Year: 2016
Security guard batters employer with interlocking stones
Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested a security guard, Ibrahim Musa, 30, for allegedly…
Lagos-Ibadan expressway: FG appeals for patience
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has appealed for patience, orderliness and the cooperation of motorists…
Prison break: Kogi governor insists on FG investigation
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has asked the Federal Government to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate…
Our committee will be fair to all – Kogi Auditor-General
The location and work schedule of the Kogi State Staff Screening Review and Complaints Committee will be announced next Wednesday.…
Facts on Osun: Salaries and pensions
Since the problem of non-payment of salaries for public sector workers across states of the federation became national issue early…
Troops recover cache of arms and ammunition in Gamboru
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it had recovered cache of arms and ammunition in Gamboru. This is contained in…
Kogi jailbreak : 2 robbery convicts among inmates on the run
Two armed robbery convicts and 11 awaiting trial suspects were among the 13 inmates who escaped from Koton Karfe prison…
2 more Nigerians killed in South Africa
Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union in South Africa, has confirmed that two Nigerians were killed in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.…
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Breaking News: JAMB withdraws 2016 admission lists
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to tertiary…
Poll: Ambode leads as Nigeria’s top performing governor
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode is leading other Governors in the poll organised by the African Leadership Magazine to…
Lagos arrests 85 sanitation offenders
The Lagos State Taskforce on Saturday arrested 85 people for violating the environmental sanitation law of the state. Taskforce’s Head…
Eko Atlantic City’ll boost Lagos economy, IGR-Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday embarked on an extensive tour of the Eko Atlantic City project, expressing…
Police arrest 15 suspects for allegedly stealing school computers
Superintendent of Police (SP), Dolapo Badmos of the Lagos State Command, on Sunday said that the police had arrested 15…
Govt reminds workers of no-work-no-pay rule
With workers of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) set for a fresh strike over the non-payment of April and May…
Lagos pays N142 million to deceased staff’s families
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government at the weekend paid N142 million to families of deceased staff as insurance claim.…
EKO Disco throws National Theatre into darkness
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on Sunday confirmed that electricity supply to the National Arts Theatre in Lagos…
Peacekeeping: Police warn officers against offering bribe
The Nigeria Police Force on Sunday in Abuja warned personnel of the force against giving money for selection for Peace…
Suicide bombers kill 5 in Somalia
At least five people were killed and several others were injured on Sunday in twin car bomb blasts at the…
SERAP asks Dogara, principal officers to resign
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr…
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Breaking: Tokyo elects first female governor
Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital’s first woman governor, exit polls project. Public…
Lebanese Mathematics teacher murdered in Sokoto
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the alleged murder of a Lebanese, Mr Moin Amsuri, a Mathematics Teacher, at…
Austerity Measures: Buhari bans conference bags, T-shirts at workshops
The Federal Government has banned the procurement and distribution of conference bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events such as…
Reuben Abati: Let’s talk Turkey about Turkey
I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey from at…
APC wins Minjibir constituency by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State has declared Alhaji Tasi’u Ibrahim of the All Progressives Congress as…
FG, militants dialogue useless without Ijaw leaders – Clark
The Ijaw national leader Chief Edwin Clark said on Saturday that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in…
A country of honorifics, but no honour
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Not too long ago, a report in the social section of one of our national dailies caught my…
Rep denies shutdown of committee secretariat
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki (APC-Kano), has denied the alleged shut down, seizure, relocating…
13 inmates escape in fresh jailbreak at Koton karfe prison
Thirteen inmates escaped in fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday. A…
9,000 women die of cervical cancer yearly in Nigeria
An Oncologist, Dr Kehinde Okunade, has said that no fewer than 9,000 Nigerian women die yearly as a result of…
Breaking: 16 killed in hot air balloon fire
A hot-air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, federal officials said,…