Lagos LG Poll: APC in bullish dominance as results trickle in
July 24, 2021 Signs of an all-APC local government and Local Council Development Area. (LCDA) chairmen have begun to emerge as official of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC)…
Air Peace, AIB explain aircraft tyre burst incident at Ilorin airport
July 24, 2021 The attention of Air Peace has been drawn to misleading online reports purporting that our Ilorin bound B737-500 aircraft with registration number 5N-BQR from Abuja, was involved…
LAGOS LG POLLS: PROMISES TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR LAGOSIANS
July 24, 2021 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday reassured Lagosians that his administration will continue to make life better for the citizens. He gave the assurance while…
Lagos LG Poll: Gbajabiamila decries poor turnout; Lagosians flout restriction order
July 24, 2021 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has decried the low turnout of voters during Saturday’s local government election in Lagos State. Gbajabiamila made…
Lagos LG polls: Card readers malfunction; PDP accuses APC of intimidation
July 24, 2021 Election officials handling the ongoing local government polls in Lagos State have abandoned the card-readers and resorted to manual accreditation of voters. This is even as the…
CBN and Cryptocurrencies: Between instability and financial inclusion
July 24, 2021 Currently, there are two currencies, notes and coins. The CBN’s digital currency will be a third type of currency to supplement cash. Rather than carry cash about,…
Olympics tennis: Oshonaike out; Offiong Edem marches on
July 24, 2021 Multiple Olympic Games participant Funke Oshonaike has been sent packing from the Tokyo 2020 Games in the preliminary round. The 45-year-old Oshonaike lost 1-4 to Juan Liu…
LG poll: More work needs to be done on voter sensitisation – LASIEC Chairman
July 24, 2021 The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) says turnout of voters in the ongoing local government election in the state is satisfactory, “but not excellent”. Retired Justice…
Insurgency: Army Commander, 6 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Northern Cameroon
July 24, 2021 Boko Haram militants overran an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, military and local sources…
Sierra Leone to abolish death penalty after unanimous vote by parliament
July 24, 2021 Sierra Leone’s parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out its last execution. President…