JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SENDS CONDOLENCE TO PRESIDENT BUHARI OVER SEVERE FLOODS
October 19, 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has offered his condolence to President Muhammadu Buhari after severe floods claimed many lives and affected millions in the country. In a…
LASG PLEDGES SUPPORT TO GAMBIA ON E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM
October 19, 2022 The Lagos State Government has pledged to continue to offer necessary support and assistance to the Government of the Gambia to enable the country successfully migrate from…
Raise oil production to reduce 2023 budget deficit- Experts urge FG
October 19, 2022 Some financial analysts have urged the Federal Government to raise the nation’s oil production to OPEC quota, as panacea to ensure fiscal sustainability and reduce the proposed…
NAPTIP nabs 3 suspected trans-border human traffickers in Osun
October 19, 2022 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested three suspected trans-border human traffickers in Osun. Mr. Effeh Ekrika, NAPTIP Zonal Commander, told…
Flood: Anambra govt. says 17 killed, over one-third of State’s land mass devastated
October 19, 2022 Over one-third of the land mass in Anambra has been devastated by flood which has also taken 17 lives as at Tuesday. The floods have also caused…
WHO: Global leaders commit $2.6 billion to end polio
October 19, 2022 Global leaders committed $2.6 billion in funding at the World Health Summit on Thursday to end polio, the World Health Organization said. The funding will support global…
U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak
October 19, 2022 The United States sent Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc’s experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to…
Alleged $156,711 Fraud: EFCC Presents First Witness, Tenders Documents Against Macmillan Publishers’ Co-defendant in Lagos
October 19, 2022 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Ahmed Suleiman, an investigative officer with the EFCC before Justice Mojisola Dada…
CBD NOT CREATED FOR REVENUE GENERATION – LASG
October 19, 2022 The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts (CBD), Mr. Gbenga Oyerinde has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the CBD was created…
Insecurity: Interrogating the Okowa call for state police
By Ray Umukoro At the 2022 annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, recently, Delta State governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…