Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Why INEC must work with National Assembly – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to work with the National…
IPPIS brouhaha: AGF, Idris a frustrated account clerk – ASUU
Following a threat on the Vice Chancellor of the federal universities in Nigeria against their resolution not to participate in…
Lawan urges Service Chiefs to repel attacks, assault by bandits
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Service Chiefs and security agencies in the country to immediately…
Senate to pass 2020 budget on Thursday
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Public Procurement Act 2007 amendment bills before the National Assembly, even as its President,…
UCH boycotts IPPIS, as FG threatens VCs
The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, has continued to cause ripples in the country with the recent issuance…
Stanbic IBTC attracts highest capital inflow into Nigeria for third quarter of 2019
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has emerged as the financial institution that attracted the…
Ecobank Nigeria gets applause for supporting Young Entrepreneurs
Ecobank Nigeria has been commended for supporting budding entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
Oyo govt issues road contractors three months to deliver
Oyo State Government has ordered the contractors handling various roads projected awarded by the last administration to execute the projects…
Busted: EFCC storms Yahoo-Boys’ den, arrests kingpin, 26 others
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday raided a Lagos hotel believed to…
Sanwo-Olu flags off Victoria Island-Oniru Road Network
It was jubilation galore as residents of the Victoria Island-Oniru axis came out on Wednesday to witness the official flag…
Oyo, Market operators agree on stiffer penalties for environmental offenders
In a bid to make Oyo State, particularly, Ibadan clean, the state's residents on Wednesday agreed for stiffer sanctions against…
Capital Oil boss, Ifeanyi Uba faces criminal charge
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday adjourned till 13th of February, 2020 to arraign the…
Bose, Wife of late activist, Beko Ransome-Kuti is dead
Bose Ransome-Kuti, wife of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome-Kuti is dead.
Rivers lawmakers fail to confirm Wike’s Commissioner-nominees
The Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday failed to confirm 13 Commissioner-nominees sent to the house by Governor Nyesom…
Fear grips workers, as Kogi Govt orders submission of election results in wards
In a move critics have described as a witch-hunt, the Kogi State Government has directed civil servants, notably heads of…
JUST IN: 11 dead bodies found in a boat in Rivers
Confusion now pervades the coastal community of Ke-clan, Degema in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State following the discovery…
Lagos begins massive construction of network of roads in Victoria Island
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday engaged stakeholders in dialogue over the upgrading of Iru- Victoria Island-Lekki axis of the…
Busted: Ex-Kwara LG lawmaker car theft kingpin captured by EFCC
A former councilor in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Samuel Opeyemi Adeojo has been arrested by the Economic…
Kidnappers of female students burnt alive in Bayelsa
Reports from Bayelsa State says the kidnappers three abducted female students of Bayelsa State College of Health Technology have been…
Pastor sent to prison over attempt to assassinate female colleague
The pastor in charge of the Life House Ministry, Ojo, Lagos, Pastor Benjamin Akinsanya 56, has been arraigned before the…
Sanwo-Olu: We will use technology to fight crime
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday restated his administration's commitment to adopt technology to fight crime in the…
FG undertaking 524 highways, bridge projects nationwide – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN, has updated the Federal Executive Council on the ongoing road and…
Lagos prosecutes nine environmental offenders
The Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corp (LAGESC) on Thursday nine persons arrested recently for violating the Environmental Law of the…
Interswitch boss mentors young entrepreneurs at CcHUB
Mitchell Elegbe, GMD / Founder, Interswitch Group has advised business owners to identify problems in their environments and find ways…
Nigeria among top 20 countries affected by Spam Calls, SMS globally
Once again, Nigeria is one of the top 20 countries affected by spam calls and SMSes globally, a recent report…
Buhari seeks Senate’s confirmation of NAHCON members
The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari requesting the confirmation of appointment of the Chairman and…
Abiodun proposes N449.97 billion budget for 2020
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N449.974 billion to the State House of…
How Kaduna accountant stole N9m company’s money
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ibrahim Suleiman, 34, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna…
EFCC arraigns UNIAGRIC’s ex-VC for bribe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi zonal office, on Tuesday arraigned one Emmanuel Kucha a former Vice-Chancellor, Federal…
Man bags two-year Jail term for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Tuesday secured the conviction of 22 year old Damilola…