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By Halimah Olamide Hours after son of former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s son, Debola called out a KFC outlet at the Murtala Muhammed Airport I, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has moved to shutdown the outlet. Debola had taken to his social media handle to call out the brand over the discrimination, meted out on him, stating that was he awaiting his flight for London when he took a stop at the outlet in the airport only for a staff of the restaurant to say loudly, “NO WHEELCHAIRS ALLOWED.” In reaction to this, FAAN has released a statement on…

By Halimah Olamide Editor of First News, Segun Olatunji has been released. NPO Reports gathered that Olatunji, who was reportedly picked up from his residence in the Abule Egba area of Lagos two weeks ago was released Thursday morning. Details of his release were still sketchy at the time of filing this report. Recall that the Nigerian Union of Journalists had cried out to the military authorities, whose men were said to have stormed his residence and taken him away without any traces of where he was being taken to. The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI…

By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo The Lagos State Government on Wednesday received 80,000 bags of 10 kilogrammes of rice from Dangote Foundation. The foundation said it is part of plans to ameliorate the impacts of current hardship on vulnerable households in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, personally received fully loaded trucks laden with 80,000 units of 10kg bags of rice supplied by Aliko Dangote Foundation for immediate distribution to various segments of the vulnerable population. Chairman of Aliko Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was accompanied by his billionaire friend, Mr. Femi Otedola, and daughter, Fatimah Dangote, to fulfil the corporate…

BY Hakeem Odusina Between February 10, 2020 when the commercial operations of Lagos Ferry Services was launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Badore Terminal, Ajah Eti-Osa and March 19, 2024; it has been an eventful journey of one thousandth (1000th) day of commuting Lagosians and businesses of Lagos on the inland waterways. Despite months of lockdown occasioned by the global outbreak of Corona Virus and the destructive #EndSars protest, the state-owned commercial ferry operator – LAGFERRY was able to navigate the murky water, positively changed the narratives, berthed technology-driven safe & efficient water transportation model and practically translate the vision…

By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to state further why it was not monitored. NAN however, reports that the LP had on Tuesday shifted the convention from Umuahia in Abia to Nnewi, Anambra State. Speaking on the change in venue, Mr Kehinde Edun, the LP National…

By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo Super Eagles’ Defender, Kenneth Omeruo has assured Nigerians that Super Eagles’ players are determined to give their all for maximum points when the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resume in June. The Nigerian team for the friendly matches against Ghana and Mali in Marrakech departed Morocco on Wednesday, with most of the players flying back to their bases in Europe. After grieving over the unexpected loss to Mali, on-field captain Omeruo assured that the players were determined to give their all for maximum points when the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resumed in June. Nigeria take…

By Halimah Olamide The National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress has said political parties in Nigeria lacked identity and ideology. He said this leads to frequent defections from one political party to another. NPO Reports that Ganduje himself was a member of the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, from 1998 to 2014. He joined the APC in 2014. Ganduje said this when he inaugurated the party’s zonal co-ordinators across the country. He said that the situation must change for the better. He said the zonal co-ordinators would be in charge of the six geo-political…

Agency Reports The bodies of two of the workers who went missing when a bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it have been recovered, authorities said on Wednesday afternoon. A cargo ship rammed into one of the support pillars of the four-lane, 2.5-kilometre-long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, about 62 kilometres north-east of Washington, around 1:30 am (0530 GMT) on Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse. Maryland State Police’s Roland Butler said that on Wednesday at about 10 am divers located a red pick up truck about 7 metres deep and found the bodies of…

By Halimah Olamide The Defence Headquarters on Thursday declared eight persons wanted over the march 14, 2024 murder of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Delta state. Among them is a professor of Physics at the Delta State University, Ekpekpo Arthur. Others declared wanted according to a notice seen by the NPO Reports Thursday morning were a woman, Igoli Ebi, Reuben Baru, Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, Andowei Denni Bakriri, Sinclear Okiki, Akata Malawa David and Akevwru Daniel Omotogbono (a.k.a Amagbem). The Defence Headquarter said in its notice, “Photographs of wanted persons in connections to the 17 Nigerian Army Personnel at Okuama Community…

Agency Report Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has forwarded another list of 12 commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly for confirmation. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa had on March 1, 2024 sworn in six commissioners. “The letter containing the list of the nominees was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Tayo Oluwatuyi,” Adeniyan said.…