Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Kogi Decides: Sporadic shooting, as thugs snatch 8 ballot boxes, card readers
Thugs in police uniform have invaded Ward A of Crowther Memorial/Sabongari polling unit in Lokoja, Kogi State and successfully carted…
Bayelsa decides: INEC cancels poll in Ologi
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cancelled voting in Ologi (Ward 03) of Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA) due…
Kogi Decides: Wada casts his vote
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship candidate, in Kogi State, Musa Wada has voted in the ongoing election in the…
PDP Governorship candidate, Diri, Wife vote
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship candidate, Douye Diri and wife have cast their votes at Polling Unit Unit 4…
Kogi poll: Accreditation begins at Lokoja ward peacefully
Accreditation at Ward A Polling Station, Growther/ Sabongari, Lokoja, begins as at 8.35 a.m as voters prepare to cast their…
N209m Money Laundering: EFCC re-arraigns 606 Auto Dealer boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, has re-arraigned one Samusideen Babafemi Sarumi, owners of 606 Autos Limited,…
Kogi Decides: Prominent PDP leaders in MopAmuro LG missing
Some prominent members of the People's Democratic Party, PDP in Mopa town, headquarter of MopAmuro Local Government Area of Kogi…
Kogi Decides: The Odds Against Yahaya Bello’s Return
Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State by Friday night regained the calmness it is known for as politicians with their…
Jaiz Bank declares N1.25bn profit after tax
Jaiz Bank Plc, Nigeria’s premier non-interest (Islamic) bank has once again shown its capability of rounding up the year positively…
UI unveils another best graduating Masters student with perfect CGPA
University of Ibadan, UI, on Friday announced another student with a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA at the fourth…
Lagos commemorates International Day of Tolerance
The Lagos State Government has called for mutual respect of views, culture and religion among residents as the State joins…
Soyinka confronts National Assembly over death penalty for hate speech
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has written to the National Assembly, warning of the consequence of passing a bill which…
Sanwo-Olu begins payment of N35,000 new minimum wage November
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has concluded arrangement to pay N35,000 as the new minimum wage for workers beginning from…
Kogi, Bayelsa polls: Stop thuggery, violence, Jonathan warns politicians
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has sued for peace ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in both Kogi and Bayelsa States.
Claim of attack on Makinde at Kogi hotel concocted – APC
The Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Council has described claim of alleged attack on Suitoria Hotels, Lokoja,…
Governorship poll: Bayelsa lawmakers call for State of Emergency
Few hours to the Governorship election, the Bayelsa House of Assembly has passed a resolution demanding a state of emergency…
NAF helicopter crashes in Enugu
A training helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in the NAF Base in Enugu after returning…
Is it now cool to kill?– An anguished letter to Nigerian Lawmakers
I hope you will excuse me for distracting you from your onerous duties, but I am a current sufferer –…
Photos: Gunmen who attempt to gain entrance into hotel housing Makinde
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has released some photographs of some masked gunmen allegedly trying to gain access into the…
Edo APC youths back Obaseki’s second term bid
The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, says it will not abandon Governor Godwin Obaseki…
Akinyele’s death, a monumental loss – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed deep shock and sadness over the death of a…
EFCC arrests siblings for extorting ‘Yahoo boys’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested two blood brothers for extorting internet fraudsters with…
Six cheat death, as taxi cab runs into roadside ditch
Tragedy was averted on Friday, when a fuel tanker and a taxi cab narrowly escaped a head-on collision along the…
Masked security men attack Makinde in Lokoja Hotel
Some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi…
Kaduna Councillor in Custody over N11m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned a Councillor, Theophilus Madami on a two-count charge…
Internet fraudster goes to jail
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Osarumwense Henry…
Lawan reveals romance between Senate, Executive
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ninth National Assembly decided to work in harmony with the…
Unusual Entrepreneur partners Ecobank; announces second cohort
The Unusual Entrepreneurship Programme has entered into a strategic partnership with Ecobank Nigeria to provide all banking support and funding…
How NASS will ensure implementation of 2020 budget – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said amendment to the Public Procurement Act 2007 by the National Assembly will…
Public servants must think globally, but act locally – LASG
The Lagos State Commissioner for Local Governments and Community Affairs, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, has admonished public officials working in the…