Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa, has approved the dismissal of one Insp. Kabiru Odeyemi, over the death of a generator technician, Bakare Idris. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that the dismissal paves the way for Odeyemi’s arraignment on Friday, […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has stressed the need to build bridges across African nations to change the narrative of higher education through a bottom-up approach. Oloyede gave the advice in a presentation at the ongoing 22nd Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African […]
A Legal practitioner in Lagos, Mr Francis Ogunbowale, on Wednesday, criticised the state government for introducing a N1,000 compulsory Proof of Ownership Certificate, (POC) levy on vehicles. Reacting on the levy, Ogunbowale, member of NBA-Public Interest and Development Law, described it as another form of double taxation. Ogunbowale, a , spoke in reaction to the […]
By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed grieve over the shocking death of one of its members and Publisher of NewsDirect Newspapers Group, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, Aged 56. The NewsZenith reports that Ibiyemi died at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, Ogun State after protracted illness. He succumbed to death, on […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja Associate Professor of Computer Science at Louisiana State University, USA, Aisha Gombe says she is proudly a product of Nigerian education system and ready to give back to her home country. Gombe made the pledge when she visited Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, on Wednesday, […]
The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has mourned the demise of a renowned journalist and publisher, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi. The NewsZenith reports that Ibiyemi died on Tuesday afternoon at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. In a joint statement by its chairman and secretary, Adeleye Ajayi and […]
The Publisher and Managing Director of the Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, is dead, aged 56. Ibiyemi reportedly died on Tuesday afternoon at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. Details of his health condition were sketchy but medics at the hospital reportedly said he died of a pulmonary embolism. The NewsZenith reports […]
A security man and a driver, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, on charges of stealing and receiving N2.9 million in property. The security man, Promise Ogbaje, 23, who works at Ogudu GRA, is standing trial for conspiracy and stealing. Also, the driver, Michael Bode, 35, who resides on Babalola Street, […]
Egypt has begun a $1.8 billion programme to drill natural gas exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta. Egyptian Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla, disclosed this to UAE state news agency, WAM on Tuesday. The programme is in cooperation with Eni, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. The aim is to drill 35 exploration […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with the Federal Government, on Tuesday, distributed farm inputs worth N52 million to 300 cassava and rice farmers in Benue. Mr Emmanuel Igbaukum, IFAD Value-Chain Development Programme (VCDP) Coordinator, announced this during the flag-off ceremony of the distribution in Makurdi. “This year, 300 farmers are benefiting […]