The Lagos State Government has sealed four churches, three hotels, two bars, a recycling company and an event centre over environmental infractions. The state through the Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) closed down the establishments on Tuesday, August 27 for violating the State Environmental Laws of 2017. The General Manager of LASEPA, Babatunde Ajayi, said the…
Marcel Leijzer, Manager of Technical Cooperation at the United Nations Tourism (UN Tourism), has praised the people of Ekiti State and Nigerians for their exceptional hospitality following his recent visit to the state. Leijzer made these remarks during a press briefing organized by the Ekiti State Bureau of Tourism Development in Lagos on the eve…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that he never expected he would be invited to speak at any events of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), following his appearance at the 2023 edition of the NBA conference in Lagos State when he trended for about a month on the Internet. The Vice President recalled, in a…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has been appointed as the Patron of the Ecumenical Synod of Bishops, Archbishops, and Senior Clergy Inc. (ESBAASC). The announcement was made during the group’s international conference held from August 22–25 at Emmanuel Park, RCCG Redemption Camp. The conference, themed “Religious Tolerance…
A recent independent report has indicted Governors Dauda Lawal and Abba Kabir Yusuf of Zamfara and Kano states as major sponsors of the recently held nationwide protests. The report condemned the roles played by the two governors in escalating the protests into violent and destructive actions. The report, released by the Independent Coalition for Democratic…
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the country’s insecurity is weaponised by politicians for political and selfish reasons. Speaking on Sunday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos State, Okonjo-Iweala said the actions of politicians have led the…
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently listen to calls for a new people-oriented constitution and set modalities in place to achieve it. The Patriots, a nonpartisan group of leaders of thought in Nigeria, had earlier called for the convening of a national constituent assembly to help draft…
Founder of Power City International Ministry, Pastor Abel Damina, has said that he only seems controversial to Christians who are used to hearing lies. Pastor Damina is often viewed through the lens of controversy and known for stirring the hornet’s nest with doctrines that many consider to be at variance with true biblical teachings. Speaking…
The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described the Nigerian media space as a subset of the Nigerian political elite. Prince Adebayo said this in a recent interview while speaking on some burning national issues, including the controversy over the salaries and allowances of…
Dino Melaye, the 2023 Kogi State governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the opposition party of being commercialized and privatized. In a post on his X handle on Saturday, the former Kogi West Senator expressed that the PDP has lost its significance in Nigeria’s political landscape. Melaye blamed the acting PDP…
