British special forces are guarding the newly-married Duke and Duchess of Sussex with sub-machine guns amid fears that the royal couple could be targeted by the Taliban. The threat is believed to be directly linked to comments that former soldier,…
Buhari chides SGF for not inviting Orubebe to democracy lecture (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday faulted the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for not inviting a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsay Orubebe, to the 2018 Democracy Day Lecture. Orubebe had during the release…
Sit-at-home: Police, IPOB trade words (SUN)
Anambra Police Command and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have engaged in war of words following May 30 sit-at-home order by the group. While the police insisted that IPOB, as a proscribed organisation, lacked the legitimacy to declare a…
Falz, abeg who send you message? – Abiodun Kuforiji Nkwocha
5th of May 2018 “Bros, you see that video Childish Gambino drop? Tight AF!” “Men, boys dey think o! That guy hammer big time.” “Azzin ehn. But come o. Falz, you fit do something like this na. As in…
* Our achievements in 3-yrs divinely-inspired – Ambode (SUN) * Lagos shuts Schools for Children’s Day, Midterm Break (Leadership)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 28, 2018 Our achievements in 3-yrs divinely-inspired – Ambode (SUN) Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Sunday, attributed the remarkable achievements recorded by his administration in the last three years in all sectors…
FG withdrawal of $1bn from ECA: South South govs demand 13% derivation (SUN)
South South governors want the Federal Government to pay 13 percent derivation (of the $1 billion, sourced from the Excess Crude Account, to fight insurgency,) to oil-producing states of the Federation. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, led the charge when…
Presidency hits Obasanjo over Fayose, Ladoja, Obi (Nation)
The Presidency yesterday attacked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, especially under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for “toppling” elected state governments, using the police and the secret service. In an article to commemorate the third anniversary of the Buhari Presidency…
Saraki, Tambuwal, other nPDP leaders meet, divided on defection, new party (Punch)
The former Chairman of the now defunct New People’s Democratic Party bloc within the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday, unveiled a list of prominent aggrieved members of the APC, who attended a meeting of the nPDP, where…
Children’s Day: Nigerian children ‘re innovative, energetic says Osinbajo (Vanguard)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said that Nigerian Children are special, innovative and energetic and have what it takes to give the country a great future. The Vice President stated this while speaking to State House correspondents immediately after the…
* Celebrating Lagos at 51 (Vanguard) * Children’s Day: Fidelity Bank, FRSC, others fortify children against molestation (NewTelegraph)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MAY 27, 2018 Celebrating Lagos at 51 (Vanguard) Exactly a year ago, Lagos State turned 50. Nigerians came out in larger numbers to participate in the one-year long celebration of the coming of age of…