Year: 2018
Edo’s ready to pay N30,000 new minimum wage – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured workers in the State that his administration will pay the new minimum…
What Atiku Wants More Than A Visit To America
I read with utter disgust the many outpourings of Atiku Abubakar’s critics to the effect that he is corrupt simply…
Mimiko vows to tackle corruption if elected president
The Presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, who was the immediate past governor of Ondo…
Four policemen, 3 LASTMA officials arrested for extortion
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested four policemen and three officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management…
German ex-nurse admits killing 100 patients
An ex-nurse in Germany has admitted at the start of his trial that he murdered 100 patients, making him one…
Ambode splashes N10 million on winners of RSW’s Pitch Competition
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday awarded N10 million seed fund to the winners of this year's Pitch Competition…
Soldiers not begging for food, money – Govt
The Federal Government has debunked an online publication alleging deplorable conditions of the troops fighting Boko Haram in the North…
Canadian Governor-General, Payette, Ambode unveil Lagos Bio-Bank Lab
The Governor-General of Canada, Rt. Hon. Julie Payette and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday jointly unveiled a…
Anambra to digitise revenue collection
The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) is soon to capture and enrol all taxable adults in the state on…
Lagos Govt develops quick research framework for viral outbreaks
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it had developed framework that would provide accurate information on quick research management…
5,000 Kwankwaso supporters dump PDP for APC in Kebbi
About 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiya group in Kebbi have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC) from the Peoples Democratic…
Ekiti Guber Tribunal: INEC deliberately voided PDP votes – Witness
A petitioners’ witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, that votes for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…
Coalition endorses Atiku for president
The South-South Community Association of Nigeria (SOSCAN) has agreed to float a common campaign strategy to assist the PDP presidential…
Buhari in closed-door meeting with South-South governors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with four governors from the South-South geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
First Bank partners CFA Society for Ethics Challenge
As a way of demonstrating its commitment to ethics, professional excellence, capacity building and inclusive growth of Nigerians, First Bank…
Ogun councilors deny support for Dapo Abiodun
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Elected councilors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all the 20 local government areas…
Minimum wage: Organised Labour frowns at delay tactics, stages protest
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s delay in the process of promulgating new National Minimum Wage for…
Al-Shabaab did not kill 30 soldiers in Somalia – AU
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Tuesday said, al-Shabab did not kill 30 of its soldiers in an…
Buhari lays foundation of Nigerian Army University, Biu
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday laid the foundation of the Nigerian Army University project in Biu, Borno.
Minimum wage: Yobe NLC mobilises members for indefinite strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Yobe council, has directed all workers in the state to prepare for an indefinite strike…
Ex-Lagos Speaker arraigned for allegedly aiding escape of murder suspect
A former Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Jokotola Pelumi, was on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned for allegedly receiving into…
Kylie Jenner Gifts Mum A Ferrari
21-year-old cosmetics enthusiast Kylie Jenner has given her mom Kris Jenner an early birthday present, a red Ferrari 488.
Katsina Govt. earmarks N19bn for education in 2019
Katsina State Government has earmarked N19 billion toward boosting education sector in the 2019 fiscal year, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…
Michael Blackson, Pearl Thusi, Anita Erskine, To Host AFRIMA 2018
The African Union Commission, AUC, in partnership with the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts…
Merkel hosts African leaders in drive to tackle underdevelopment
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Tuesday, hosted African leaders in a drive to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that encouraged…
Be Humble- Laura Ikeji
Humility sure takes people farther than they would ever have imagined it would. this is the message fashion entrepreneur Laura…
Buhari visits Kaduna, directs security agencies to hunt down perpetrators
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the recurring killings in Kaduna State must stop and directed security agencies to hunt…
Police suspend ‘Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads’
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Police Command has suspended the ongoing ‘operation restore sanity on Lagos roads or velvet’, for…
Alleged $8.1bn repatriation: MTN vs CBN case adjourned till Dec. 4
A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till Dec. 4, hearing in a dispute between MTN Nigeria and the…
Somalis urged to seek homegrown solutions to problems
The UN senior envoy in Somalia has called on Somalis to pursue homegrown solutions to their problems amid tensions between…