The Arise Television presenter, Oseni Rufai, who was accused of driving on BRT lane on Lagos highway and also resisting arrest by policemen, on Tuesday appeared in a Lagos mobile court. He was charged with flouting Lagos State Transport Law of 2018 and the court found him guilty of driving on the BRT lane in contravention of the law and was fined the sum of N70,000. It was reliably gathered that Rufai made the payment and his vehicle was released to him. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin while giving an update…
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Nobel Laureate, Professor, Wole Soyinka, as well as the fierce Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana on Tuesday, threw their weights behind the moves by some members of the National Assembly (NASS) to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over what they described as his failure to provide the needed security for the citizens. The duo of Soyinka and Falana, who spoke yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital during an interactive session, organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club, submitted that President Buhari has breached the “contract of democracy” following his inability to halt the spate of terrorism across…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has extended the deadline for enforcement of compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) devices in all public places in the state to September 1, 2022. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Richard Olatunde, the extension is the sequel to appeals from churches, mosques and other public centres to enable them to put in place necessary measures as contained in the State Executive Order. It would be recalled that Governor Akeredolu signed an Executive Order on June 22, 2022, mandating owners, occupiers, managers and operators of public/private institutions within Ondo State…
Chioma Onyekwere made history as the first Nigerian to win gold medal in the discuss event at the Commonwealth Games. Onyekwere threw a season best 61.70m to claim first place ahead of other competitors in the women’s discuss event. Her compatriot, Amaechi won the bronze medal in the event with a throw of 56.99m. England’s Jade Jally won the silver medal in the event. In weightlifting, Osijo Mary won a bronze medal in the women’s 87KG event. Mary lifted a total 236 KG to finish in third place.
No university lecturer has been paid since February, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said yesterday. Its President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as a tool to force the striking lecturers back to work. He spoke while featuring on Channels Sunrise Daily. ASUU embarked on strike on February 14 over the alleged failure of the Federal Government to fully implement the Memorandum of Action signed in 2020. On March 27, the government invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ policy in line with Section 43 of the Trade Disputes Act. Osodeke said…
The naira yesterday sustained its momentum at the parallel market, appreciating to N665 per dollar a few days after security operatives raided the Bureaux De Change (BDC) hub in Abuja. The development represents N30 or 4.3 per cent gain compared to the N695 to a dollar recorded the day before. Currency traders known as BDCs in the Ikeja area of Lagos, quoted the buying rate of the greenback at N650 and the selling price at N665 per dollar. According to the traders, the gains are influenced by increased dollar liquidity in the market. “Dollar is plenty in the…
The Kuti family on Tuesday marked the 25th death anniversary of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Remembering their late father, who died on August 2, 1997, Femi and Seun Anikulapo-Kiti, also musicians, paid tribute to the legendary singer. Hailing Fela as the soul of Afrobeat, Femi noted that he missed his father, even after 25 years of the icon’s demise. Sharing a post in the early hours of Tuesday, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti said, “25 years on, still in our hearts. I miss you more and more. The one and only Abami Eda #FELA. The soul of #Afrobeat.” On…
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council are to be unveiled soon, it was learnt last night. The committee mandated to carry out consultations and develop a structure for the Council submitted its report to the presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima in Abuja yesterday. Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai told reporters after submitting the report that a decision on the Director-General of the Council and more consultations would be made on other members. The Governor said the report will be presented to the party’s National…
In a bid to stem the tide of the heightened insecurity in the country, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has opted to go tough on unregistered motorcycles across the 36 states of the federation. This was contained in a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, on Monday, in Abuja. The statement directed all 37 Sector Commanders of the FRSC to with immediate effect prosecute any seen unregistered motorcycle. This is even as the statement said the directive is to ensure all two wheel vehicles are duly captured in the National…
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2023 general elections, Senator Kashim Shettima has said the standard bearer of the party, Bola Tinubu has experience and capacity to rule Nigeria. Based on Shettima’s past speeches and interviews published by Vanguard at the weekend, Tinubu’s running mate said age is just a number adding that those that are younger than the APC national leader can perform horribly when it comes to ruling the country. The former Borno state governor also reiterated Tinubu’s position that President Muhammadu Buhari would not have been voted president of the…