The Lagos State Government has condemned the promoters of the Gangs of Lagos film over what it described as “cultural misrepresentation” as well the movie making a mockery of the Heritage of Lagos. The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed her disappointment …
Read More »Kaduna Govt reinstates 1,288 primary school teachers 10 months after sack
The Kaduna State Government has approved the reinstatement of 1,288 public primary school teachers sacked in June 2022 after the conduct of competency test. In June 2022, the Kaduna government sacked over 2,000 school teachers in the state for failing a competency test, while 165 teachers were sacked for …
Read More »Temper Justice wth mercy – Obasanjo writes UK govt over Ekweremadu’s conviction
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has waded into the legal travails of a former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in the United Kingdom over crime of conspiracy to harvest the organ of a 21-year-old Nigerian. In a letter dated April 3, 2023 and addressed to the Chief …
Read More »Kaduna students not kidnapped in school but on their way home – State govt says
The Kaduna State Government has said that eight and not ten of its students were abducted in Kachia Local Government Area of the state on Monday, April 3, and that the students kidnapped were on their way home and not in school. This was disclosed in a statement released …
Read More »Lagos Govt to repair Third Mainland Bridge On Sunday
The Lagos State Government says rehabilitation work will be carried out on the Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday, April 2 to repair bad sections of the road. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a statement on Saturday, April 1. The commissioner disclosed traffic diversion …
Read More »Disabled girl begs govt, Nigerians for support to fund varsity admission
Umar, who is a beggar in the state, made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Friday. She said her dream of going to school was about to be cut short by paucity of funds. She stated that her dream in life was …
Read More »Name and arrest those plotting an interim govt – IPAC chairman tells DSS
The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, has asked the Department of State Service (DSS) to name and apprehend those it said are behind plans to install an interim government in the country. On Wednesday, March 29, the DSS issued a statement saying it had discovered …
Read More »Plateau govt buys 5,000 egg crates to help farmers
The Plateau government said that schools, hospitals, correctional centres and orphanages in the state would be the first beneficiaries from the mop-up. The Plateau government says it has bought 5,000 crates of eggs from the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Plateau branch, to alleviate the plight of farmers due to …
Read More »INEC results: APC wins guber election in Mushin Local govt area
Here are the results from gubernatorial election held in Mushin local government as released by INECA- 106AA- 025AAC- 027ADC- 312ADP- 180APC- 52, 249APM- 045APP- 007BP- 022LP- 11, 759NNPP- 086NRM- 013PDP- 4006SDP- 016YPP- 016ZLP- 083 The post INEC results: APC wins guber election in Mushin Local govt area appeared first on Linda …
Read More »PDP beats APC in Kaduna state govt house
PDP has defeated the ruling APC in the Governorship and State Assembly elections held at two polling units situated at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna, Kaduna State. Polling Units 013 and 014 are all within the Government House premises. The PDP governorship candidate, Hon. Isa Ashiru Kudan, …
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