Obaseki Orders Police to Protect #EndSARS Protesters in Edo

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The Vice President, Mr Kashim Shettima, has charged the National Assembly to continue to cooperate with the executive arm of government, noting that governance is a collective responsibility and not a personal endeavour. He said this at the retreat for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly last Friday at the Four Points by Sheraton, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Mr Shettima said the administration of President Ahmed Tinubu was committed to safeguarding Nigeria’s democracy and maintaining the fraternal bond between the two arms of government. He described the composition of the federal government as well as

By Bliss Okperan The early morning fire that gutted a part of the Supreme Court complex in Abuja has been blamed on an electrical malfunction. The Director of Information of the apex court, Mr Festus Akande, said this on Monday morning when he appeared on Arise Television’s breakfast programme, The Morning Show. According to him, preliminary investigation showed that the fire was triggered by an electrical fault, playing down rumours that the Supreme Court was attacked by arsonists. Attention is on the apex court over the outcome of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 15, 2023. The Appeal Court

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The 12-year-old boy with missing intestines, Adebola Akin-Bright, who has been receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has died. Adebola died on Tuesday evening, according to reports. He was to be flown abroad for an intestine transplant to get him back to normal before he breathed his last today. Adebola had surgery at a private hospital in the Alimosho area of the state known as Obitoks Medical Centre, but it was later discovered that his intestines were missing. The Lagos State House of Assembly had on Tuesday asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to

By Bliss Okperan The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has announced the immediate closure of the popular spare parts market, Ladipo Market, over an “unhygienic environment.” In a statement on Friday, the waste management agency said it shut down the market due to the unwholesome environmental practices by traders who refused to pay for waste services alongside the poor waste management. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market would remain closed until the mandatory conditions of redress have been met by traders and market stakeholders. “It is imperative that markets in

By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has lamented the debt of $4 billion owed to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by international oil companies (IOCs). This was made known by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the State House, Abuja. He explained that statutorily, the IOCs were required to provide 3 per cent of their annual budgets to the commission as their contribution to its funding, but none of the IOCs had paid so far. He said, “All the international oil

By Modupe Gbadeyanka She Leads Africa has opened applications for the 2017 She Leads Africa Accelerator, a 3-month program designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest entrepreneurs. SLA’s 2017 Accelerator will take place in 4 locations across Nigeria – Abuja, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, and Kaduna. The 2017 Accelerator will consist of 1 week residencies in the four locations where entrepreneurs will receive training from the SLA team and business leaders and experts. During these residencies, entrepreneurs will be focused on business strategy, growth, marketing, finance and distribution. They will also receive a host of

Haiti, the poorest Caribbean country in the world, is celebrating the 13th anniversary of the 2010 earthquake of 7.0 magnitude, which precisely occurred on January 12, 2010, leaving its capital Port-au-Prince devastated. Haiti is the first black country that has gained its independence since 1804, according to world history. The 2010 earthquake broke the country’s capital city and other cities nearby. More than 200,000 Haitian citizens were killed, and their bodies were found in the streets and under collapsed homes, according to records. Former Haitian President René Garcia Préval, who died in 2017, was not inside the Haitian Presidential Palace

By Modupe Gbadeyanka No fewer than 35 journalists from Africa and Europe have been pencilled down for honours at the maiden edition of the Migration Media Award. The 35 journalists were chosen from 16 countries for their journalistic excellence in reporting on migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The winning entries feature fact-based and impartial reporting on the complexity of migration, its many challenges and opportunities. An international jury, composed of reputable senior journalists, evaluated over 120 applications for the four categories of video, print, online or radio in the English, French or Arabic languages. The 12 first-prize winners come from

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian national Rugby team will play in the 2020 Olympic qualifying matches, Rugby Africa has confirmed. The qualifiers will take place from November 9 – 10, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa and will allow one of the participating teams to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in 2020. The participating teams are: Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Zambia, Tunisia, Senegal, Morocco, Namibia, Ghana, Botswana, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. Nigeria was confirmed for the November competition as a result of her superb performance at the Africa North regional 7s tournament in Cote d’Ivoire and a

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel Commercial banks operating in Nigeria expended an estimated sum of N298.1 million on print advertisements in July 2021, an analysis by P+ Measurement Services, an independent media intelligence and evaluation service provider, has revealed. The estimation, according to the reputable organisation, was based on a sample size of 22 Nigerian lenders in the period under consideration. According to the report, the total amount was invested in print media publications on various traditional and soft-sell publications across the country. The media performance report sampled and highlighted Nigerian banks and their Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) with most media prominence

By Modupe Gbadeyanka An internet fraudster, Mr Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, has been given an option to pay a fine of N250,000 or spend the next nine months in prison. Mr Adelakun was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretext and pleaded guilty to the charges. “That you, Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, sometime in August 2020, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession email correspondence titled Credit Alert Transactions, wherein you falsely represented yourself as Alvine International

It’s been a mixed season for Manchester United but there is still a chance that the Red Devils will end the campaign with some major silverware. Having briefly led at the top of the Premier League table, United have slipped back while bitter rivals Manchester City have established a big lead. The EPL title may be gone but United can now focus on the Europa League. Thanks to the misfortune of another English club, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have a clearer path to the trophy. Spurs Slip Up Tottenham Hotspur had been favourites to win the Europa League for some