Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Lagos to procure tablets for teachers to checkmate absenteeism
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Thursday disclosed that that government has approved the procurement of tablets for all…
Anambra: Senate sends delegation to condole tanker fire victims
The Senate on Thursday resolved to send a delegation to commiserate with the victims and people of Anambra State over…
Dickson must account for N100bn airport project – Oshiomhole
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday challenged the Bayelsa Government, led by Governor Seriake Dickson to…
Balogun Market fire: LASEMA begins enumeration of affected traders, losses
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has begun the enumeration of traders whose wares and properties were destroyed in…
‘Osinbajo’s security aide didn’t beat Vanguard journalist’
Multiple eyewitness reports have dismissed claims that by some news medium that the photojournalist of Vanguard Newspaper, Yomi Adeshida, was…
Employment Scam: EFCC to re-arraign Offa Poly Lecturer
Indications emerged on Thursday, November 7, 2019 that Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, embattled lecturer of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State,…
Lagos reads riot act to CDAs, to hold Community Day
The Lagos State Government has read the riot act to some corrupt Community Development Associations, CDAs, in the state over…
Congo warlord, Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years imprisonment
Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court, ICC, unanimously, sentenced DRC warlord, Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30…
Stanbic IBTC Pensions promotes African Art at Art X Lagos
Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited (SIPML), a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has reaffirmed its commitment to the promotion…
Sanwo-Olu presents 2020 budget Friday
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is to present the 2020 budget to the House of Assembly for approval on Friday.
Massive protest, Rivers pensioners hold Wike in the Jugular
Pensioners in Rivers State have stormed the Government Secretariat to protest government's neglect and non-payment of their pension arrears.
Why Lai Mohammed’s comment on corruption will get you annoyed
Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday said corruption has been driven under the table in the…
N7.7bn Kagara Dam delay: Senate wades in
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Water Resources to investigate the delay in the execution of Kagara dam in…
Court orders INEC to restore SDP’s participation in Kogi guber poll
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to restore Mrs. Natasha Akpoti of the…
Jaiz Bank Transcends Religious Affiliation- MD
The Managing Director, Jaiz Bank Plc, Mallam Hassan Usman has explained that the workings and offerings of the bank are…
CJ sets inmate free after spending 13 years awaiting trial
An inmate of Oko Medium Correctional Center, in Benin, Edo State, Victor Ogunsuyi, who had spent more than 13 years…
Gastroenteritis: Lagos activates emergency operation centre
The Lagos State Government has activated an Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) to coordinate its response to the increasing cases of…
Some ‘Yahoo Boys’ mothers will be sent to Prison – Police chief
The Deputy Commissioner in-charge of the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, DCP Yetunde Longe has disclosed that more…
Delta budgets N389bn for 2020
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N389.19 billion christened "Budget of Sustainable Development"…
EFCC arraigns ex-banker for stealing $8,907 from Major-General
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned one Anieka Udoh for allegedly stealing the sum of $8,…
EFCC hands over recovered cars from Federal University, Dutsin-ma
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on Wednesday handed over four vehicles recovered during investigation of…
Nigeria loses N197bn to gas flaring in one year – Senate
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Gas to immediately review and recommend upwards penalty for defaulters of Nigeria’s…
NDDC has collapsed, now a cash cow for politicians – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) has collapsed, losing its…
Senate to investigate Idiroko/Ipokia killings by Nigeria Customs Service
The Senate has directed its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff to investigate the recent extra-judicial killings of some residents…
Why insurance bodies must join LASG to implement LHIS – Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on insurance bodies to partner with the state government to ensure…
Sanwo-Olu now simply Mr. Governor, drops ‘Your Excellency’
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has officially dropped the title, 'Your Excellency' , saying he should now be addressed simply…
How National Assembly, Executive are collaborating to tackle insecurity – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday disclosed that the National Assembly and the Executive are collaborating on the…
Lagos begins reconstruction of by-pass in Somolu
The Lagos State Government has sought the cooperation of the residents of Fadipe Street in Somolu Local Government Area for…
Issues as COWLSO holds successful National Conference
The assertion that when women come together, greater things happen, aptly resonated recently in Lagos as the Committee of Wives…