Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
NUC accredits nine courses for UIDLC
The Director, Distance Learning Centre, DLC, of the University of Ibadan, UI, Professor Oyesoji Aremu has disclosed that the National…
Oyo prosecutes 45 illegal street traders
Oyo State Government has prosecuted about 45 illegal street traders in Ibadan metropolis, saying that street trading would not be…
Girl-child education, a critical issue we don’t joke with – LASG
The Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi has said that girl-child education is…
We’ll resist subversion of democracy in Nigeria – IYC
Against the backdrop defections in National Assembly from one party to another, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has cautioned…
Apapa gridlock: FG must revive ports in other States, oil pipelines to save Lagos – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday tasked the Federal Government to do everything within its powers to revive…
How citizens can use FOI Act to curb corruption in health, education, water sectors – SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has launched its latest report on how citizens can use the Freedom of…
ASLM Conference holds December in Abuja
The 2018 edition of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine Conference (ASLM 2018)) is set to hold in Abuja, Nigeria’s…
Oyo pays N201m gratuity to 90 retirees
The Oyo State Government on Monday released the sum of N201, 585,089.20 to another set of 90 retirees to offset…
Oyo CJ releases 30 inmates of Agodi Prisons
The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Muntar Abimbola, who paid a visit to the Agodi Prison, Ibadan, on Tuesday…
Buhari mocks decamped APC members, says they have issues of zoning in their states
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has mocked the decamped members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying they decided to leave the…
100 mentally challenged inmates, 71 juveniles in Lagos prisons – LASG
The Lagos State Government has lamented that 100 mentally challenged inmates and 71 juveniles are currently in prisons across the…
Fake News threatening corporate existence of Nigeria – Lai Muhammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed on Tuesday said Fake News does not only threaten the peace of…
Nigerian Govt shifts 3rd Mainland Bridge closure to August 24
The three day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance Test earlier slated to begin on July 27,…
Buhari, IGP meet behind closed doors at Presidential Villa
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, at the Presidential Villa,…
2019: Kogi East rallies behind Victor Adoji for Senate
The people of Kogi East Senatorial District are in for a brighter future in 2019 and beyond as Dr. Victor…
Keystone Bank emerges best Innovative Bank in Africa, as Ohiwerei bags banking CEO Africa award
Fastest growing financial institution in Nigeria, Keystone Bank Limited, has once again added to its growing list of laurels as…
Community policing, strong intelligence way to solving Nigeria’s security challenges – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the fight against crime and all forms of criminality in Nigeria…
Saraki must honour our invitation or be forced to do so – Police
The Police on Tuesday said the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, must honour their invitation for questioning about the Offa…
Police lay siege to Saraki, Ekweremadu’s homes
Security operatives on Tuesday laid siege to the homes of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and that of the…
Police Invitation: Saraki fights back
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the invitation extended to him by the police over the Offa…
PDP expels Senator Kashamu for hobnobbing with APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the expulsion of senator Buruji Kashamu, a senator representing Ogun East.
EFCC begins prosecution of ex-Access Bank staff for stealing N1.2bn from customers
Following the startling discovery of a whopping N1.2bn fraud, allegedly committed by one Olayinka Sanni, a former staff of Access…
Apapa gridlock: Lagos issues 30-day ultimatum to tank farms to get holding bays or face sanction
The Lagos State Government on Monday issued a 30-day ultimatum to tank farm owners in Apapa area of the state…
Oshiomhole blows hot, threatens to suspend Chris Ngige from APC
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Monday said if President Muhammadu Buhari condoned disrespect…
Woman kills partner by pouring hot water on him
A 57-year-old woman admitted in a German court on Monday to having killed her partner with boiling water so as…
5,000 Nigerian doctors are in South Africa – Consul General
The Consul General (CG) of Nigeria in South Africa, Mr. Godwin Adama, has said there were 5,000 Nigerian Medical practitioners…
Nigeria’s Inflation drops by 0.37 percent in June
Nigeria's inflation has dropped by 0.37 percent in June, 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, reports on Monday.
Insecurity: Buhari should resign, get out of office – Bishop Oyedepo
The founder, Living Faith Church International, Bishop David Oyedepo on Sunday asked Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari to resign and get…
Police sack four SARS operatives for robbery, kidnapping
The Nigeria police have sacked four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria and arraigned them…
Court dismisses businessman’s suit to stop EFCC’s investigation
A Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has dismissed a fundamental right enforcement suit filed by a Lagos businessman,…