Lagos vigilante shoots passerby dead (Punch) The police in Lagos have arrested a local security guard, Sikiru Omotayo, for allegedly shooting dead a passerby he suspected to be a thief. Omotayo, who was said to be one of the…
*Why gridlock persists on Lagos-Ibadan highway – FRSC (DailyTrust) *Waterways security: Sanwo-Olu commissions new police command at Ilashe (Nation)
Why gridlock persists on Lagos-Ibadan highway – FRSC (DailyTrust) As the Lagos-Ibadan expressway gridlock worsens with motorists spending close to four hours within Lagos and Mowe in Ogun State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has blamed impatience on the…
*DPR seals off 4 illegal gas plants in Lagos (Guardian) *Missing child: Mob kills policeman, sets church ablaze in Ondo (Punch)
DPR seals off 4 illegal gas plants in Lagos (Guardian) The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed off four Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants, over non-compliance and illegal operations in Lagos. Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil…
Dare urges Rohr to support Nigerian coaches (DailyTrust)
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has urged the Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr to work with local coaches in developing the Nigeria Professional Football League. The minister who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja…
We can’t win all competitions, NFF tells minister (NewTelegraph)
The Nigeria Football Federation has told the Minister of Sports Sunday Dare that it is impossible to win all the competitions the country enters. The minister had expressed disappointment regarding the sliding fortunes of Nigerian football teams in international competitions…
Sports minister queries NFF over national teams’ dismal performances (DailyTrust)
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has demanded a written explanation from the Nigeria Football Federation following the inglorious exit of national teams from football tournaments. He made this known on Monday in a meeting that…
Dare talks tough, says no federation bigger than sports ministry (DailyTrust)
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has asserted his ministry’s authority in supervising the country’s sporting federations declaring that no sports federation is bigger than the supervisory ministry. He stated this while receiving the reports from the…
NYSC members will enjoy new minimum wage’ (Nation)
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has confirmed that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will enjoy the new minimum wage of N30,000. Read Also: FEC directs minimum wage arrears’ payment on or before Dec…
Dare targets successful outing at 2020 Olympics (Punch)
Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, says all efforts must be on deck to ensure that Nigeria have a successful outing at the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo. Nigeria had an abysmal performance at the 2016 Games in Brazil,…