The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus keyamo (SAN), has denied justifying the re-arrest of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore.
Keyamo made the rebuttal on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The minister himself had been arrested in the past for activism and for calling for the secession...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has announced the appointment of Mr. Adedamola Adekunjo as the new Managing Director with immediate effect.
The former boss, Sanusi, who was appointed by immediate past administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, was shocked at development because he expected his appointment to be renewed being...
Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka on Monday said he was opposed to the hate speech Bill because it would limit free speech and access to information.
He said though he had been a victim, he would not support any attempt to “terminate recourse to information”.
He warned against using state apparatuses...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has said the social media can’t be left to operate without control.
A State House statement on Monday said Shehu spoke at the Kawararafa Media Award in Abuja on Sunday night.
He said, “The entire Kasuwan Magani saga...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has frowned at the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow and for this reason has rejected an award from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
The Vice President who was a keynote speaker in the United Arab Emirates explained why he refused to...
Governor Udom Emmanuel has called on the Federal Road Safety Corps to uphold their core mandate and not compromise the ordinance to reduce accidents on the highways.
Governor Emmanuel stated this during the inauguration of the New Office Complex RS 6.3, Akwa Ibom State Sector Command at Idoro Road, Uyo.
He...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to, henceforth, publish daily treasury statement to keep to the ethos of financial transparency of his administration.
Buhari gave the directive on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of Federal Government’s Financial Transparency Policy and...
The Police Command in Enugu State has reiterated its ban on use of fireworks this Yuletide.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Enugu.
Amaraizu noted that the ban was due to the explosives’ security implications.
“Their usages are...
• 10 properties, cash worth over N3.6bn recovered in the State since Feb.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said he would have inherited an empty treasury if the account of the state government had not been frozen on the eve of his inauguration, recalling that only the N4.8bn...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday says that the Kano Zonal office has seized over N643,942 million in 2019.
The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, disclosed this on Monday, during the commemoration of the 2019 International Anti Corruption Day in Kano with the theme ‘Zero...
