Year: 2018
Oshodi Transport Interchange: Lagos targets 2019 first quarters delivery date
The Lagos State Government on Monday said the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange conceived and being implemented to evolve a seamless…
Senior surgeon collapses, dies after conducting 4 operations
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), has been thrown into mourning, following the death of one of the senior…
Fayemi laments poor management of Ikogosi Warm Springs Resorts
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has decried the poor state of the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resorts, owing to deliberate…
Obaseki orders arrest of BEDC officials for removing transformer bought by Ihovbor Community
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Monday ordered the arrest of officials of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC)…
Gunmen abduct former NBA Branch Chairman in Edo, kill wife
Gunmen terrorising motorists on the busy Benin-Auchi Road again struck on Sunday evening and abducted the former chairman of the…
E Money Gifts Laura Ikeji N500, 000
CEO of Five Star Group popularly called E Money surprised Fashion entrepreneur Laura Ikeji today by gifting her a whooping…
International retail shopping now easy for Nigerian
Nigerian customers can now shop directly from over 100 international stores, including Amazon, Zara, eBay and Macy’s, and pay in…
We will not not join Labour’s strike – NATCA President
Mr Victor Eyaru, the President of Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), on Monday said that the association would not…
Cameroon’s Anglophone separatists cut fingers of six workers
Six workers of Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, the country’s second largest employer, have had their fingers chopped off by militants…
Nadal pulls out of ATP finals
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the ATP Finals in London scheduled for next week due to an injury which…
Court refuses to grant fresh order stopping Labour’s strike
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday rejected a request for a fresh order stopping the organised…
Transportation to be grounded as NURTW threatens to join strike
The Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, announced…
Falana issues Commission 7-day ultimatum to probe killing of 492 Shiites
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Monday issued seven days ultimatum to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to…
‘I will hand over to a governor of Nkanu extraction in 2023’
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State says he will hand over to a governor of Nkanu extraction at the expiration…
Lagos Assembly passes bill to establish Tourism Promotion Agency
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a Bill for a Law to Provide for the Establishment of…
Unilorin don wins 2018 National Merit Award
A Professor of English and President, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Olu Obafemi, has been named winner of this year’s…
N7.65bn fraud: Absence of Kalu stalls hearing
Hearing in the trial of a former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, for alleged N7.65billion fraud was stalled…
FG, Labour lock in emergency meeting to avert strike
The meeting of the tripartite committee on new minimum wage is currently ongoing in Abuja to avert Tuesday's nationwide strike…
INEC commences display of voters register in Enugu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State has commenced display of voters’ register in all the 260 wards…
How Lagos police infiltrated den of kidnappers — CP
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, on Monday, narrated how operatives of the command infiltrated a den of…
FG, Labour must work together to avert nationwide strike – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has appealed to both the Federal Government and the leadership of…
Google Impact Challenge Nigeria opens for public voting – Country director
The Google Impact Challenge Nigeria, a competition to find the most innovative, not-for-profit Nigerian organization using technology to solve societal…
No back-to-back games for Leonard – Coach
If Toronto Raptors power forward Kawhi Leonard plays Sunday night in Los Angeles against LeBron James and the Los Angeles…
Jigawa spends N18m to obtain license for 25 miner groups
Alhaji Aminu Sidi, the Jigawa Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, on Monday said that the state government spent N18 million…
Co-accused “turnaround” to become EFCC witnesses against ex-NIMASA DG
A mild drama ensued during the proceedings on Monday at an Ikeja High Court as three men arraigned alongside Patrick…
New minimum wage: MURIC appeals to Organised Labour to shelve strike
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a rights group, on Monday, urged the Organised Labour to shelve its proposed nationwide strike…
2019: INEC seeks close partnership with CSOs for credible election
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called for close partnership with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to…
Adamawa NULGE raises alarm over nonpayment of salaries
The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees ( NULGE), Adamawa Chapter has raised alarm over hardship being experienced by its…
Katsina rehabilitates 7 hospitals with N3.5bn
The Katsina State Government says it has expended N3.5 billion on the rehabilitation, upgrading and installation of medical equipment in…
Osinbajo tasks Canadian investors on opportunities in Nigeria
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has urged Canadian investors to explore the opportunities that abound in Nigeria’s education, health and…