Ramoni Segun Remi

A lone accident at Malo, Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Tuesday left 12 people burnt to death, leaving four others sustaining injuries. The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday. READ ALSO Buhari, Jonathan, governors pass […]

The Ogun government has stated that it was not notified before the order which granted Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd, a Chinese company, the right to seize Nigeria’s presidential jets. A Paris court recently ordered the seizure of three jets belonging to the Nigerian government over a dispute involving an arbitration award in favour […]

READ ALSO Kogi poll: Supreme Court reserves judgment in appeal filed by SDP’s Ajaka Northern governors salute IBB at 83 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has printed 184,438 permanent voter cards (PVC) for voters in Edo state ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold September 21. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made […]

READ ALSO UNICEF enrols 1,000 out-of-school children in Kaduna Ogun REC dies after INEC meeting in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a businessman, Ayodele Toyosi, before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja, for allegedly defrauding some people of N600,150,000 and $50,000. Toyosi was arraigned along with his two companies, Reaprite […]

The presidency said it cut down the budget for the upcoming 29th edition of the conference of parties (COP29) by N10 billion. The climate change meeting will be hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22. READ ALSO Defense ministry seeks deeper research ties with Walter Reed Shettima seeks stronger economic, social ties with […]

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has unveiled a recapitalisation grant for 37,000 women petty traders across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory FCT). Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Abuja, on Thursday, she said 1,000 women across each state and the FCT will get N50,000, totalling N1.85 billion as part of her […]

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Malam Shehu Mohammed, has ordered immediate clampdown on transportation of inflammable substances like petroleum products across the country. Mohammed said this in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Corps Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide on Friday in Abuja. READ ALSO Police promotes eight CPs, 15 DCPs, […]

The African Editors Forum (TAEF) condemned troubling deterioration of press freedom by military authorities in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. In a statement signed by its President Churchill Otieno on Sunday, the forum said it observed a troubling resurgence and intensification of repression of the media in the three Sahel countries. READ ALSO CPJ, RSF […]

The federal government has said that it plans to construct a super grid as one of the ways to address the recurring collapses of the country’s power grid. The media aide to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, said in a statement that the minister Adebayo Adelabu, made this known in China where he attended […]

Parents of students attending Lagos Model Colleges have demanded the reversal of a recent 200 percent increase in boarding fees. The Chairman of the Parents’ Forum of Lagos Model Colleges, Surv. Dapo Dawodu raised the alarm on Saturday during the Forum’s meeting in Lagos and threatened to keep their children at home until the fee […]