The Lagos State Government has sealed off Cubana nightclub, Ikeja GRA, over failure to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, confirmed the development in a tweet via his Twitter account on Sunday. According to him, the police led by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, sent the club-goers out of the Cubana building before shutting the facility. “Lagos State Commissioner of @PoliceNG CP Odumosu personally led a team that dispersed club attendees before shutting down Cubana, Ikeja GRA for failing to comply with COVID19 guidelines,” he said.Ad Recall that Governor…
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday appealed to well-meaning citizens to adopt development programmes or projects for their various communities amid acute infrastructure deficit facing the country. Osinbajo, also, noted that governments alone could not meet the social and economic needs of the people, hence the need for individual and corporate interventions to address infrastructure deficit in communities. He made the call at the 1st Annual General Meeting of Remo Growth and Development Foundation (RemoGDF), held at the foundation’s secretariat in Iperu-Remo, Ogun State. He particularly commended personalities in his Remo native community of Ogun State while urging others…
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11. The military disclosed that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure that all the boys were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the abductors who laid an ambush for the troops. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, and a former Director, Military Intelligence, Maj.Gen. Ahmed Jibrin (retd,), gave the accounts on Saturday when they featured on a special edition of the Nigerian Television Authority programme, “Good…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made the disclosure via its verified website on late on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the outbreak of the disease last February, over 874,617 samples have been tested by the NCDC, out of which 77,933 turned out positive. The public health agency announced that the country had recorded six additional deaths in the past 24 hours. The NCDC also disclosed that 300 patients had been discharged after testing negative from the virus.…
Lionel Messi equalled Pele’s record of 643 goals for a single club after scoring for Barcelona in a 2-2 draw with Valencia at the Nou Camp on Saturday. Messi netted a milestone goal with a diving header just before half-time – moments after missing a penalty – to cancel out Mouctar Diakhaby’s 29th-minute opener. Barcelona then went ahead through Ronald Araujo but Maxi Gomez earned Valencia a point. Messi went close with several late efforts but Ronald Koeman’s side failed to find a winner and his star player had to settle for matching rather than surpassing Pele’s Santos mark for…
The Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration, Professor Bayonle Ademodi is dead. Nigeriancablenewsonline.com reliably gather that the Ondo born Professor died on Saturday, after battling with a Protracted disease. His death has been described as a great loss to the APC family in Ondo State. His passage was also confirmed by the state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Doland Ojogo Details later…. Nigerian Cable
A suspected killer cultist belonging to ‘Eiye’ fraternity, Tolu Omojuwa, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command. Omojuwa confessed that he was involved in the killing of three persons in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area. Speaking while he was paraded at the Ondo Police headquarters, Omojuwa said his group has been having clashes with ‘Aye’ fraternity in the community since 2017. Omojuwa said he was not aware of the cause of the clash between the two cult groups. He said he was arrested when he was invited for a ‘peace talk’ by leaders in…
Not fewer than 30 people were reportedly abducted Saturday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. Eyewitnesses report that the insurgents mounted a checkpoint between Jakana and Auno towns less than 30km to Maiduguri, Borno State capital where they stopped many vehicles and whisk away the people they wanted. One woman was reportedly killed during the operation which was said to have lasted for more than 30 minutes. Both the police and the military have not issued any official statement. Some of the commercial drivers along the route confirmed the incident and said the incident took place around…
Ahead of January 2021 commissioning of ongoing railway projects on the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Saturday inspected works on the Ebute Metta main complex and ten substations. Amaechi who was joined on the inspection tour by Dr Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation; Engr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC; Mohammed Babakobi, Director (Railway Services) and other top officials of the Ministry, remain upbeat of the possibility of commissioning the mega project in 2021. With work almost completed, safe for installation of doors and electrical fittings, Amaechi cut the figure of an…
The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Hon. Paul Omotoso, has said the party members will force Governor Kayode Fayemi to contest 2023 presidency if he refuses to willingly join the race. Omotoso spoke in Ayede Ekiti, Oye Local government on Saturday during a Christmas programme organised by a chieftain of the party, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu for 1,000 APC members in Ekiti North Senatorial District. Omotoso, represented by the APC Caretaker Publicity Secretary, Hon Ade Ajayi, said: “We can say boldly that APC will win the Ekiti governorship election in 2022, because Governor Fayemi has…