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The collapsed building

Metro

Three-storey building collapses in Port Harcourt

The building was said to have shown enough signs of dilapidation and was marked for demolition by the Rivers State…
Fire razes Shekarau's residence

Headlines, Politics

Senator Shekarau dumps APC for NNPP

The lawmaker in a defection letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, informed the chamber that his…
Fayose and Atiku

Politics, Top Stories

Fayose dumps Atiku, drums support for Southern president

Fayose tweeted on Wednesday that power must go to the south as the north had rule for two terms under…
Yoruba Nollywood stars endorse Tinubu

Nollywood, Top Stories

Yoruba Nollywood stars openly endorse Tinubu for president (Video)

Those featured in the video clip were Yinka Quadri, Jide Kosoko, Fausat Balogun, Taiwo Hassan, Femi Adebayo, Shola Kosoko, Faithia…
Ike Ekweremadu and Nwanneka Ekweremadu

News, Top Stories

Senate delegation to visit Ekweremadu, wife in London

According to Lawan, the decision to wade into Ekweremadu’s arrest and detention over allegations of organ harvesting was against the…
Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle

Metro

Why we directed citizens to acquire guns – Matawalle

The statement explained that the governor’s directive was part of the administration’s efforts to tackle protracted security challenges in the…
Ogun government rolls out figures to disprove claim of diversion of funds allocated to LGs in the state from Federal Govt by Gov. Dapo Abiodun

Metro

Abiodun wades in to resolve striking Ogun workers’ demands

The workers had on Tuesday, following the expiration of seven days ultimatum issued on June 21, asking the state government…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu approves increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions

News

Sanwo-Olu to give 12 cars to outstanding teachers, administrators Wednesday

The Annual Education Merit Awards, an initiative of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration, rewards excellence to motivate selfless teachers, who have…
Augusta Nneka

Opinion

Dancing to inaudible beats

Public opinion is important. Agreed. But until our opinions lead to actual results offline; we will remain where we are.…

Metro

Court jails Borno man Modu Ali for N20m fraud

Kotoko was first arraigned on January 1, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to the one count charge preferred against him,…
Elegushi briefing newsmen

News

2022 Hajj: Lagos to refund intending pilgrims, as Saudi declines additional slots

The Lagos State Government promised to make the full refund process seamless and quickly available for those intending pilgrims who…
Wike and Ikpeazu in Turkey

News, Top Stories

Splendid moment of Wike, Ikpeazu in Turkey for vacation (Photos)

Wike took to his Twitter handle on Tuesday to announce that he is currently in Turkey with Ikpeazu on a…
CJN Tanko Muhammad

Headlines, News

Senate to probe petition by Supreme Court Justices despite former CJN’s resignation

According to the Senate, such measures must include the immediate fiscal intervention as well as long term and sustainable budgetary…
The suspect paraded

Metro

Cross River woman Aniebet smashed with three explosives

Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, who paraded the suspect at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday in…
Stella Achebe

Metro

Court convicts Lagos woman Achebe over N10m dud cheque

The defendant, who said she was a lawyer called to the Nigeria Bar in 2002, also took to the dock…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Metro

Kano lawyer Hanga jailed two years for forgery

Hanga was jailed on Friday, June 24, 2022, after being found guilty of forgery based on four-count charges bordering on…
Akande with Jaji and Ososanya at the event

Business, News

Why private sector should partner govt to drive MSMEs – Sanwo-Olu

According to Sanwo-Olu, as a people-oriented government, his administration would take advantage of these emerging opportunities by designing and implementing…
Buhari with some APC senators

Politics, Top Stories

Primaries: Aggrieved APC Senators meet Buhari, as president vows intervention

In an audience with some APC senators on the outcome of the party primaries and its implications, the President noted…
Nnamdi Kanu

News, Top Stories

Why Justice Nyako turned down Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application

Kanu had told the court that contrary to FG’s allegation that he jumped bail, he fled for his life after…
Lawan

News

What National Assembly planned to do with electoral act – Lawan

Lawan, in his remark, described the judgement by the Supreme Court on Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act as a…
Austin and Chacha

Nollywood

Actress Chacha Eke Faani announces break-up of her marriage

Chacha took to her Instagram page late Monday night to announce that she is done with her marriage to Austin.
Sanwo-Olu

News

Lagos gets City with refugees status

The World Refugee Day, is a yearly global event observed on the 20th June to specially celebrate and honour refugees…
SERAP

News

CVR: Fresh registrations hit over 10m – INEC

The commission, in its CVR weekly update, released in Abuja on Monday, also disclosed that 8,631,696 registrants had completed their…
EFCC raises Special Task Force against dollarisation of economy, currency mutilation

Metro

Ekiti Election: EFCC opens up on detention of pregnant woman 

The commission, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Monday said its attention had been drawn to some…

Metro

HEFAMAA steps up regulatory oversight of public hospitals

She stated that in the last few weeks, the agency visited public health facilities across the State, including primary, secondary…
The killer-herdsman arrested

Metro

Herdsman in horrific stabbing of man to death in Lagos over cow’s death

It was gathered that two cows in a fleet of cattle had strayed into the road as a vehicle conveying…
Why oppositions cannot stop Oyetola's re-election - Oyintiloye

News

19 days to Osun governorship: Over 10,000 PDP members defect to APC

The defectors, whose numbers cut across different wards, local government areas and federal constituencies of the state will be formally…
The convicted fraudsters

Metro

Three fraudsters sent to jail, forfeit N17.2m in Oyo

Consequently, Justice Agomoh convicted and sentenced Abiodun to nine months imprisonment, Samson five months imprisonment while Abiodun bagged seven months…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Metro

21 drug dealers jailed, 71 others arrested in Niger

The agency also disclosed that the 71 drug traffickers were arrested with 2,022.368kg of various illicit drugs and 2.4437 litres…
Titan Trust Bank

Business, Opinion

Union Bank’s Acquisition: Titan Trust Bank aiming for market dominance

Its expansionary drive could not have come at a better time with Tier-1 banks moving to HoldCo structures, FinTech standing…