The police in Jigawa have arrested a 25-year-old herder, who allegedly trespassed into a farmland and destroyed crops worth N200,000, at Takatsaba village, Suletankarkar Local Government Area of the state. ASP Lawan Shiisu, the command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Dutse on Thursday. Shiisu said…
Niger Delta stakeholders have decried Federal Government’s silence on the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) after over one month of its submission. Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by the Social Development Integration Centre (Social Action), yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, they said President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence on the…
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has charged the force’s mobile squadron commanders to be neutral during the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. At a maiden meeting with them yesterday in Abuja, the IGP said election security action plan would revolve around units of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). Baba noted:…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, met President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja and sought provision of funds for those interested in setting up ranches in the state. Addressing newsmen after their meeting, Obaseki said while most states in the South had enacted laws on the anti-opening grazing ban as agreed, Edo was…
…Names a block in LSDPC building to honour a deceased civil servant Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday commissioned Bayview Estate; a 100-unit housing project in Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki area of the State. The 100-unit housing project made up of 68 terraces of four bedrooms and 32 flats of…
Trust Africa Nesw, By Ayomide Otitoju Arrangements are in top gear for the first edition of Eko on Show, a musical, fashion and cultural fiesta put together by the Lagos State Government to mark the 61st Independence Day anniversary of Nigeria. The event is scheduled to hold tomorrow Friday 15th of October, at the Muri-Okunola Okunola Park…
Top experts have offered valuable tips to organisations and businesses on survival and scale under the current harsh economic environment that has seen some companies close shop. Foremost economists and analysts including, former Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Muda Yusuf; Managing Consultant, B. Adedipe Associates Limited, Dr. Biodun Adedipe and Dr….
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has cancelled his fifth coronation anniversary to honour the late billionaire philanthropist, Captain Idahosa Okunbo, who was buried last Friday in Benin. Secretary of Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor, made the announcement on Monday evening in a statement. Irabor said: “The BTC,…
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Monday urged youths to engage more in politics to achieve a new Nigeria. Falana made the call during the 2021 Felabration Symposium, held at Ikeja, Lagos. The theme for this year’s Felabration celebration is “Viva Nigeria”. The theme was picked from late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s old…
