by OLATUNJI QUADRI Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced the approval of N1 billion seed capital for tourism to drive new growth in the hospitality business in the State. The Governor also granted a three-year waiver on penalty for those that defaulted the payment of land use charge from 2017. He also […]
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by OLATUNJI QUADRI The Lagos State Government has appealed to Muslim faithful in the State to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir on a low-key in order to abide by the existing guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19 spread among residents. The Government also noted that the religious rites of slaughtering of animals will be carried out through […]
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by OLATUNJI QUADRI Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to residents of the State to exercise patience and bear the discomfort that will be experienced from the six-month partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge, which starts Friday (tomorrow) evening. Sanwo-olu spoke on Thursday while receiving the new Sector Commander of the Federal […]
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by OLATUNJI QUADRI The quest for international recognition of Yoruba ethnic group for self-determination received a boost as it emerged as the 45th member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). The Leader of the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Prof. Banji Akintoye made the disclosure in an online television monitored by our correspondent. With the […]
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By Olatunji Quadri The leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly had directed all other 39 members to go on compulsory COVID-19 test to ascertain their statuses. The House was made up of 40 members before the sudden death of Hon Tunde Braimoh on Friday 10th July, due to COVID-19 complications. This was contained in […]
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By Ifemosun Adesanya The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Ibrahim Magu without delay. The party said that Magu’s indictment reinforces its position that the war against corruption by the EFCC, under the administration of President Buhari, has […]
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Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, the Federal Government has declared. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for […]
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Not since the display of energy and passion by Duro Ladipo as Sango at Koso, Kola Ogunmola as Lanke Omu in Palmwine Drinkard, Sonni Otti as Danda in Danda, Jimi Solanke as Overamwhen Nogbaisi in Overamwhen Nogbaisi or Columbus Irosanga [not in his role as powerful chief priest Igbudu in the 2003 Nollywood blockbuster movie […]
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Casanova Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of the Niger Delta, has been caught in his desire to test his raw sexual vitality on a no-nonsense Port Harcourt superwoman. This man, who always wants to occupy the place of the triumphalist, is today at the centre of a career-destroying storm of sexual indiscretion. Discourses around sexual predators […]
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By Ifemosun Adesanya The Federal Government has announced plans to review the operations of some of its embassies overseas. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, made this disclosure at a forum in Abuja on Wednesday. Onyeama said that the review became necessary due to the dwindling resources presently and the harsh socioeconomic realities caused by […]
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