Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
CACOL condemns arrest of journalists by SARS
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has joined other local and International civil society groups to condemn the…
Yoruba Tennis club urges LASG to create avenues for youth development
The Yoruba Tennis Club has urged the Lagos State Government to create more avenues for youth development in the area…
No to unlawful arrest, harassment of journalists
The reprehensible arrest of PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, over the leak of the police interim report of the probe…
MTN, 12 banks sign N200b medium term loan agreement
Mobile telephone operator, MTN on Wednesday signed a seven-year N200 billion medium term loan agreement with a consortium of 12…
Police arrest landlord with neighbour’s stolen car
The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command has arrested a 43-year old landlord, Taoreed Adegbite and father of four for…
2019: Group hails Tinubu over Lagos APC’s adoption of direct primaries
A group, operating under the aegis of Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard has commended the National leader of All Progressives Congress…
FG, States, LGs share N821.86bn in July
The Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, has disbursed the sum of N821.86 billion to the three tiers of government in…
Incredible! INEC to feed police with N6bn in 2019 polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is going to spend N6 billion in feeding the police during the 2019 general…
Keystone Bank: Emerging whiz-kid on the banking block
Since the financial crisis that enveloped the global market a decade ago, the profitability and reputation of banks has been…
Senator Attai Aidoko Sir, legal quests or legislation?
Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in…
Lagos arraigns 50 suspects over attack, vandalisation of govt’s equipment
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday arraigned 50 suspects before Chief Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi of Court 4, Ikeja Magisterial District…
Participants of Eko Youth Academy to compose Lagos youth anthem
Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri has tasked the participants of the ongoing Eko Youth…
PDP vows to resist attempt to rig it out in future elections
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will, henceforth, resist any attempt to rig it out in future elections, beginning…
Police arrest 2 suspected robbers in Lagos
Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested two suspected criminals who terrorised and robbed motorists and pedestrians…
Contemplation is African: A Conversation with Teju Cole
I stopped worrying about that stuff a while ago. I think we do have a responsibility to project stories in…
CBN injects $210m into foreign exchange market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sustained its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting 210 million…
Cholera kills 28 in Kano in seven months
The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea with 50 confirmed cases of…
NASS blockade: Osinbajo saved Nigeria from embarrassment-Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday commended Acting President,Yemi Osinbajo for his intervention in the…
Tinubu to Obasanjo: You’ve spent your time, leave Buhari alone
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to…
IGP overhauls SARS, names commissioner as new head
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim idris on Tuesday ordered the immediate overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS to address…
No foreign pressure on Buhari to drop 2nd term bid – Presidency
The Presidency on Tuesday said there is no foreign pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest the 2019 presidential…
APC releases date for Primaries
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released dates for its primary elections to choose its candidates for the 2019 general…
2019: All Lagos APC aspirants to face direct primaries – Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said all aspirants for various elective positions…
I am not desperate to be President – Atiku
Nigeria's former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, on Tuesday said he is not desperate to be President of the country.
35 people killed as bridge collapses in Italy
A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, killing at least 35 people as vehicles plummeted…
Murder: Court frees Lagos PDP Chairman, Salvador, 10 others
A Lagos High Court vacation Judge, Justice Obafemi Adamson, Tuesday discharge and acquitted the Lagos State Chairman of Peoples Democratic…
I would have left Chelsea if Conte had stayed – Willian
Chelsea winger Willian says there is "no chance" he would be at the club had former head coach Antonio Conte…
19 Corps Members escape death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
No fewer than 19 corp members have escaped death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in a lone accident involving a Nissan Civilian…
Panic as another man is shot dead in Ado Ekiti
There was panic in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on Monday evening as another man was killed by unidentified gunmen in…
Why I visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta – Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, says he met Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta on Monday because he missed the…