Malian Government has postponed its constitutional referendum, initially scheduled for March 19, to a later date. Mali’s Senior Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation announced this on Friday. This deferment, as also announced by Government Spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga, on national television (ORTM), is justified by the difficulties related to the operationalisation of the new regions. […]
Eight people, including the gunman himself, died and eight others sustained injuries in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg city, German, on Thursday evening. According to the Police, the 35-year-old gunman took his own life after the Police arrived. He was a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation with a valid […]
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has advised State Governments to prioritise water safety plans, so as to reduce contamination from point of production to consumption. Mrs Abosede Orimoloye, Assistant Director, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Collaborations, made the call at a workshop in Asaba, Delta. The workshop is for the Development of Cholera Emergency Preparedness […]
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, on Wednesday night, sacked Foreign Minister Mayiik Ayii Deng, barely a week after he dismissed two other ministers. In a presidential decree broadcast on the state-owned television, the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir did not give the reason for the sacking. Ayii is the President’s close ally and had previously […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to always adhere to railway crossing rules when approaching rail lines. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Lagos State, Babatunde Farinloye, gave this advice when he visited the scene of the crash involving a moving train and the Lagos State staff bus. The crash occurred at the […]
A Consultant Nephrologist at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Dr Yemi Raji has advised Nigerians to embrace prevention as the best treatment for kidney problems. Raji gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday. He spoke at the 2023 World Kidney Day celebration. According to him, Kidney disease has become a huge […]
Three persons died in the early hours of Thursday when a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) locomotive engine crushed a BRT bus at the PWD bus stop in Lagos. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the accident in a statement. ”On arrival at accident scene, our response team observed […]
Mr Abdulfatah Babatunde, the Deputy Editor-In-Chief/Acting Head of Lagos Operations of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) retired, on Wednesday, upon attaining the age of 60 years. Babatunde retired after 31 years of meritorious service, having joined the service of the Agency in March 1992. He rose through the ranks from Correspondent to Deputy Director […]
Former Lagos Deputy-Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, alongside other elected senators, received her Certificate of Return (CoR) from the INEC, on Tuesday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that Adebule won the Lagos West Senatorial District seat in the Feb. 25 National Assembly election. INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, presented the certificate to the senators at the […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, began a campaign tour of major markets, populated by people from the South-East. Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election. This followed the open endorsement for his re-election by Ndigbo community in the state. It was a rousing welcome for the […]