One year after Muyiwa Gbadegesin assumed office as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Ibrahim Adejuwon Odumboni as the new boss for the agency.
Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Monday by the Head of Service, Hakeem...
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has urged state governments not to relent in their efforts at combatting coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Minister gave this charge Monday during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja.
"We urge all state organs not to relent in strengthening surveillance and...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, four rescued and one person missing after Lagos State recorded another boat accident on Monday.
This time, the accident involved a passenger boat which capsized in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Investigation revealed that the passengers and the operator had Monday left Makoko...
Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) in Lagos has appointed the General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Gbenga Adefaye, as Acting Provost of the institution.
Chairman, NIJ Governing Council, Olusegun Osoba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Osoba, a former Ogun State governor, said Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disagreed over the Supreme Court judgement, which affirmed the former's victory at the November 17, 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
After the apex court pronouncements on Monday, Bello tasked candidates of the other political parties who ran...
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has recovered from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The commissioner, who is also the Deputy Incident Commander, retook a COVID-19 PCR test on Sunday and was returned negative.
Abayomi expressed gratitude to Lagosians and others for their deep concern through prayers, messages, phone calls and...
The victory of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Bello, shortly after the ruling, was seen in a viral video expressing gratitude to God for granting...
Nigeria's Federal Government has transferred the operations of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
This was made known by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mallam Isa Ali Pantami, who in a statement signed by his sokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, confirmed that...
Despite being at what he calls “the low ebb of resources caused by COVID-19 and fallen oil prices,” Nigeria will continue to provide support for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in N’djamena, Chad Republic, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured.
According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed all tertiary institutions in Lagos State to re-open for academic activities from September 14.
He added that his administration was working towards re-opening of primary and secondary schools anytime from September 21.
However, the governor, said the decision to re-open the basic and secondary...
