Author: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Update: Death toll in Lagos gas explosion hits four
Two more people have died as a result of the gas explosion in Ajegunle area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on…
How Sanwo-Olu honoured Chaplain sacked by Ambode
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's led Lagos State Government has honoured former presiding Chaplain of the Chapel of Christ the Light,…
OPI: Falana, Nigerian Army battle in court Dec. 12
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Thursday fixed 12 December for hearing a suit instituted against…
Senate calls for computerization of Oil Sector
The Senate on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate the process of computerising the nation's oil sector.
Lagos Assembly, quest for a working mega city and an ultimate smart city
That every society, whether in the developing or advanced economies of the world, face all manners of challenge in their…
4 Ebola responders killed in DRC attack
Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed 4 workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and…
Don’t take side with oppressors, Obaseki warns new appointees
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has warned political appointees in his cabinet to avoid taking sides with "oppressors," noting…
Lagos orders traders, squatters to vacate Marina immediately
Lagos State Government on Thursday gave marching orders to all street traders, squatters and occupiers of shanties and commercial vehicles…
Sanwo-Olu: Business community plays critical role in delivery of govt. projects
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has underscored the critical role members of the business community must play in facilitating…
Buhari’s headache: Our earning from oil insignificant to our challenges
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the nation's earning from petroleum resources is insignificant compared to the enormous challenges…
[Warning Graphic Images] Photo News: Gas explosion kills 2 in Lagos, shops razed
A gas explosion has been recorded in Ajegunle area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with two children burnt to death and…
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…