22 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos (Punch) No fewer than 22 suspected Internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC Head of Media…
Aregbesola urges Lagos to identify charlatans who give youths bad name
Lagos State stakeholders’ engagement on internal security and conflict resolution across the country has said charlatans among well-meaning youths should be identified to forestall their destructive activities. Top government functionaries who spoke at the event agreed that if the charlatans…
FG introduces new visa regime for UK, US, UAE, others
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced a new visa regime for citizens of the United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 148 other countries. The new visa regime, which consists of transit, business (single), business (multiple), tourism,…
Sallah: FG declares Thursday, Friday public holidays
The federal government has declared Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, 2020 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was disclosed yesterday in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Minister of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah. This…
APC should not be penalised for INEC’s ‘mistakes’ in Osun election – Aregbesola (Guardian)
The former governor of Osun State Rauf Aregbesola said the ruling All Progressives Congress should not be made to suffer for the Independent National Commission’s errors and mistakes during the Osun governorship election. An election petition tribunal last Thursday declared the candidate…
Iya Kabiru and Other Stories -Reuben Abati
“Iya Kabiru must be the luckiest woman in Nigeria today” “Who is that? I don’t know anybody so-called” “You don’t know Iya Kabiru? But you know Baba Kabiru?” “Do they know me?” “This is the problem with you. You only…
Aregbesola: I did not collect salary for 8 years as governor (Independent)
The outgoing governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola said he did not earn salaries throughout the eight years of his administration. Aregbesola disclosed this during an interactive programme tagged ‘Ogbeni Till Day Break’ on Saturday in Osogbo. The governor said since…
OsunDecides2018: Aregbesola, Omisore disagree on conduct of exercise
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has commended the large turn out of voters for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who spoke after casting his vote at 11:50 am at his Ifofin Ward 8, Unit 1 Polling Unit in…
Lagos now part of O’dua Investment Group
The six Governors of southwest region under the auspices of the Western Nigerian Governors Forum on Wednesday formally admitted Lagos State into the O’dua Investment Group with a total of 115million shares thus growing the share equity of the company…