Assistant …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government has released the sum of N288.5million as 2018 first quarter allocation to state-owned tertiary institutions. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed gave the approval for the release of the funds on Wednesday, 17 December, 2018, according to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede. The beneficiary institutions, according to the …

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Folake Sokoya The LASEMA Response Team has rescued a middle aged woman stucked in the mud under the 3rd Mainland Bridge, inward Berger Iyana Oworo at the early hours of Wednesday 17th January, 2018. This incident came  barely two weeks after a similar incident wherein a middle aged man was rescued alive by the LASEMA Response Team and other emergency …

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By Amos Odeh   More than 300 persons were on Saturday rendered homeless in Yenagoa, following fire incident that gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of Bayelsa capital.   It was gathered that the inferno, which occurred at about 2 am on Friday, also destroyed valuables worth millions of naira.   Residents of the affected area located behind the Ekeki …

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Tayo Olanipekun Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mr. Tunji Bello, has said cart pushers and wheelbarrow operators were “totally banned from Lagos streets” because their activities were “inimical to the environmental cleanliness in the state.” According to him, with the flag off of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), the state had to enforce the ban as the activities …

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Ambode’s Wife Welcomes Babies Of The Year, Showers Gifts …advises mothers to use healthcare facilities   The wife of the governor of Lagos state, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has  welcomed first babies of the year 2018 with various gift items and advised expectant mothers to justify government’s huge investment in maternal and infant health care, by staying away from quacks and …

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