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LASTMA, Police Strengthen Partnership On Traffic Management

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Lagos State Police Command have agreed to strengthen partnership on traffic management in the state. The LASTMA General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this over the weekend during a courtesy visit by the Lagos State Commissioner for Police, Idowu Owohunwa, to...

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Traffic Worsens Amid Road Construction

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has worsened dueto the lingering road reconstruction. The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, said that he had extracted a commitment from the contractors handling the Kara end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, promising that the part of the road would be completed and open to...

Shettima Visits Marwa Following NDLEA Chairman’s Surgery

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima paid a visit to the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Muhammed Buba Marwa (retd.), following the latter’s back surgery. Pictures from the visit were shared on the NDLEA’s Facebook page on Sunday. The photos were captioned, “Vice President-Elect, His Excellency Kashim...

Davido’s Cousin Celebrates Chioma On Her Birthday

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Clarks Adeleke, cousin of popular Afrobeat singer, Davido, has celebrated the singer’s wife, Chioma, on her birthday. He shared some throwback photos he took with Chioma via his Instagram account on Sunday. He wished her happy birthday and described her as the strongest woman and a sister. He wrote, “I...

Cubana Chief Priest Hails Chioma On Birthday Amid Rumoured Beef With Davido

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu aka Cubana Chief Priest, on Sunday wished Chioma Adeleke, wife of singer Davido, a happy birthday. Sharing a picture of himself and Chioma on his Instagram page, Cubana Chief Priest wrote, “Happy Birthday Mrs. Chioma Adeleke #thechefchi. Your Positivity Represents Us Imolites. So Well, I Celebrate...

GPMI commends Dave Umahi on maiden flight to Ebonyi airport

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

*announce International Peace Award for Allen Onyema Global Peace Movement International, UK has commended the foresight of Governor Dave Umahi in building an international airport, Onueke in Ebonyi believing it will boost the tourism industry in the state and create wealth and employment. President General of the group, Dr. Mike...

Family petitions COAS over son’s alleged murder

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The Ekikienkpong family in Idum Mbube, Ogoja in Cross River, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.- Gen. Farouk Yahaya, over the alleged murder of their son, Joseph Okpe at a hotel in Ogoja. The family had accused the troops drafted from the Ogoja Battalion of the Nigerian...

30 players invited to Falconets camp for WAFU B tournament

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Falconets’ Head Coach Chris Danjuma has called to camp 30 players as Nigeria begin preparations on Monday in Abuja for the upcoming WAFU B Under-20 Women’s Championship in Ghana. Danjuma has included some players from the Nigerian team which reached the quarter-finals of the last FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup...

Health workers, Solidarity Center decry non implementation of 15% budgetary allocation to the sector

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

By Michael Paul Amidst complaints of a failing healthcare system in West Africa, Trade Unions in the sub-region, with support from the Solidarity Center, have called on their governments to invest more in quality and affordable healthcare delivery system. The health sector has been historically underfunded in Nigeria and most...

Timi Frank condemns $15bn illegal Railway MoU by NDDC’s MD, urges EFCC, ICPC to wade in

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, strongly condemned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $15billion Trans-Niger Delta Railway Project entered into by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, with Atlantic Global Resources Inc....