January 2021

REHABILITATION: FG TO SHUT 3RD MAINLAND BRIDGE FOR 3 DAYS

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The federal government has announced plans for the total shutdown of the third mainland bridge for three days to allow for ongoing rehabilitation works on the bridge. Federal controller of works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola who announced this, explained that the closure is to allow for repairs of the delicate expansion joints …

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IGP VOWS TO APPREHEND CRIMINALS WHO BURNT IGBOHO’S HOUSE

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has said policemen have been detailed to fish out the suspects responsible for burning the house of a Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho in the Soka area of Ibadan State, Oyo State. Adamu who disclosed this while innaugurating a building project at the Senior Police …

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NYSC EXEMPTS CORPS MEMBERS FROM BORNO CAMP

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA 2020 Batch A corps members posted to Borno State have been exempted from Orientation Camp. The National Youth Service Corps announced this in a tweet without giving a reason for the decision. Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, had in a statement said the 2020 Batch A corps members …

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BREAKING: FIGHT BREAKS OUT AT REPS PIB PUBLIC HEARING

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Room 028, the venue of the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB has been thrown into pandemonium following a fight by some attendants. The fight broke out exactly 12:10 pm when the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on PIB, Hon. Mohammed Monguno who had been moderating the proceedings called the host …

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FEC APPROVES N9.4BN FOR POWER, ROAD PROJECTS

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The federal executive council has approved a total of n9.4 billion for various projects including power and road. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting presided over by president Muhammadu Buhari at the state house in Abuja, the minister of industry, trade and investment, Niyi Adebayo also revealed that federal executive council …

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COVID-19 VIOLATORS FACE IMPRISONMENT AS BUHARI SIGNS REGULATIONS

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA President, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the coronavirus disease health protection 2021, which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail spread of covid-19. The chairman of the presidential task force on covid-19, boss Mustapha, told journalists in Abuja on that the president signed the document on …

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INSECURITY: WE’RE IN STATE OF EMERGENCY, BUHARI TELLS NEW SERVICE CHIEFS

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA President Muhammad Buhari has told the new service chiefs that the country was in the state of emergency. President Buhari also said it has not been easy to fulfill the promises he made to Nigerians in the year 201, which were to secure the country, revive the economy, and fight corruption. Buhari also …

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GOVERNOR ORTOM TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has tested positive for covid-19. A statement by his chief press secretary, Terver Akase today says that the governor’s result turned positive after a close aide also returned positive in the last few weeks. He noted that the governor did not show any symptoms of the disease …

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HERDSMEN CRISIS: OYO DEPLOYS 200 AMOTEKUN OPERATIVES IN IBARAPA LAND

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Oyo State government has deployed 200 operatives of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun in Ibarapa local government area of the state. Of late, there has been crisis between Ibarapa indigenes and Fulani herdsmen. The headsmen were accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of …

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BREAKING: HOUSE WILL PASS PIB INTO LAW IN APRIL — GBAJABIAMILA

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has reiterated the commitment of the parliament to passing the petroleum industry bill, into law in April this year. The speaker gave the assurance while making his remarks at the public hearing organized by the ad-hoc committee of the house on petroleum industry bill currently ongoing. He, …

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