President Bola Tinubu has directed operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) to vacate the Lagos headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. There had been pandemonium within the vicinity of the EFCC office when men of the DSS reportedly barricaded access into the office area. It was gathered…
Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her…
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose…
Ahead of May 29th inauguration for the second term in office, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has unveiled his new official portrait. In a statement released on Sunday and signed by his media adviser, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, the new portrait, which is expected to be hung in all government and non-government offices across…
… Asks LASG to issue certificate of occupancy As his adminsitration windsdown in less than 24 hours, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the control of Obalende Eid Prayer Ground be returned to the Lagos Jama’atul Muslimeen Council of the Lagos Central Mosque. Buhari gave this approval on Sunday when the report of a Special…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election, according to unofficial data from state-run Anadolu Agency, in a tense run-off after he failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes required for an outright victory in the first round on May 14. With 97 percent of ballot boxes opened, Erdogan received 52.1 percent of…
FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday 29th, 2023, work free for all workers in the country, to commemorate the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President and vice president of the nation’s 16th democratically elected president and vice president. The declaration was made by the Hon. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni…
The Lagos state government has declared Monday, 29 May as work free day for the inauguration of the state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for second term in office. This was contained in a memo released by the state head of service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola on Friday. Details later…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to stop the swearing-in of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), as Nigeria’s president. With 8,794,726 votes, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu the winner of the presidential poll held on February 25. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/…
