Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
We didn’t ask subscribers to submit phone IDs – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has debunked reports that it asked phone users to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity…
Lagos captures 1.6m poor, vulnerable people in database
Lagos State Government says it has captured 1.6 million poor and vulnerable people in its database in a bid to…
Sanwo-Olu sacks LASU’s Governing Council
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday ordered sack of Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU) for flagrant…
Lagos empowers 120,000 public school pupils with digital skills
Lagos State Government has disclosed that 120,000 public primary and secondary schools pupils/students across its Six Educational Districts have been…
JUST IN: No plan to increase fuel price in June – FG
The Federal Government on Friday said there is no plan to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in…
(Breaking) IGP raises alarm: ‘Boko Haram planning to attack Abuja, Jos’
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba has raised the alarm over plan by Boko Haram terrorists to attack…
Another gas explosion rocks Chinese Company in Abeokuta
Another explosion has rocked a Chinese Construction Company at Onikoko area of Abeokuta South, Ogun State, which affected a nearby…
Shocker as Ogun female butcher Nasirudeen stabs husband to death
A 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her 51-year-old husband…
Foreign countries should refund stolen funds with interest – ICPC Chairman
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has canvassed the…
Challenges facing educational institutions are enormous – Ex-LASU VC
Former Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun on Thursday said the challenges facing Nigeria's educational institutions are…
Open cattle grazing must go – Miyetti Allah’s Patron Jibrin
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has backed the decision of Southern governors to ban open cattle…
Lagos hits N127bn IGR in first quarter of 2021
The Lagos State Government on Thursday disclosed that it raked in N127 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the…
Edo vigilante shoots man, woman dead
Two persons, a man and a woman, have been reportedly shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified member of the Edo state-owned…
Boko Haram leader, Shekau commits suicide by blowing up self
Abubakar Shekau, notorious Boko Haram's leader reportedly committed suicide by blowing up himself during battle with Islamic State West Africa…
Oshodi mayhem: Normalcy returns after soldiers battled hoodlums
Normalcy has returned to Oshodi Lagos, Southwest Nigeria after soldiers took over the area following alleged killing of an Air…
Lagos recovers N67m for indigent residents
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Justice has recovered over ₦67 million for indigent residents who have different…
N10bn scam: PDP breaks silence on EFCC’s invitation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said it is not deterred from performing its duties as the leading opposition…
Lagos begins three-day capacity building for retirees
Lagos State Government on Wednesday began a three-day training/workshop for retirees of Lagos State Public Service on how to be…
IGP launches Operation Restore Peace in South-South
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has launched Operation Restore Peace (ORS) in…
Senate President delivers moving tribute to ‘Mama Taraba’
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, paid a moving tribute to Late Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan also known…
Bandits kill 8 residents, raze church, buildings in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government says bandits have killed eight residents and razed buildings in Chikun Local Government Area of the…
Lagos arraigns 10 residents for assaulting LASTMA officers
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) on Wednesday said 10 residents of Lagos have been…
Breaking: NLC suspends warning strike in Kaduna
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended its warning strike in Kaduna following Federal Government's intervention.
Senate approves deployment of 5G network in Nigeria
The Senate has approved the deployment of the 5G network in Nigeria, following the outcome of investigations by a Joint…
NDLEA intercepts 4.9m Tramadol capsules in Port Harcourt
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has intercepted a container bearing 4,996,200 capsules of tramadol weighing 2,498.2 kilogrammes at…
Exposed! MDAs refuse to remit N1.2trn to FG’s coffer
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), on Wednesday exposed various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that are yet to remit a…
Fire destroys N24.69bn properties, kills 113 people in Lagos
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday disclosed that fire destroyed N24.69 billion estimated worth of properties in the State in…
Ex-Kwara governor Ahmed breaks silence on being grilled by EFCC
Former Governor of Kwara State, Abfulfatah Ahmed has opened up on why he visited the headquarter of the Economic and…
Ahmad Lawan and right of opinion
There are as many opinions as there are Nigerians on how to address the challenges our country currently faces.
Lagos Fourth Mainland bridge to gulp $2.5bn
Lagos State Government on Tuesday said the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge will gulp $2.5 billion under the Public Private Partnership…