Category: City Beat
CIG honours Ovularia
The Creative Industry Group (CIG) has honoured Lizzy Evoeme popularly known as Ovularia in the decades long ‘New Masquerade’. Ambassador Felix Duke, CIG...
Minister sacks health workers following accidental death of doctor
Tunisian Minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, on Saturday, dismissed several health sector officials two days after the death of a young doctor, Badreddine Aloui,...
Unguwan market demolition: Give us more time, traders appeal to el-Rufai
The Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) has appealed to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to give more time for the planned demolition of 6000 shops...
Traffic gridlock: Lagos gives matching order on opening of unapproved street gates
The Lagos State Government has ordered the removal of unapproved street gates in communities in the state to ease traffic. This was contained in a...
APC’s Daduut wins Plateau South Senatorial District by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof. Nora Daduut of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Plateau South senatorial...
LASG partners FirstBank to promote access to affordable healthcare
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), in its commitment to ensure that residents at the grassroots have access to affordable, effective and quality...
Pension: How Delta, Edo spent over N842m on convicted ex-govs
The Delta and Edo State governments have spent over N842m on pensions and benefits for two convicted ex-governors in the last 12 years.  The two former...
Emefiele: We must stop dependence on crude oil for revenue, FOREX
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated the need for the country to discontinue with heavy dependence on crude oil to...
APC floors PDP, others again
…As Abiru’s elected as Lagos East senator, continues from where Oshinowo signed off Just as it did in the senatorial by election in Lagos East, the...
At home with Wole Soyinka in Autonomous Rep of Ijegba
By Segun Odegbami It is Tuesday, the 24th of November 2020. The sign posts at the gates reflect the nature of the man who lives beyond them. We leave the entrance and...
