Senate probes abandoned N400bn National Primary Health Project
The Senate is probing the abandoned N400 billion National Primary Health Centre Project to determine the status of the 100 per cent project funds warehoused with the then Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank). The upper chamber also mandated its Joint Committee on Health, Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, Works and Housing to determine the level of progress and status of...
Ericsson launches Internet of Things accelerator
Multinational technology company, Ericsson, has launched Internet of Things (IoT) Accelerator to make connectivity easier for enterprises globally. Ericsson, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the accelerator would deliver a reliable and secure cellular IoT platform that empowers communications service providers (CSPs) and enterprises worldwide. It said that for enterprises, the IoT Accelerator Connect would deliver a unifying layer of...
Aregbesola’s supporters protest, call for CP’s removal
Supporters of Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in the All Progressives Congress (APC) staged a protest in Osogbo on Wednesday demanding the removal of the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Wale Olokode. The minister’s supporters carried placards with different inscriptions asking for the removal of the police commissioner. Some of the placards read: “CP, Stop being Gov. Oyetola’s...
Petrol: Black marketers return as Lagos motorists groan
Black marketers on Wednesday took advantage of the lingering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to make brisk business from residents and motorists in Lagos State. The ongoing scarcity of PMS, also known as petrol, is due to the withdrawal of the off-spec products imported into the country from the market. A NAN correspondent who monitored the situation at Oshodi, Ojota,...
Oil marketers order operations of depots, stations 24 hours daily
To ease the fuel crisis in the country, the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has directed its members to extend the operations of their jetties, depots and filling stations to between 18 and 24 hours daily until queues subside across the country. MOMAN’s Chairman, Mr. Olumide Adeosun, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos. Adeosun said MOMAN...
UPDATED: Eight dead as gunmen attack Abia cattle market
Gunmen have attacked the newly constructed Abia cattle market in Omumauzor in the Ukwa West Local Government of Abia State and killed eight people. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, was said to have thrown the community into panic. Confirming the attack, the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Eze Chikamnayo, in a statement, said the killings occurred at about...
Fraud: Court orders barber to sweep police station for 90 days
An FCT High Court in Kubwa on Wednesday ordered a 21-year-old barber, Isaac Clement to sweep the police station in Kwali Area Council for 90 days for cheating. Clement, who pleaded guilty to fraud filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), begged the court for leniency. Delivering his ruling, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya ordered that the sentence should begin on...
At last, Segun Oni dumps PDP, joins SDP
A former governor of Ekiti State, Engr Segun Oni, has formally joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to contest for the June 18 governorship election in the state. Oni, who was the governor of Ekiti State between 2007 and 2010, announced his defection to SDP while speaking on a private radio station, Voice 89.9FM in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday. He...
NDLEA: How informants, greed exposed drug cartel, Abba Kyari
Fresh facts have emerged on how the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his team were contacted by informants about the 25kg of cocaine from Brazil and how greed exposed the drug deal. There was a breakdown in negotiation between the informants and Kyari and his team. The informants who exposed the drug cartel failed to agree on the proposed sharing of...
Driver sets self ablaze after LASTMA impounded bus in Lagos
There was pandemonium in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State on Tuesday as a commercial bus driver set himself ablaze after his vehicle was impounded by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). It was gathered that the driver, whose identity could not be ascertained, was arrested by the LASTMA officials for driving against traffic. The driver was...
