A former presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, Thursday threatened to sue Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey for supporting the #EndSARS protest. Adamu in a Tweet said if the protest continues to evolve into disorder explained that Jack’s tweet calling for support against disbanded SARS was …
Read More »Asset Declaration Forms: SERAP Tasks Courts to Correct Flaws in CCB
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has stressed the need for the judiciary to rule against unduly withheld access to asset declaration forms. It said Code of Conduct Bureau’s obstruction of Nigerians who seek access to the forms was one of the reasons the system had not been …
Read More »Fayemi Appoints Father who Refused to Accommodate Son as COVID-19 Ambassador
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has appointed as coronavirus ambassador, Femi Adeoye, the man who publicly reprimanded his son who travelled to Lagos despite his warning not to embark on the trip. The video of Mr Adeoye refusing to cover up for his son over fear of contracting and spreading …
Read More »COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Begins First Phase Economic Relief for Residents
Few days after the Lagos State Government issued a stay-at-home directive to residents, in order to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unveiled economic stimulus package for the indigent and the most vulnerable in the society. The stimulus, which comes in food packs, to be …
Read More »Buhari Approves N10 Billion to Tackle Coronavirus in Lagos
Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari has approved the immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grant to Lagos State. Buhari said the grant will enable the state to increase its capacity to control and contain the outbreak, while also supporting other States with capacity-building. He said: “The impact of COVID-19 is …
Read More »Atiku’s Son Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Health Minister Decries Reps Refusal to Medical Screening upon Returns from UK
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has made an announced as his son tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has also confirmed five new case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) today: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos …
Read More »Lagos, Ogun Govt signs N1.168 Trillion, N449.97bn 2020 Budget
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has respectively signed the State’s N1.168 Trillion and N449.97 Billion 2020 Budget into law. The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu assented to the Appropriation Bill at a short ceremony held in Alausa on Tuesday, pledging that …
Read More »Cross River Govt to test run Calabar Pharmaceutical Company for 6 months
….As Govt provides N100 million for Ayadecare program, to register 1million people in 2020 To ensure positive agenda setting in the health sector in the year 2020, the Cross River State government is set to commence the test-run operations of the much awaited Calabar Pharmaceutical Company for 6months. The Government …
Read More »SERAP harps on press freedom, request presidency public statement
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a civil society organisation, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to openly condemn attacks against press -journalists and media organisations – in the country. The report, ‘A Downward Spiral: How Federal and State Authorities are Tightening the Screws on Media Freedom in Nigeria’, which …
Read More »Group commends LAWMA’s employment of 20 disabled persons.
The Centre for Infrastructural and Technological Advancement for the Blind (CITAB) has hailed the Lagos Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) over its recent employment of 20 disabled persons. This was contained in a press release issued by the group’s Executive Chairman of Mr. Jolomi Fenemigho. The CITAB boss showered more encomiums …
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