Author: Isa Isawade
Court Jails Ex-LUTH Accountant Olaniyi Zaccheus for 15 years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has secured the conviction and sentence of a former accounts…
Dogara heads screening committee for PDP primaries in Ondo
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara
Don’t usurp powers of Executive, lawyers tell National Assembly
Lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) have advised the National Assembly (NASS)
Tinubu mourns industrialist Bode Akindele
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the death of foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Chief…
Afe Babalola wants rapists castrated
Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Wednesday condemned the rising rape cases,
Gomes leaves Man United after rejecting new contract
Highly-rated young attacking midfielder Angel Gomes has left Manchester United after rejecting a new contract offer, the Premier League club…
Benue approves partial re-opening of schools
The Benue government on Wednesday approved a partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force…
ICPC re-arraigns Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday re-arraigned Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu, the suspended Director-General of…
We have developed new methods to defeat insurgents – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the Nigerian Army has developed new methods through which all…
Sex workers escape death as fire razes Brothel in Rivers
Proprietor of a popular brothel, Pedro Hotel, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and many sex workers narrowly escaped death…
Commuters praise Buhari for Ulasi-Okija Bridge
Motorists and commuters who travel through the hitherto deathtrap on the notorious Ulasi-Okija Bridge along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra…
Provide timelines for community policing, Lawan tells I-GP
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday charged the Inspector-General of Police to provide timelines for the implementation of…
Ekiti announces dates to reopen worship centres, schools
Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti said worship centres in Ekiti State may resume for services from Friday, July 17, while the…
Take the fight to bandits’ doorsteps, Buratai charges troops
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged the combined troops of the Armed Forces in Zamfara to…
Kano destroys illicit drugs, foods worth over N380m
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday supervised the destruction of illicit drugs, expired and adulterated packaged foods worth…
Okowa congratulates Obaseki
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, on his 63rd birth anniversary on July…
Ghost workers: EFCC arrests Perm Sec Bayo Onimago, 4 others
Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Permanent Secretary, Bayo Onimago, and four other senior officials implicated in the ongoing…
FIFA bans former top official Kattner for 10 years
Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has banned Markus Kattner, a former leading official in the Zurich organisation, for 10 years.
Don’t overburden Nigerians with tax, Lawan tells FIRS
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to widen the tax net…
75% of Nigerians at risk of non-communicable diseases – WellNewMe
75% of Nigerians are at risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a nationwide study by WellNewMe, a health technology company, has…
Ibii community in Ebonyi cries over bad roads
Indigenous people of Ibii community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi have called on the state government’s urgent…
Why we are divesting our shares in Pension Managers – AIICO Insurance
AIICO Insurance Plc on Tuesday said the move to divest its 70 per cent stake in AIICO Pension Managers Limited…
Ndigbo: Before Restructure, Beyond Biafra
In the piece, Coronavirus: The Nigerian Dream Cure, I wrote that the COVID-19, which “compelled people to stay within their…
Wike condemns security agencies for inaction over threat by group
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has condemned security agencies for not arresting those that threatened to destroy the state.
SERAP sues FG, CBN over beneficiaries of COVID-19 palliatives
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a case at the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the Federal…
Why I won’t nurse presidential ambition now – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Sunday said he was not nursing ambition of running for the office of…
Why family members of smokers are at higher risk – FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said family members and people around cigarette smokers stand higher risks of…
Why Chinese restaurant in Lagos remained shut – Babatunde Irukera
The Director General, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr Babatunde Irukera, said the Chinese restaurant known for exclusive…
Stone crushing business recommended for Plateau youths
A Stone breaker at the Mazaram Ray Field Quarry, Jos, Mr Daniel Ayinzat, on Sunday advised youths in Plateau to…
Nollywood actress Lillian Amah reveals her memorable moments
Award winning Nollywood actress and producer Lillian Amah has revealed her memorable moments in the make-believe industry.