Day February 21, 2021

Over 120,000 coronavirus deaths in the UK

The number of deaths directly due to the coronavirus has surpassed the 120,000 mark in the United Kingdom, according to figures released by the British authorities on Saturday. Between Friday and Saturday, 445 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19. Since…

Fake soldier gets six-week jail term

A Mobile Court has sentenced a fake soldier arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) for assault and impersonation to six weeks imprisonment. Chairman of the Taskforce, Shola Jejeloye, a Chief Superintendent (CSP),…

How Jakande touched our lives, by family, friends

Some call him ‘the Action Governor’. Others say he was ‘the selfless achiever.’ The name of the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, who passed on peacefully in his sleep last Thursday, seems forever etched in…

‘Why Igboho is not fit to fight Yoruba battle’

Rafiu Kolawole Abdulrasaq, a security expert and former PA (Security) to former Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, former, Chairman FIRMA Lagos and later SURE-P under President Goodluck Jonathan amongst others, speaks with Gboyega Alaka on the ongoing battle against…