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LAGOS Lagos State government says the ban placed on un-authorized modes of movement of animals, especially live cattle, across the State still subsists, stressing that persons found culpable in this act will be prosecuted. Commissioner for Agriculture, Oluwatoyin Suarau, stated this at the weekend while reviewing reports of animal transportation and stray animals. Suarau noted […]
COURT The long arm of the law has caught up with a 58-year-old man, Franklin Adeyanju who has been ordered to be remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter. Adeyanju, a politician, who resides at 24, Tijani Street, Dopemu, a suburb of Ikeja, Lagos is being tried for defilement. The […]
TEACHERS Liberian President George Weah’s request for over six thousand teachers from Nigeria has received the commendation of the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria. Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of TRCN, Prof. Segun Ajiboye, told newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend, that the statement by Weah was a welcome development. Prof Ajiboye who […]
LASSA FEVER More than one thousand one hundred and twenty one cases of the disease have so far been recorded in 18 states with over one hundred and ten fatalities. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known yesterday on the sidelines of reports of the prohibitive cost of treating Lassa fever which is said […]
U.S SECRETARY United States Secretary of State, Mr Rex Tillerson, is expected in Nigeria today for his first official visit. According to a press Advisory from the U.S. Embassy, Tillerson would hold talks with President Muhammadu Buhari tomorrow. During the meeting, both men are expected to discuss counter terrorism efforts and humanitarian issues in Nigeria’s […]
OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian leaders to work together to tackle the incessant violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen across the country. He said the continued violence and insurgency required collaboration and collective urgent attention, stressing that tackling security challenges must begin from the roots to permanently secure solution. According to […]
ITALY Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups in record numbers. With votes counted from more than 75 percent of polling stations, it looked almost certain that none of the three main factions would be able […]
DANGOTE The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend when the renowned businessman, Aliko DANGOTE donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, first of such in the northern part of the country. Christened Dangote Business School, the business mogul disclosed that talks are […]
SPORTS Retired basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, once the toast of Los Angeles for the Lakers ,is now a Hollywood A-lister with an Oscar. Nearly two years after leaving the NBA, the 39-year-old Bryant won the Academy Award for best animated short yesterday for “Dear Basketball,” a collaboration with artist Glen Keane and legendary composer John […]
SARAKI Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, said yesterday he was confident that National Assembly would pass Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, Bill into law this week. The bill seeking to make NFIU autonomous was passed by the Senate in July but it had since been delayed at the House of Representatives. President of the Nigerian […]
