LASG Reverse Itself On Filling Stations Operating Between 9am And 4pm

 For the avoidance of doubt, filling stations are not restricted from doing their business, but fuel marketers have a responsibility to ensure that their activities do not cause any disruption whatsoever to traffic flow.

Following assurances from some of the offending filling stations, the 9am to 4pm restriction will no longer be enforced

Governor Oyebanji Declares Tuesday Holiday For PVC Collection

 The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has declared Tuesday, January 24, 2023 a work- free day in the State.

This is to enable eligible voters collect their Permanent Voters Cards ( PVC) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s designated centres. 


The Governor urges all eligible voters to take advantage of the holiday and collect their PVC which is their licence to participate in the forth coming general election.


*Yinka Oyebode* 
Special Adviser ( Media) to the Governor.
20- 01- 2023

Dani Alves Detained On Suspicion Of Sexual Assault

Brazil defender Dani Alves has been detained by police in Barcelona on suspicion of sexual assault.

The former Barcelona full-back, 39, allegedly assaulted a woman by inappropriately touching her in a nightclub in Barcelona in December.

Alves, who has denied the allegation, has been taken into custody and will be questioned by a judge on Friday.

He played 408 times for Barcelona across two spells and was also part of Brazil's 2022 World Cup squad.


The defender currently plays for Pumas UNAM in Mexico.

Local police Mossos d'Esquadra confirmed the details to Reuters and AFP news agencies.

National Census To Hold March 29 To April 2, 2023

 The 2023 national population and housing census will hold from March 29 to April 1, 2023.

The Chairman of the National Population Council Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Friday shortly after an audience with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

“By March 29 to April 2, our staff will be in the field enumerating people,” said Kwarra.

According to him, the technological tools to be deployed will be able to code buildings and landmass, detailing information such as location, landscapes, etc.

This, he said, will ensure a credible exercise.

He also noted that non-Nigerians will be counted so long as they are in the country at the time of the exercise.

In the 2023 Appropriation Act, the Federal Government earmarked N40bn for the National Population.

A total of N10m was allocated for the national population and housing census, while the national population data bank, Nigerian population database management system geo-portal hosting of population website and web portal got N50 million.

According to the document, the conduct of census in schools and the training of advocates staff for data collection and interviewing techniques will gulp N60m

More so, the expansion of registration centres, registration of birth and death, and Adhoc registration took N350m.

The sum of N25m was allocated for census research, documentation, and archiving (i.e., research on historical events, special population e.g. herdsmen, fishermen, homeless persons, migrant farmers.)

Census publicity and advocacy (I.e. publicity, information, communication, DNA enlightenment for population programmes, through print electronic media.) will gulp N120m.

Other outstanding/miscellaneous activities for the 2023 population and housing census will take N30bn.

APC Members Use Tinubu Buses To Campaign For Atiku In The North

 Happening live in Abuja,Friday..APC Members from North West are using tinubu buses to campaign for Atiku Infront of APCO..

Wizkid Will Not Perform At This Event, It's A Scam - Sunday Are

 Sunday Are is WizKid's Manager.

This is to inform the general public that this event is a scam. Wizkid and his management know nothing about this event and accordingly, he will not perform at the said event as claimed, so please beware of this poster and information put out from its organizers as Wizkid and his management will not be liable for any damages. 

Appropriate legal action is currently being explored against the persons responsible for creating and disseminating this false information.

Peter Obi's Campaigners Trying To Drag Me Into Politics - Sultan Of Sokoto

 Peter Obi’s Pitiable, Irresponsible Campaigners Trying To Drag Me Into 2023 Politics –Sultan Of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has distanced himself from a viral statement where he purportedly asked Nigerians to hold him responsible if the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, did not perform well if he is elected president in the forthcoming election.

A statement titled “BREAKING: SULTAN OF SOKOTO WRITES,” with the first paragraph reading, "Hold me responsible if Peter Obi didn't perform well, the problem of the North is from the north, not Peter Obi or an Igbo man, it will be worst and more deadly for the North if Tinubu wins, if they tell you an Igbo man is the problem of Nigeria, tell them Igbo man never rule Nigeria before and north is world poverty capital," has gone viral on social media.

Reacting to the purported statement, the Sultan through his media team described the statement as misleading information circulated by Peter Obi’s campaigners whom he described as pitiable political campaigners.

The media team in a statement signed by Prince Bashir Adefaka, said, “Ordinarily the statement should not be dignified with a pinch of reaction but because of the need to put the record straight for the sake of truth seeking Nigerians. Recall that this is not the first time such a misleading statement would be circulated in effort to climb on the influential personality and name of the Sultan to score political goals.

“Unfortunately for these pitiable political campaigners, Sultan of Sokoto is - strictly speaking - a traditional ruler and leader of Muslims of Africa's most populous country. Moreso, as a retired Army General, his discipline, commitment and unalloyed loyalty to Nigeria is non-negotiable

“For the avoidance of doubt, the statement is fake because such an irresponsible write-up, credited to him, could not have emanated from anywhere near or around His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).”

The statement explained that between Wednesday and Thursday, the Sultan played host to several figures including the outgoing and new General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Eighth Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major Generals O. Bassey and Godwin Mutkut respectively, and Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima.

The statement denied that Obi visited the Sultan, saying, “It would interest Nigerians to know that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Peter Obi, was not one of those that paid a visit to the palace, be it on Wednesday or Thursday. So, how some agents of discord whose stock-in-trade is to thrive on cooking falsehoods and peddling of fake news think that they can get through with this remains unknown to common sense.

“The simple challenge is to ask them to publish a copy of the letter purportedly written by the Sultan or a video or audio clip where he endorsed Peter Obi and denied APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as contained in their peddled fakeness. If they cannot, and of a surety they cannot, they should desist from this indefensible claim and unpardonable lie using the good bane of His Eminence because it will backfire.

“It should, however, be made clear to the good people of Nigeria that this, like many others in the past by the Peter Obi campaigners, would not stop the Sultan from continuing to play his role as a multifaceted leader and father of all and so, his doors will remain open to all aspirants across all parties and other meaningful people from across the country.

“More important to Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar at this time and always are the security, peace and unity of Nigeria, especially as the nation is fast moving into its long planned and heavily invested general elections. He will continue to support all efforts that will lead to the success of the election process. So, let any incoherent claims of naysayers be ignored. The Sultan is not a politician.”