The president-elect, Bola Tinubu, breezed into Lagos on Sunday where he was received by a mammoth crowd of supporters and party members after his private jet landed at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja. The development is coming five days after the former Lagos State governor was announced as winner of…
Chrisland School Ikeja is to stay shut pending further probe of safety risks affecting its students. NAN reports that Folashade Adefisayo, Lagos commissioner for education, revealed this in a statement on Sunday. Whitney Adeniran, a pupil of Chrisland High School in Ikeja, died on February 9 during sports in Agege Stadium. Blessing Adeniran, Whitney’s mother,…
The Federal High Court will, on March 31, commence its Easter vacation. The Chief Judge, Justice Tsoho, disclosed this in a statement signed by the FHC’s Assistant Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, saying the vacation would last till April 17. “This is pursuant to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 (b) of the…
A police officer attached to Lang’ata Police Station on Sunday, March 5 shot dead his colleague’s wife before killing his girl in cold blood. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, the officer who had been assigned night duties around CleanShelf area, first killed colleague’s wife before locking himself in his house where…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has called on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to as a matter of urgency resign his appointment. Frank, in a statement issued Monday, also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful…
The Oyo State chapter of Labour Party has been engulfed in another crisis over the alleged endorsement of Governor Seyi Makinde. Makinde is seeking a second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was learnt that Sodiq Atayese, chairman of the Labour Party, and some chieftains in the state had allegedly…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar will undergo ankle surgery “in the next few days” and will be out of action for three to four months, the club announced on Monday. The Brazilian, who was injured on February 19 against Lille in Ligue 1, “has had several episodes of instability in the right ankle in recent years,”…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Idris Salman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the winner of the election for Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in Kogi State. The INEC Returning Officer, Dr Adams Baba, announced the results in Kabba. INEC had, on February 26, declared the result of the constituency inconclusive because…
Yobe state government has lifted a ban on the riding of motorbike across seven local government councils of the state following decade of Boko Haram insurgency. Special Adviser on Security Affairs to Governor Mai Mala Buni, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam, disclosed this in a press statement signed and made available to journalists in Damaturu the…
Novak Djokovic extended his record of weeks as world number one to 379 in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday, although Carlos Alcaraz remains in hot pursuit. The 35-year-old winner of 22 Grand Slam titles edged ahead of Steffi Graf’s all-time record last week despite losing in the Dubai semi-finals to Daniil Medvedev. The…
