…visits Sanwo-Olu  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu, at the State House in Marina on a commiseration visit. It was the first time the Number One cop in the country would be visiting Lagos after a nationwide youth demonstration against human rights violations and brutality allegedly committed by the ...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the nomination of a new Chairman and Members of the Lagos State Local Government Service Commission. In a Statement, the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, stated that Mr. Governor’s approval of the new Nominees, which was in accordance with the provisions of relevant State Laws, was consequent upon ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka A Chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, has decried the system of revenue collection in Anambra State. According  to him, revenue collection in the State is characterized by touting with hoodlums parading fake authority papers and capitalizing on such papers to forcibly extort money as tolls, levies and ticketing from both commercial and ...

…warns Obiano, Umahi, others against deployment of soldiers to South-East states A civil society group, Intersociety, is strongly warning and raising the alarm on dangerous citizens’ rights, liberty, security and safety implications of what it calls “carry go” or “licensed to kill, torture and terrorize” deployment of soldiers in old Eastern Nigeria particularly in Anambra, Delta, Rivers, Enugu, Imo, Abia ...

Police have confirmed that one person has been killed and that there are six different shooting locations across Vienna in what Austria’s Interior minister believes is a terror attack. At least two people have been killed in a ‘well prepared’ terror attack in Vienna on Monday evening. Police have confirmed that there were six different shooting locations in Austria’s capital, ...

A former President of the Transcorps Nigeria Plc, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, says he is putting up N500,000 as a cash reward to 10 of the most compelling #EndSARSHeroes stories told on social media. This, he said, shall be paid by his VCOFoundation. In a statement today, Ozigbo, who is a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2021 ...

Liam Kennedy, University College Dublin A US presidential election always draws intense worldwide interest, in part due to the spectacle, but also because the leadership of the most powerful country in the world has a significant bearing on international affairs. It is also a moment of immense cultural power which magnifies America’s global significance. While political leaders and policy experts ...

In spite of its resources, poverty is rampant in Nigeria. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images William Hansen, American University of Nigeria Is Nigeria a failed state? Former president and would-be elder statesman Olusegun Obasanjo seems to think so… well, almost. On October 1, 2020 – the day Nigeria marked 60 years of independence from colonial rule – the former president ...

Northern leaders, including state governors and traditional rulers,  on Monday met in  Kaduna, where they condemned #EndSARS protests. Their positions on the protests  were  contained in a communiqué issued after the  meeting  and  read by the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong. In the communiqué, the northern leaders, who alleged that separatists hijacked ...

Following recent looting and burning of several shops and stores at Circle Mall in Lekki by hoodlums following the hijack of the EndSARS protests, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at the mall for them to bounce back to business. Speaking on Sunday during a condolence visit and meeting with tenants ...