…South shouldn’t be talking about restructuring after destroying Nigeria’s federal structure …Adebanjo, Clark part of 1966 coup Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi, yesterday said contrary to the persistent calls by leaders from the Southern part of the country to restructure Nigeria, they were not actually ready for restructuring. This is […]
…says Umahi yet to indicate interest in Presidency Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, yesterday called on politicians in the South-East to either dump the opposition for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or remain hungry. The governor, in an interview with State House correspondents, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has warned those planning to reenact the #EndSARS protests in the country against the action, saying the Force will not allow that to happen again. Saturday Telegraph recalls that peaceful protests across parts of the country against excesses of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), were […]
The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday disclosed that they have arrested a man and his wife for stealing a three-day-old baby belonging to their neighbour. A statement by the spokesman of the Command, ASP Muhammad Jalige, said: “On 9th November 2020, the Kaduna State Police Command received a complaint of a missing threeday- old baby […]
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, yesterday sentenced three persons to death after convicting them of armed robbery. The robbers, Ikechukwu Chukwu, Obieze Sylvanus and Chidiebere Obi, were arraigned on a seven-count charge bothering on conspiracy and armed robbery. In 2017, the robbers were accused of raiding 11 houses during […]
Nigeria’s revenue from Company Income Tax( CIT) plunged in third quarter 2020 by 20.1 per cent tothe N416billion against the N520.89billion recorded during the same period of last year, latest data on CIT released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS), has revealed NBS breakdown showed Professional Services, including telecoms generated the highest […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu of Lagos State, yesterday read the riot act to gender violence offenders and rapists, insisting that there is no pardon for such people in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre. “We will bring people who have been perpetrating these crimes, knowingly or unknowingly, to book,” the governor said when he received a 54-page […]
Following the Federal Government’s recent position to re-open the Nigerian land borders, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has insisted that it is very pertinent for government to look into that direction for manufacturing sector to contribute to Nigeria’s gross domestic product. MAN said reviewing the status of the border closure is pertinent and in […]
The Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Lola Ashiru, has applauded the efforts of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s administration in transiting the state from its over 40 years of rudderless leadership and stagnation witnessed under the Saraki dynasty to an enviable phenomenal growth and development. Ashiru, who gave the commendation in Ilorin, […]
The Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Mr Abayomi Omomuwasan, yesterday told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and Other Matters, that the directors of LCC were employed by the Lagos State Government. He said the directors of LCC includes; the Commissioner […]