Submit to EFCC, Ortom advises Yahaya Bello

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up…

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Ex-Gambian VP leads ECOWAS election observers to Togo

The Economic Community of West African States has dispatched 40 observers to oversee the legislative and regional elections in Togo scheduled for April 29, 2024. The regional bloc announced this in a statement on Sunday. Led by former Gambian Vice-President Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, the observers include ambassadors, representatives from ECOWAS institutions, civil society members, media professionals,…

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Rivers LG chairmen seek court, police protection

Local Government chairmen in Rivers State have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order compelling the  Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Services to provide adequate security for their lives and property. The LG chairmen, in fresh originating summons filed before the court, alleged a…

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Nigeria not ripe for state police, says Ogun monarch

The Eselu of Iselu kingdom, in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has said that the country is currently in dire need of genuine democracy and not state police, as being clamoured for by Nigerians. Furthermore, Oba Akinyemi urged President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with those agitating for the Yoruba…

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Ministry empowers 50 widows in Lagos

No fewer than 50 widows were empowered at the 2023 edition of the Widows Support Programme held in Lagos State on Saturday. The programme was organised by His Heavenly Light Ministries. The convener and chief host, Reverend Cecelia Onitiri, cautioned against taking advantage of widows. Onitiri, who lamented cases of organising empowerment programmes to deceive…

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General hospital gets blood bank fridge donation

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Kay Farms Products Limited, Chief Kayode Rotimi Williams, has donated a blood bank refrigerator and 10 units of air conditioners to the General Hospital, Somolu, Lagos. The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Babalola Ogungbemile, together with the management staff while receiving the items from Williams last week at the…

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Lagos to review land-grabbing law

The Lagos State government has noted that land-grabbing laws in the state will be reviewed to meet new realities. The Coordinator at the Lagos State Special Task Force, Shomade Rukayat, said this while receiving the Lagos Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Public Petitions. The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr. Babajide Martins,…

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