By Sunday Akintoye Three persons have lost their lives and several others have gone missing after a truck fell off the Berger bridge into the Epe river in Lagos State. The Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to Channels Television on […]
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Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned Germany’s ambassador, Hans-Udo Muzel, to “strongly protest ” against comments made on social media condemning the execution of professional wrestler Navid Afkari. Navid Afkari had been arrested and charged with murder in 2018. The young athlete claimed his confession was obtained under torture. Tehran executed the 27-year-old […]
By Kunle Adedoyin The Federal Government has assured that it has no plan to sell the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, following a temporary shut down of the facility. Amina Othman, Head, Public Communications at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), in statement on Tuesday, said the facility would only […]
By Danladi Alhassan President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of Bashir Abubakar, his Chief Security Officer (CSO) and accepted a replacement. Abubakar was the president’s CSO until this week when he was ordered to proceed on an immediate “strategic course” at a university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presidency sources […]
By Kunle Adedoyin The federal government has launched an app, REPORTGOV, in its quest to further enhance the ease of doing business in Nigeria. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, who launched the app in Lagos, said that the app will ensure adequate access to information which is […]
By Danladi Alhassan The Federal Government has inaugurated the inter-ministerial Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC-2019) with a view to coordinating activities leading to the inauguration of the president on May 29. Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) at the inauguration stated that in line with […]
By Danladi Alhassan President Muhammadu Buhari has set up two committees to take care of the inauguration and transition into his new administration on May 29. The Inauguration Committee in charge of the swearing-in ceremony is chaired by the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha while Vice President […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has engaged the assistance of anti-graft agencies, financial institutions and other similar agencies in the country to assist in tracking campaign finances of political parties and their candidates. The agencies are: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Central Bank of […]
Babatunde Fashola, SAN, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has said his ministry has no record of the alleged contractors and companies that collected money for electricity projects and failed to execute any projects. Fashola, in response to the Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project […]
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