NCAA: Airlines risk ban, $3,500 fine for flouting vaccination protocols
Airlines that flout the newly revised COVID-19 Provisional Quarantine protocols will pay a penalty of $3,500 per passenger for non-compliance with the requirements. Besides the affected airlines may face an outright ban. This is the new guidelines issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to all airlines operating in Nigeria. Director General of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, in an All Operators...
Fayemi’s SSG quits, bids for Ekiti governorship contest
In line with the directive of Governor Kayode Fayemi that appointees with political ambition should quit his cabinet before December 18, the Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Hon. Biodun Oyebanji, has resigned his appointment. Fayemi has accepted Oyebanji’s appointment from his cabinet. The resignation which was conveyed in a letter to the governor, dated December 3, 2021, takes effect from...
Sanwo-Olu to Lagosians: No COVID-19 vaccination cards, no parties
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday released Guidelines for Social Events and Gatherings during the festive period in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu has mandated every attendee of a social gathering must present their vaccination cards or digital bar code page showing at least first dose but preferably double dose full vaccination. Henceforth, all social events must be duly registered to obtain Event Safety Clearance...
Many pupils crush to death in Lagos
Many primary school pupils have been reportedly crushed to death in Lagos on Tuesday. The truck reportedly suffered a brake failure and rammed into the pupils. The pupils reported to be of Omole Primary School in Omole area of Lagos were returning from school when they were crushed by a trailer at the Grammar School Bus Stop on Ogunusi road. The scene...
2023: Ogun gov orders appointees with political ambition to resign
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has directed all serving political appointees with political ambitions toward 2023 in the state to resign on or before January 3, 2022 to pursue their dreams. This is contained in a statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin, on Tuesday in Abeokuta. He said that the directive had become expedient in...
Kwara Assembly passes Political Office Gender Composition Bill
Kwara House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the Political Offices Gender Composition Bill, 2021 The bill was passed after considering the report of the Joint House Committee on Commerce, Industry, Social Development, and Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary at the committee of the whole. The joint committee was chaired by the lawmaker representing Malete-Ipaye-Oloru constituency, Abdulkareem Babatunde-Paku. Babatunde-Paku stressed the need for the...
Buhari seeks passage of 2021 Finance Bill
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja transmitted the 2021 Finance Bill to the Senate for consideration and passage. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read the letter on the floor of the Upper Chamber during Tuesday’s plenary. The letter was entitled `Transmission of Finance Bill 2021 to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law in support of the 2022 Budget’. The...
Ilorin Court convicts five Yahoo Boys for cyber fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of five internet fraudsters also known as Yahoo Boys for offences bordering on cyber fraud. Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar and Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the State High Court, Ilorin convicted the fraudsters on Monday, December 6, 2021. The convicts: Adeniyi Samson, Ezekuse Kingsley Somtochukwu, Nwadei Oluwapelumi, Ibrahim Ibrahim Mobolaji and Akinola Habideen Kasumu...
Dowen College: Three students in custody over Oromoni’s death – Police
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that three of the students who were allegedly involved in the death of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) of Dowen College, Lekki, are currently in custody. The Lagos Police Command’s Spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and stressed that investigation was ongoing. “Yes, I can confirm to...
Dowen College: Parents seeks justice for Oromoni, demand sacking of management
Some parents of Dowen College have expressed sadness over the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a JSS2 student who was violently abused to death by senior students over his refusal to join a ‘secret cult’. The parents in a statement on Tuesday are seeking justice for Oromoni. They called on authorities to unravel the cause of Oromoni’s death and bring whoever responsible...
