By Arsalan Altaf Police say drivers attacked warden after he ordered to remove wrongly parked vehicles. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Transporters badly beat up a traffic warden in Murree on Sunday after the official tried to issue tickets to a vehicle, which was illegally parked and blocking traffic. Police told The Express Tribune that driver ofContinue Reading
The defection of Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio, to All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described “as the beginning of the end of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’’. Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, made the prediction in a statement onContinue Reading
Ray Ekpu: clocks 70 tomorrow From London, where he is vacationing, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm greetings to veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 tomorrow. The year also marks Ekpu’s 45th year as a journalist and an administrator. President Buhari joined the mediaContinue Reading
Habibu Harisu/Sokoto Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) who staged a grand homecoming to Sokoto today said defectors to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties from All Progressives Congress (APC) will surely regret their actions. Wamakko stated this on Saturday at a special rally in support of President MuhammaduContinue Reading
The Conference of Speakers of the State Legislatures of Nigeria has elected Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly as its new chairman. NAN reports that the conference elected new executives at its 2018 Second Quarter Conference held between Friday, Aug. 3 and Sunday Aug.Continue Reading
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Tuesday inaugurate the Lagos edition of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic. Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, the state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by Babasola Ogunmosunle, Public Relations Manager in the ministry. Oladunjoye saidContinue Reading
The Army says they have arrested a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman, the suspect is believed to be number 96 on the wanted list earlier published by the army. Chukwu said Lawan was apprehended afterContinue Reading
Dr Adaugo Onyedinma, a Consultant Paediatrician with Samaria Hospital, Ago-Lagos, on Sunday called on government to create enclosed space in public places to encourage exclusive breastfeeding. Onyedinma, whose special interest is in newborn health and infant nutrition, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NANContinue Reading
Yoruba group pledges loyalty to patriotic politics Loyalty By Abolade Ogundimu Abuja, Aug. 5, 2018(NAN) The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has reiterated its support for politicians that fully subscribe to masses-oriented ideology. Mr Akin Malaolu, the Secretary-General of the socio-cultural group made this known in a statement on Sunday inContinue Reading
