The Legendary Scottish actor who was first to embody the iconic fictional character of Spy James Bond and Ian Fleming’s suave novelist, Sean Connery is dead. Sean who was the first to bring the role of James Bond to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers […]
Month: October 2020
Stella Chima, Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday night lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect. A statement by the Information and Strategy Commissioner, Gbenga Omotoso, on Saturday said the curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests has […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered all civil servants from every grades level to resume work on Monday. Sanwo-Olu had told the civil servants from grade 1-12 to stay at home since the partial reopening due to COVID-19 in order to checkmate the spread of the virus. COVID-19 cases […]
US forces on Saturday rescued an American citizen taken hostage by armed men earlier this week in Niger and held in northern Nigeria, the Pentagon said. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage […]
Inspector-General of Police cried out of frustration over the problems of the Nigeria Police Force, while another threw his phone at the wall out of anger at the constant interference by politicians. These were some revelations by retired Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, who served as the police imagemaker at […]
The Governor of Osun state, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has approved the new minimum wage for its state workers. Embargo on annual salary increment, promotion and conversion has also been lifted. The governor made this known via his official Twitter page on Friday. “I’m delighted to announce that the implementation of […]
…I am law abiding citizen – Son Stella Chima, Lagos The Family of Femi Abogun has appealed to Nigerians that their son was not involved in any brutality by operative of the disbanded police outfit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on innocent people. The family reacting to a story making the […]
Kemi Aweda, Osogbo The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has said, while Osun State was caved out of Oyo State in 1991, Iwo should have been considered to be the state capital. The Monarch said this while he paid courtesy visit to Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi in his palace […]
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday cleared NYSC, Osun State for reopening orientation camp on November 10. A statement by the State Coordinator of National Youth Services Corps, Mr Ayodele Adegoke said officials of NCDC led by Dr Adeagbo Omolola inspected the orientation camp situated at Ede […]
President of the Confederation of African Football, (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a statement on CAF’s website, the CAF president arrived Egypt on Wednesday, October 18, he presented a mild flu symptoms and submitted to the COVID-19 protocol. The statement said the test result came […]