Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
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…
IGP must prosecute killers of PDP Women leader – Senate
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously condemned electoral violence, particularly killings in the Kogi and Bayelsa states' elections, following consideration of…
Criminal Code: Senate seeks removal of gender restrictions for rape
The Senate on Tuesday began an amendment of the Criminal Code Act, 2004, when it considered a Bill to that…
SIP was thorough, professional under Osinbajo – Sagay
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) says the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP)…
Sanwo-Olu set to grant amnesty to cultists
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it is making plans to grant amnesty to repentant cultists and to reform…
Sanwo-Olu bans VIOs from operating in the morning
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday banned the state's Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs, from operating during the morning period.
12 arrested, as protesters attempt to burn police station in Lagos
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Agency (Taskforce) has concluded plans to prosecute 12 arrested suspects…
Lagos public service can be best in West Africa – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the State Public Service has the reputation of being the most…
Lagos strikes deal with NIREC on registration of churches, mosques
The Lagos State Government has struck a deal with religious bodies on the registration of all churches and mosques domicile…
Ecobankmobile *326# serenades stars, guests at AFRIMA Awards
Ecobankmobile *326# was the cynosure at the 6th AFRIMA Awards in Lagos. Stars, both local and foreign and a wide…
Sanwo-Olu leads walk against domestic, sexual violence
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to wield "the big stick" on perpetrators of rape, domestic violence and…
Setback for Buhari’s budget at Senate
The 2020 budget of President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be passed this week by the Senate.