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Indication has emerged that Lagos residents would not be able to vandalise parts of the new Lagos Blue Rail line when in operation as it will be powered by electricity. Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave the indication, during a tour of the facility. He hinted that it would be dangerous for anyone to go near the rail tracks, not to talk of vandalising part of it. The governor urged newsmen to help in drumming this into the ears of Lagos residents, especially as vandals have started tampering with parts of the facility. According to him, the project is moving…

IN SPITE of the raging waves of insecurity in the country and the killing of one of its staff on voter registration duty last week in Imo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has vowed to continue with its preparations for next year’s General Elections, declaring that the exercise must hold. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed, yesterday, in Abuja at the official presentation of the INEC Strategic Plan 2022-2026 and the INEC Election Project Plan for the 2023 General Election. The election umpire spoke as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed sadness over the persistent insecurity in the country, which…

Google Africa has announced the arrival of its Equiano submarine cable in Lagos, Nigeria, the second city in Africa. Juliet Ehimuan, director, Google West Africa, disclosed this in a note on Thursday. Last month, the subsea cable landed in Togo, and it is expected to run from Portugal along the West Coast of Africa connecting Europe to Togo, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, and Saint. Helena. Ehimuan said the Equiano cable has a special resonance for Nigeria, as it is named after Olaudah Equiano, a Nigerian-born writer and abolitionist. Equiano went through slavery as an African child. He was taken to…

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has said that Nigerian students currently studying in the US may be eligible to renew their student visas without an interview when they return to Nigeria this summer. The embassy in a statement issued on Thursday said that to qualify for this procedure, “you must be physically in Nigeria renewing a student visa that is still valid or has expired within the past 24 months and renewing your visa either to: (a) continue participation in the same major course of study even if at a different institution; or (b) attend the same institution even…

To run for a governorship position in any state in the US in 2022, your political party’s primary filing and nomination fee can range from as low as $0 (yes, zero) to $3,750 (or N1.8m). The average fee is thus circa $2,000 (or N980,000). These charges cover what is labeled in Nigeria as nomination and expression of interest forms’ fees. The earlier higher figure of $3,750 is applicable in the state of Texas, one of the largest states in the US. Other than advert and coordinating logistics for the campaigns that are personal to each aspirant, there are no additional…

President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram insurgency has neither religious nor ethnic underpinning, and that with adequate education, majority of Nigerians now know the truth. The president stated this when he received the Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC), Karin Khan, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said that with concerted public enlightenment, it had become clear to Nigerians that Boko Haram was a perversion of religion rather than an Islamic ideology. He said: “God is justice. You can’t kill innocent people and shout ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is great). It’s either you don’t know that God at…

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has not been charged to court because the police await the outcome of post-mortem examinations on the deceased to ascertain the cause of death. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday while giving an update on the matter. Adejobi also said the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, received the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Tallen, today in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. “The Minister discussed amongst other things, the plight…

A lawyer based in Abuja, Kenechukwu Maduka, has narrated how he and his wife almost lost their lives on Tuesday after being forced to board a rickety Toyota Sienna vehicle from Awka, Anambra State, to the Federal Capital Territory by God is Good Motors, a popular transport company in Nigeria. According to the legal practitioner, he booked two seats on a Toyota Hiace bus and paid N23,000 for himself and his wife for the journey but was shocked to realise that the transport company did not have the bus displayed on their online platform on the ground when they got…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday gave an update on the death of gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, saying that investigations on the death will soon be completed. IGP Baba said this when he received the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen, who paid a courtesy visit on the IGP in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. According to a release signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Minister discussed amongst other things, the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence. She…

The Chief Justice Of Nigeria CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Wednesday warned judges in the country to run away from unmerited wealths so as not to run foul of the law. Justice Muhammad gave the advise in Abuja while inaugurating six judges for the Federal High Court of Nigeria and one for the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory high court, adding; “The National Judicial council NJC, will fish out the bad eggs within the judiciary and show them the way out.” Muhammed noted that as judicial officers, judges must shun vainglory, dishonest disposition and ostentatious life style, borne…