Author: Samson Adeyanju Uwala

The University of Lagos, UNILAG, has been left in darkness after the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, disconnected its power supply due to unpaid electricity bills. The disconnection occurred despite the university having made a payment of N180 million to EKEDC for the month of July. Meanwhile, in a statement released by the Head of the Communication Unit for UNILAG management, titled “Important Notice: Power Outage on Campus,” the EKEDC’s action was announced to the university community. The statement reads, “The University of Lagos management wishes to appeal to members of the university community over the power outage on campus…

The Ogun State Government has released the names of additional non-statutory members appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun to run four agencies of government. The agencies are Gateway Trading Company, Food Crops Marketing Board, Ogun State Parks and Gardens, and Ogun State Signage and Advertising Agency. The appointments are the second to be made by the governor, after the Ogun Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA, Ogun State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency, OSAMCA, Plantgate Limited, and the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board, OGAMB Yomi Odunowo will head the board of Gateway Trading Company as Chairman, while the members are; Elder Tajudeen Alao,…

The Yobe State Government has denied issuing any statement with regards to the approval of the new minimum wage, which is currently trending on the social media. Making this known, the Director-General Press and Media Affairs to Yobe state Governor, Mamman Mohammed, on Thursday, while reacting to what he described as false and misleading post on the social media alleging approval of a new minimum wage in the state. Contrary to speculation, he said, they are still working on it, and would provide a statement on it, as soon as it is completed. He said, “The post failed to provide…

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, has left the police office in Abuja after spending about an hour and a few minutes with officials. He had arrived at the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, command at Guzape as early as 10:20 a.m, in the company of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana. The police authorities had invited Ajaero for questioning over alleged links to terrorism financing. Recall that the NLC leadership had threatened to down tools if the police authorities attempted to detain him unjustly. Details later…

Ogun State Government has released the school calendar for 2024/2025 Academic Session for the Primary, Secondary and Technical Schools in the state. In a statement titled, “School Calendar for 2024/2025 Academic Session”, and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. O.M Oloko. It reads, “I am directed to formally inform you that the Honourable State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, has graciously approved the School Calendar for 2024/2025 Academic Session for your information and necessary compliance. “Kindly ensure that the School Calendar is giving the widest publicity it deserves”. The copy of the statement…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has announced September 14, as the final deadline for National Identity Number and Subscriber Identity Module, NIN-SIM linkage. Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Reuben Muoka, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, described the move as a significant progress for the federal government’s 2020 policy to link all NIN-SIM in the country. Muoka said up until date, about 153 million SIMs had been successfully linked to a NIN, reflecting an impressive compliance rate of 96 per cent, adding that it recorded a substantial increase from 69.7 per cent in January 2024.…

Ogun State government has dispelled the fear of its residents on the alleged outbreak of any case of Monkey Pox disease, otherwise known as Mpox across the 20 local government areas in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement made available to journalists, on Wednesday, said there is no need to panic as the state has not recorded any case of mpox across its twenty local government areas. Coker who stated that the state has maintained a high level of surveillance since the global outbreak in 2022. The commissioner explained that the Ministry has implemented the…

94 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, aka Shi’ites, on Wednesday, were paraded by the Federal Capital Territory Police command in Abuja, over the killing of 2 police personnel and 4 others including a woman police officer injured, during the last Sunday’s riot in the Capital Territory. The IMN members were paraded at the Anti-Violence Crime Session, formerly known as SARS, of the Command. Speaking to the press on the group, the Command’s Commissioner of Police,CP Bennett Igweh, described them as a proscribed terrorist organisation, saying several dangerous weapons were recovered from them including the blood-stained Cutlasses and…

A personnel of the Nigerian Navy, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been arrested by the Nigerian Police for murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). While parading the suspect, on Wednesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, said Muhammad had killed Aminu and stole his car weeks ago. The Police Boss, also confirmed that the car had been recovered. He said, “About two weeks ago, Aminu Ibrahim, the son of Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd), a former Chief of Naval Staff, was robbed and killed…

16 people were confirmed to have been burnt to death, while three injured in a fatal road accident, which occurred on the Ondo-Ore Expressway at Ajure community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Tuesday night. It was gathered that the crash involved an 18-passenger Totota Hiace bus and a truck. The two vehicles were said to have had a head-on collision leading to the bus catching fire and burning 16 of its occupants. However, three people were said to have survived the crash. The Ondo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Ibitoye Samuel,…