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  His Excellency Gov. Hope Uzodimma has congratulated the All Progressives Congress and her Okigwe North Dec. 5th by election Senatorial candidate, Sir Frank Ibezim on his landslide victory at the poll. Gov. Hope Uzodimma today in his state wide broadcast congratulated Sir Frank Ibezim for leading the party to victory. He added that personality of Ibezim drew him closer to the people as well their support and vote all throughout the electioneering period. He further appreciated the good people of Okigwe North for coordinating themselves in the most appropriate and democratic manner before and during the election and expressed his joy that indeed Okigwe North people have chosen APC again and for the loving memory of Late Sen. Benjamin Uwajumogu who until his death was the Senator representing Okigwe North and of APC extraction. Gov. Hope Uzodimma further charged Sir. Frank Ibezim in the spirit of sportsmanship to be magnanimous in victory and called on other candidates to instead of...

  …Says Victory Is Vote Of Confidence In APC By Lagosians Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, on his emergence as the Senator-elect for Lagos East Senatorial District. The Governor also congratulated the APC candidate for Kosofe State Constituency II, Mr. Obafemi Saheed, who emerged victorious in last Saturday's by-election. According to the results announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, Abiru defeated his opponent by wide margin in all the five local government areas in the senatorial district, polling a total of 89,204 votes against his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi, who secured 11,257 votes. Saheed polled 12,494 votes to beat his rival, Mr. Sikiru Alebiosu of PDP who got 2,068 votes in Kosofe II Constituency. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said APC'...

  The Lagos State Government and the Magodo Residents Association have reached common grounds on contents of the review of Magodo Residential Scheme II Plan. Speaking at the Stakeholders' meeting held at the Magodo Community Hall on Friday, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako said that after several meetings, the two sides finally agreed to leave the estate as residential with no mixed developments, while those who had converted their uses would revert to the status quo. He said it was also agreed, among others, that no development would be tolerated on Magodo wetlands and CMD Road will remain mixed-use, while its other side is recovered as a buffer zone for the Expressway. The Commissioner explained that the review of the plan of the medium residential estate was important as it bordered on the sustainability of the well-planned residential area for the benefit of all and sundry. He recalled that the Lagos State Government, as part of its...

  The Lagos State Police Command has warned against any gathering, procession or protest as some unpatriotic individuals and groups are planning to embark on another destructive and violent #EndSARS protest. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police Command, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, disclosed that intelligence reports indicated certain individuals and groups had concluded plans to lure unsuspecting Lagosians, especially youths, into planned protests proposed for tomorrow, Monday 7th December, 2020 at designated locations in the State. While maintaining that the Government of Lagos State, businesses, individuals, security agencies and families still groan from losses and pains of the recent violent #EndSARS protests, the Police cautioned those planning mayhem and violence to desist from such plans as all security agencies will not fold their arms to witness a repeat of violence and anarchy in the State. The ...

  “Rai da Cuta” (Life & sickness) by Maryam Umar has won this year’s BBC Hausa short story contest for women. Maryam is a 20 year old student studying law at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. Umar tells the story of Azima whose husband returns from a trip exhibiting all the symptoms of Covid-19. Although his wife is heavily pregnant, he refuses to isolate himself and remains in denial of the disease. Azima locks him in a room but soon finds out she has already contracted Covid-19 from her husband. This leads to the loss of her baby and a long battle for her life. The first runner up in this year’s competition is from Surayya Zakari Yahaya titled “Numfashin Siyasata” or “My Political Life”. This is the story of a young woman who ventures into politics to save the people of her village from underdevelopment. But she is turned down by the same people she is keen on saving simply because she is a woman. Her determination to represent her conservative people leads to the death of h...

  THE DISCOVERED DEAD KIDS IN NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE. INTRODUCTION On Sunday, 22nd November 2020, by 9am, 5 children had set out to fetch water at a compound at Itchi, in Igbo-Eze South LGA, (in Igbo Nsukka) Enugu state. When the they couldn't return, people went to search for them. Their wheelbarrow and containers were seen in the compound where they went to fetch the water. The search for the children lasted throughout the night of that Sunday until 3am on Monday when searchers retired, to start the search in the morning. It was in the morning of the Monday, 23rd that these children (below 11 years) were found in a car packed in the same compound where they had gone to fetch the water. 3 of the 5 children had died, while the remaining 2 were very weak. The police was alerted immediately, who took the dead bodies and the surviving ones. It was transferred to Enugu state police headquarters and to Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Enugu police command for investigation. Till to...

  In recent days, motorists plying some roads within the Jos-Bukuru metropolis in Plateau State have experienced disruptions arising from blockage of strategic roads within the metropolis resulting to inconveniences and untold hardships. The blockage of the roads is being carried out by Local Government Workers and Primary School Teachers who are said to be demonstrating and demanding for the implementation of the new minimum wage for their members. The Government of Plateau State under the leadership of His Excellency Rt. Hon. (Dr) Simon Bako Lalong, KSGG concedes to the rights of the workers to demonstrate peacefully in line with constitutional provisions in demanding for their rights. However, due to the disruption to normalcy and negative impact on the economy of the State as well as the tendency for the protests to be hijacked by hoodlums and criminals, it has become important for Government to put the records straight and lay the facts in the court of public opinion. This is ...