January 2021

LAGOS STATE IS UNDER-POLICED – SANWO-OLU

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has admitted that the number of police officers manning Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre is inadequate for the city. While admitting that the State Government can do nothing to increase the number of police officers in the State, Governor Sanwo-Olu, however, assured that security officers will continue to …

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LAGOS IN TALKS WITH COVID VACCINE MANUFACTURERS —SANWO-OLU

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said his administration has started making contacts with Covid vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Moderna, amongst others. He said the government planned to vaccinate up to 50 per cent of the population of Lagos to develop herd immunity to the virus. The governor spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday …

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FG EXECUTING 43 ROAD PROJECTS WITHIN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ACROSS NIGERIA, SAYS FASHOLA

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde  Fashola, has stated that his ministry was currently executing 43 road projects within tertiary institutions across the country with a view to enhancing the learning environment. The Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mrs Boade Akinola,  in a statement to newsme, quoted …

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SOUTHWEST GOVERNORS, MIYETTI ALLAH MEET OVER ULTIMATUM ON FOREST RESERVES

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Southwest governors and the leadership of Miyetti Allah are set to meet today over Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s order to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves. Akeredolu had last Monday issued a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen in the forest reserves to leave the area as part of measures to curb kidnappings and banditry. SOURCE-THE NATION

NO POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE WITHOUT FACE MASK -IGP

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The inspector general of police, Muhammed Adamu, said officers and men of the Nigerian police have no reason not to wear face mask and comply with other Covid-19 protocols in the cause of their duties. Nigeria’s number one police officer disclosed this on Channels television program news light. Adamu further disclosed that as …

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EX-SUPER EAGLES GOALKEEPER ERICO DIES AT 71.

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Joe Erico, has died at 71 years old. The Nigeria football federation’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, confirmed Erico’s death on Thursday morning. A statement from the NFF quoted Erico’s family members as saying that the former assistant coach of super eagles complained of body pain and was treated for malaria, …

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WE ARE WINNING WAR AGAINST INSURGENCY, BANDITRY – MILITARY.

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The military on Thursday said the military is winning the war against insurgency and banditry as it sustains war against criminals within the country. Defence spokesman Major General John Enenche said this during a press conference in Abuja. Enenche referenced recent operations against bandits in Zamfara and Katsina as evidence of the …

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RESTRUCTURING ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS – JONATHAN

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA A former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that restructuring alone cannot solve Nigeria’s problems and cannot be done in isolation. The former president also called for the issues of nepotism, ethnic and religious bias to be addressed. He stated this on Thursday, while speaking at a dialogue on restructuring in Abuja. He …

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BUHARI RE-APPOINTS USMAN AS NPA MD, RECONSTITUTES BOARD.

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday reappointed Hadiza Usman as managing director of Nigerian ports authority for another five years. He also reconstituted the boards of the agency and that of the transmission company of Nigeria. The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed these in a statement. According …

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BUHARI DIRECTS FIRS TO ENSURE TAX PAYMENT BY FOREIGN, LOCAL FIRMS.

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA President Muhammadu Buhari today in Abuja directed the federal inland revenue services and related government agencies to plug all revenue leakages by ensuring strict compliance of tax payments by foreign companies operating in Nigeria. Buhari spoke virtually at the first national tax dialogue held at the conference hall of the state house, through …

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