The Federal Road Safety Corps on Tuesday said it would soon start the enforcement of speed limit device installation on private vehicles, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.The FRSC introduced the use of speed limit device in 2016 to reduce the incidents of accidents and loss of lives.However, the enforcement of compliance with the installation…
Egypt To Host Afcon 2019
The Confederation of African Football, CAF on Tuesday, announced Egypt as the hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament after their executive meeting in Dakar, Senegal. South Africa and Egypt were the only two nations to submit bids for the tournament, which is only five months away from kicking off, after Cameroon…
Court Jails 81 Years Old Retired Colonel
A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced an 81-year-old man, Richard Ogunbayo to 25 years imprisonment for the murder of one Felix Esan. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, while delivering judgment in Ado-Ekiti, said the prosecution could not substantiate evidence of murder against the convict but a case of manslaughter. He therefore, sentenced Ogunbayo to…
Focus Point Honours Deserving Nigerians
It was a starry day at the Furnished Quarters, G.R.A Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, December 16, as Focus Point held its Annual Leadership Awards for 2018. The event, which commenced at exactly 1pm, started with an opening prayer said by the chairman of the occasion, David Lucas. The founder of Focus Point, Emmanuel Olaniyan noted…
Chidinma is Miss Nigerian 2018
Chidinma Leilani Aaron a 25-year-old native of Anambra State has emerged winner of the 2018 Miss Nigeria beauty pageant. She was crowned at the grand finale of the pageant, which took place on Sunday at the Eko Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos. Eighteen contestants made it to the grand finale before the…
ASUU Strike: 11 Undergraduates Perish In auto Crash
ASUU Strike: 11 Undergraduates Perish In auto Crash By Timileyin Okunuga No fewer than 11 students of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID have been confirmed dead, following an accident that occurred November 20. The students were on their way to Damaturu in Yobe State from Maiduguri as the strike declared by the Academic Staff…
Minimum Wage: Labour Threatens to Demand Two Years Arrears
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba has declared that organised labour would demand two year arrears of the new national minimum wage for workers from the federal and the state government. He said this when he received Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary, Public Service International in his office in Abuja. Wabba expressed concern…
Davido Marks 26th Birthday in Grand Style
Award winning singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido yesterday marked his 26th birthday, setting the social media agog. He shared a picture of himself on Instagram wearing his new Richard Mille wrist watch and the Baddest 7 diamond chain. Just as he took to Instagram to wish himself success, other celebrities also took to…
IITA Launches Programme to Promote Nutrition
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, IITA has launched a new platform for women called “Smart Mother” to give women a voice in nutrition. It also unveiled what it called the largest nutritious cassava dish in the world. The programme was launched at the 2018 IITA Annual Food Fair, which took place at the Landmark…
Many Injured as Bus summersaults on Third Mainland Bridge
Several persons yesterday sustained various degrees of injuries when a commercial bus somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. According to eyewitness account, the accident occurred because the driver was said to be speeding beyond the limit. Meanwhile, no casualty was immediately recorded, but concerned authorities made effort to bring the situation under…