Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Two dead, 23 others burnt, as gas explosion rocks Lagos
A gas explosion has been recorded at Ajegunle area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with two children burnt to death and…
Defamation, libel laws inadequate to tackle Hate Speech – Abdullahi
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Thursday said existing laws on defamation and libel are…
EFCC arraigns fake “Ibrahim Magu” in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt's Zonal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned a fake ‘Ibrahim Magu’ who…
N1.1bn fraud: Lagos businessman for arraignment Jan. 8
The absence of the Chief Executive Officer of a limited liability company, Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi and his company Idid Nigeria…
Lagos goes after 60,000 HIV victims who abscond from treatment
The Lagos State Government is on the trail of about 60,000 people, who tested positive to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)…
Women journalists protest in Edo protest
Some aggrieved members of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), in Edo State, Wednesday staged a peaceful against alleged…
Equatorial Guinea announces $1bn in Projects for 2020
Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima revealed several capital-intensive projects worth $1 billion as part of…
Fayemi, Tambuwal to speak at Oxford University
The Governor of Ekiti State and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and the Governor of…
You’ll regret making Ize-Iyamu governor, APC chieftain warns Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been sternly warned against giving the party's…
DBN holds Workshop for Executives of Micro-finance Banks
The Development Bank of Nigeria as part of its advocacy initiative has held a capacity-building programme on Environmental & Social…
Senate moves against foreign companies involved in oil spill
The Senate has commenced moves to put an end to what it described as the “illegal” activities of oil companies…
New Minimum Wage: Abiodun set to negotiate with workers
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday assured that his administration will begin negotiation with workers on the…
HIV: Senate sends message to FG on NACA
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ensure adequate funding of the National Agency for the Control of…
500 Level UNIPORT student commits suicide
A final year 500 Level student of Electrical and Electronics Department of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Prince Digbani…
Lagos to improve learning in schools with ‘EkoEXCEL’
Lagos State Government on Wednesday expressed its readiness to support teachers in achieving better learning outcomes in classrooms with the…
Makinde presents N208.8b budget for 2020
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Wednesday presented a budget of N208.8 billion to the State House of Assembly…
Work place safety: Lagos to step up inspection, enforcement
The Lagos State Safety Commission on Wednesday said it will be stepping up inspection and enforcement of safety standard in…
Soyinka reacts to media distortions of his 2014 experience with cancer
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has lamented distortions and media misconception of a BBC feature programme in which his 2014…
JUST IN: Sanwo-Olu approves implementation of N35,000 new Minimum Wage
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has officially approved the payment of N35,000 new minimum wage to workers under government's employ…
Photo News: Buhari presides over FEC Meeting
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the State House, Abuja.
Onyema opens up on purported sponsored human rights case
Chairman, Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema has dissociated himself from a purported sponsored human rights case filed at the Federal…
Iwu jailed 3 years for fraud
Justice J.Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, River State has sentenced an internet fraudster, Charles Iwu to three…
Ali Baba delivers verdict on entertainers who encouraged crime
Veteran comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
We are ready for Kogi supplementary elections – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it is ready for the supplementary election into Kogi West Senatorial District…
$5m fraud: Court adjourns Captain, other’s trial to Dec 16
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has adjourned further hearing in a $5m fraud…
Oyo intervenes in latest LAUTECH’s crisis
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to resolve the on-going crisis rocking Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, LAUTECH, over…
Zamfara Assembly repeals law providing jumbo pay for Yari, others
The Zamfara State House of Assembly on Tuesday repealed the law mandating the state government to pay pension and other…
Ogun PDP calls for peace, harmony ahead 2020 Congress
The 26 House of Assembly candidates under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter in the…
National Assembly may pass 2020 budget Dec. 4 – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that both chambers of the National Assembly may pass the 2020 budget…
Lagos shuts Post Office/Agege axis, Ilupeju By-pass
In line with the Nigerian Railway Modernization Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) with extension to Lagos Port at Apapa, the Lagos State…