FrontLineNews

  Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan. It was gathered that the APC candidate and Jonathan were in a closed-door meeting where they spoke on issues majorly around the presidential election next year. Tinubu said his visit to Jonathan was for consultation in his capacity as a former President of the country and an elder statesman. According to him, he sees leading Nigeria as going beyond partisan politics and seeks the support of all leading figures in Nigeria to brainstorm the best way to get the country on a right track. It was earlier reported that Tinubu had also visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence earlier in the month as part of his ongoing consultations. Tinubu had also visited Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in London where both men met behind closed doors. Just before the presidential primaries of the APC, Tinubu had also engaged in consultations w...

  •Governor approves construction of 750-seater theatre, buses, free Internet for Education varsity  •‘Why I donated project to school’ Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inaugurated a 250-seater lecture hall donated by Oloto of Oto-Awori Kingdom, Oba Josiah Ilemobade Aina, to the newly upgraded Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) in Ijanikin, Badagry Division. The Governor was in the Oto-Awori Kingdom to felicitate with the monarch on the occasion of his 15th coronation anniversary. The lecture hall was donated by the monarch to mark the anniversary. The king’s gesture, Sanwo-Olu said, is worthy of emulation, noting that the facility would be complementary to those being built on the campus by the State Government, as part of the projects initiated after the school was upgraded from College of Education to a university by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Governor, at the event, explained why the school, alongside Lagos State Polytechni...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Sunday Ohiagu, alleged to be the lead of a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport.  A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said Ohiagu was nabbed last Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Osita who was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25 kilogrammes concealed in cassava product, gari and crayfish.  Babafemi said one other member of the airport syndicate who works with Ohiagu has also been arrested while operatives are after another suspect. He said investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited 42-year old Obinna, to traffic the drugs and equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner to create access for the unhindered passage...

  The Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that political parties do not  substitute names of duly elected candidates in the just concluded primaries with people that did not participate in the process. It also tasked the electoral body to ensure that its actions are guided by the Electoral Act to avoid external manipulations by anti-democratic elements. The group’s position contained in a statement issued yesterday by its Director, Dr. Sam Amadi,  came on the heels of the controversy surrounding the submission of the name of the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, which appeared on INEC portals as senatorial candidates of the party when they were said not to have participated in the elections that produced the party’s candidates The group contended that for anyone to emerge as a candidate based on the provision...

  In spite of the national retrogression in the value system and the world at large, the 1985 set of the Nigerian Law school have identified and honoured one of their own in the person of the former speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly,  Rt. Hon. Jokotola Abdulwaheed Pelumi. The sir Adetokunbo Ademola Dining Hall of the Nigerian Law School,Victoria Island Lagos, on Tuesday 23rd August , turned into a carnival-like atmosphere, as the Class 85 of the Nigerian Law School gathered for a re-union which is part of the activities lined up for the annual NBA week celebrated by lawyers across the country . The lawyers, as part of their annual event always identify with some of their classmates who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of specialisation by celebrating them during the law week. Despite the drop in our value system ,Rt. Hon. Jokotola Pelumi has been identified to have upheld high ethical standards in the law profession while displaying integrity an...

  The Lagos State Government has announced that there will be traffic diversion at the Jonathan Coker Level Crossing in the Fagba area of the State from Friday, 26th of August until Sunday, 28th of August 2022, between the hours of 10p.m and 3a.m daily due to the ongoing Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) extending to Lagos Ports Apapa. A release signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said motorists can make use of Ashade Underpass, Adejobi and Toyin Crossing alternately. The statement said the Level Crossing at Jonathan Coker will be closed off to vehicular movement during the five hours to enable the contractors work seamlessly. Dr. Oladeinde gave assurance that the officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would manage vehicular movement along the axis, urging the motoring public to cooperate with the officers to minimise inconveniences.

         Naziru Isyaku Rabiu has resigned from his Executive Director post at his father’s BUA Foods PLC less than a year after his appointment. BUA Foods Plc, one of Nigeria’s biggest and publicly-traded food production companies.More facts have emerged revealing the reasons behind his resignation. A corporate disclosure that was filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) said the resignation took effect on August 17, 2022. The statement did not offer further explanations. “BUA Foods Plc (the Company) hereby notifies the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of the resignation of Isyaku Naziru Rabiu as a Director on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from 17th August 2022,”  the brief statement said. However, a source at the company who spoke to us anonymously revealed that Rabiu’s resignation became necessary to enable BUA Foods to meet some regulatory requirements as set by NGEX. Nigeria’s Code of Corporate Governance (on fam...

   The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Dele Alake, has identified three major factors that will determine the outcome of the 2023 elections. In an interview on Journalist Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme on Tuesday, Alake said the economy, security and the vision of the candidates to deal with them, will influence voting decisions. Alake said Nigeria needs a leader with vision, knowledge and courage, attributes which, he said, Tinubu embodies.  Tinubu is not concerned about cash and carry or container economy. He is for something more enduring, Alake said. “There is no gainsaying the fact of all the candidates competing for votes to solve these problems, Tinubu stands far ahead of the competitors. In terms of track record of performance as a governor, in terms of  leadership,  social engineering, mental development, Tinubu is an embodiment of all the leadership qualities for a country...

     No fewer than 5000 youths from different parts of Lagos State were on Tuesday empowered with Point of Sale (POS) machines to enable the beneficiaries to become self-employed and financially independent. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, spoke at the event held in the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Alausa, saying the gesture is a pointer to the fact that the Lagos State Government is very keen on alleviating the economic challenges facing the less privileged in the State. In her words: "There is no doubt that Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is a youth-centric Governor who knows where the shoe pinches and that is the reason he is always ready to give his consent and approval to any programme that will benefit residents, especially vulnerable, indigent women and youths". She, however, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the machines given to them, adding that there will be strict monitoring of the devices to ensu...

  ...charges appointees to efficiently utilize state resources The Ogun State governor,  Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, sworn in seven new commissioners and a deputy Chief of Staff, charging the new appointees to efficiently utilize resources in their care towards ensuring the realization of the ISEYA mantra of the present administration in the state. At the swearin in ceremony held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor's Office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, also charged the new appointees to always be conscious of the fact that the responsibility of taking the state to an unprecedented height now rest on their shoulders. He further admonished them to be accountable to the people, and ensure that they remain connected to them as worthy ambassadors of the present administration's policy of inclusiveness. The governor noted that the new appointees should also efficiently integrate their visions into the present administration's approaches to governance and focus on the pillars of ISEYA...