The Lagos State Safety Commission has said it sealed lounges and night clubs in Ikeja over the lack of compliance which is part of its 2022 Zero Accident Campaign (ZAC). The Director General/CEO, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, stated in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that ZAC is determined to ensure that…
A 45,000-litre petrol tanker exploded on Tuesday, setting SAO Petrol Station on fire at Falana, Challenge area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred when the tanker was offloading it’s fuel content to the underground storage tank of the station. NAN Correspondent, who visited the scene, gathered…
The Lagos State Government and transportation stakeholders have signed a consolidated levy of N800 for the informal transport sector. Speaking at the signing ceremony and ticket unveiling at Ikeja on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Olowo, said that there was need for the harmonised levy. Olowo said the harmonisation was necessary in order…
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has reintroduced the Meter Asset Providers (MAP) Scheme to enable customers purchase prepaid meters directly without delays, The Informant247. The electricity Distribution Company made the announcement in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday. It said: “In line with our efforts to close the metering gap within our…
Ekiti Government has announced a new date of Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 for the examination for job seekers who obtained forms advertised through its Local Government Service Commission,(LGSC). The Director of Employment and Posting of EKLGSC, Mrs Adewumi Fawekun, gave the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in…
The Chairman of Ikole Local Government Area (LGA) in Ekiti, Mr Sola Olominu, has warned youths in the state to stop engaging in political thuggery as the forthcoming state governorship poll approaches. Olominu, who gave the warning on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole-Ekiti, said that youths were…
The Ogun State Police command has confirmed the abduction of two staff of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) around Isara on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway end of Ogun State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, the State capital, said the…
Two persons on Monday died in a road accident which occurred at 7.00 a.m. on the Oyo-Ibadan Expressway, 3km to Ojoo in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Uche Chukwurah confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) on Sunday, said it rehabilitated 524 roads in 2021 and was targeting rehabilitation of additional 600 in 2022. Spokesman of the corporation, Mr Samuel Ayetutu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the over 1,000 roads were fixed between June 2019 and December 2021….
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says his administration has disbursed N7.5 million revolving loans to 52 widows of fallen heroes in the state. Akeredolu announced this at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at the Cenotaph, Alagbaka, Akure, on Saturday. The governor said the gesture was to assist the widows of the fallen…
No fewer than 2,195,779 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Lagos as at Jan.12, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said. Abayomi disclosed this on Saturday through his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi while giving the state’s Vaccination Update. According to him, 1,026,144 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were administered as…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has said that his administration will continue to sustain participatory, inclusive and people-centered governance for the socio-economic development of the state. Oyetola said this during an engagement programme organised by the state’s Civic Engagement Centre on Saturday in Coker/Boredun town, Obokun Local Government Area of the state. Represented by his…
Oyo State Government says it has trained no fewer than 30 healthcare workers on Haemodialysis toward preventing renal complications, kidney injuries and deaths. Prof. Temitope Alonge, the Chairman, Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, made this known on Friday at a three-day training/workshop on Haemodialysis held at the State Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo in Ibadan. The…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo on Friday sentenced a 47-year-old man, Olaniyan Ashimolowo, to four years imprisonment for defrauding a woman of N420,000. The Magistrate, Mrs Olajumoke Somefun, noted that all evidence in court proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty of the charges. Somefun, thereafter, sentenced Ashimolowo, who had pleaded…
A transporter, Oluwaniyi Olajire, on Friday begged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his marriage, citing his wife’s promiscuous habit. In the petition, Olajire, who resides in Onikoro-Akobo area in Ibadan also alleged that his wife dresses provocatively. ”I have been a good husband. I have provided my wife with all the necessary…
Jimoh Abdulsalam, Counsel to some chiefs in Oko Community, Oyo State, on Thursday, disagreed with the Inspector-General of Police over terrorism charge filed against his clients. Abdulsalam vehemently opposed to the move by counsel to the police, Orji Kalu, to arraign the defendants before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on charges…
The governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has hinted that the design for Ikare/Okerigbo-Akungba road dualisation by the state government is ready. Akeredolu disclosed this on Thursday when the members of the Akungba Development Union led by the Alale Of Akungba Kingdom, Oba Isaac Adeyeye, paid him a courtesy visit in Akure. The governor, who…
President Muhammad Buhari has described Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun as the ‘‘performing Governor of Nigeria’s Gateway State,’’ saying he has made the All Progressive Congress proud. Buhari, who gave the accolade while addressing residents of the state, during his one-day official visit to the state where he commissioned some landmark projects constructed by…
The Ogun Government has advised teachers in the public primary schools to simplify their teaching techniques by making use of simple illustrations and diagrams for easy assimilation of knowledge. The Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB), Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, made the call on Wednesday, during a monitoring tour of some primary schools in Abeokuta…
A former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, is dead. Alao Akala dies at the age of 71 on Wednesday. Akala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was a former governor of the state, between 2007 and 2011. He was also a deputy governor under former governor, Rashidi Ladoja between 2003 and…
