Author: Isa Isawade
Why HYPREP is a failure – MOSOP
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described the government intervention agency responsible for the implementation…
Sowore re-arraigned for treason
The Federal Government of Nigeria has re-arraigned activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, on a fresh two-count charge…
Video: Obasanjo’s family house gutted by fire
The family home of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at Ita-Eko in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital was gutted by…
13 arrested for stealing transformers
Thirteen suspects have been paraded by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State for alleged involvement in…
Lagos sets date for closure of Ogunmokun crossing
In line with the Nigerian Railway Modernization Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) with extension to Lagos Port at Apapa, the Lagos State…
Lagos launches waterways clean-up
In line with the Lagos’s vision for a safer water transportation system in the ongoing Multi-Modal Transportation arrangement to meet…
Kogi NLC assures workers of minimum wage payment
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Kogi chapter Comrade Onuh Edokah charges workers in the state to remain resolute as the…
Police ban use of sirens, covered number plates in Rivers
The Rivers Police Command has banned the use of sirens, revolving lights, spy and covered number plates in the state.
6 States where free condoms will be distributed on Valentine’s Day
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), AIDs Health Care Foundation (AHF), will distribute 250,000 condoms in six states of the federation along…
South Korea, Taiwan raise concerns over Hong Kong travel
South Korean health authority says it will implement strict quarantine screening on people arriving from Hong Kong and Macao beginning…
Police arrest 34 in Edo
Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Edo command, Mr Makinde Ayinla, on Tuesday said the command arrested no…
Man sentenced to 21 months in prison
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan has sentenced a man, Tobias Solomon, to 21 months in a correctional facility for attempt…
22-year old stabs friend over a bottle of beer
A 22-year old man, Safiu Muritala, has been remanded at Kirikiri prison for allegedly stabbing his friend over a bottle…
Lagos Egbe Amofin adopts Adesina for NBA President
The hope of the South West to produce the next President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) became brighter during…
Rivers gov’t approves sale of stock exchange building
The Rivers State Executive Council on Sunday evening approved the public sale of the abandoned 17- Storey Stock Exchange Building…
Malaysia’s population rises to 32.68 million
Official data released on Tuesday has revealed that Malaysia's population in the fourth quarter 2019 was estimated at 32.68 million,…
Fresh impetus for water transportation in Lagos
Being a megacity and emerging smart city, it is quite obvious that efficient traffic management can best be experienced in…
Coronavirus death toll hits 1,016
Death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China hit 1,016 on Tuesday, according to figures released by the country’s…
Edo varsity trains staff on modern learning tools
The management of the Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State, has organised a training workshop for members of staff of the…
Family identifies late Chima’s body amid tears
There were tears and cries at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) mortuary, on Monday when members of…
The partnership Senate President Lawan wants
President of the Senate, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, has urged Ministries and Agencies of government, as well as Corporate bodies to…
Kogi Gov suspends VC, Rector
Vice Chancellor of the Kogi State University, Prof Abdulkadir and the Rector of the state's polytechnic, Prof Atureta have been…
Yahaya Bello appionts 3 new Perm Secs
In a bid to further strengthen the drive for optimum performance in the Kogi State Civil Service, Governor Yahaya Bello…
Photos of Gov Fayemi’s 55th Birthday celebration
Ado-Ekiti, the Ekti State capital, on Sunday, February 9, 2020 received political heavyweights and crème la de crème from different…
A clergyman’s message to politicians at Gov Fayemi’s 55th Birthday
Ado-Ekiti, the Ekti State capital was a mecca of sorts on Sunday when political heavyweights and crème la de crème…
Coronavirus: China begins daily disinfection of Wuhan City
The Chinese government on Sunday started to disinfect the city of Wuhan twice a day to beef up efforts in…
SERAP drags Buhari, Ayade to ECOWAS Court over Agba Jalingo
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to ECOWAS…
AU expresses solidarity with China over coronavirus
The African Union (AU), presently meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday expressed solidarity with China in its fight against…
What Buhari said on security at AU Summit in Addis Ababa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commended the renewed vigour by ECOWAS member countries to mobilise their…
Ebonyi govt lists designated urban areas, warns land grabbers
The Ebonyi Government has designated some Local Government Areas as Urban in the state and, therefore, warned land grabbers or…