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Ambode commissions Ipaja-Ayobo, Ikotun-Ejigbo roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday commissioned the Ipaja-Ayobo and Ikotun-Ejigbo roads and unveiled blueprint to transform…

APC receives harvest of defectors in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressives Congress, APC, in Degema LGA says it has been receiving a large harvest of defectors…

Buhari appoints Ibim Semenitari acting NDDC MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has named Ibim Semenitari the new Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mrs.…

Fuel scarcity: 200 truck loads of fuel arrive in Abuja – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has deployed about 200 truckloads of fuel to Abuja to help reduce the ongoing…

NFF to introduce beach soccer league

President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, said on Monday that the federation would soon inaugurate a Beach Soccer and…
N5.78b fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed

Kwara won’t reduce minimum wage—Gov. Ahmed

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara says his administration will continue to pay the N18,000 minimum wage inspite of the drop…

2016 CHAN: Eagles get 2-day Christmas break

The Home-based Super Eagles have been given a two-day break to enable them to celebrate Christmas with their loved ones.…

Gov. Ambode unveils plan to transform Ebute Metta into tourists’ haven

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday unveiled plans to transform Ebute Metta into a tourists’ haven. Ambode spoke…

31 ships laden with petroleum products, foods expected in Lagos

Thirty one ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island…
NERC approves increase in cost of pre-paid meters

NERC approves new electricity tariff, abolishes fixed charges

The new electricity tariff regime approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has removed fixed charges for all classes…

Wike appoints new boss for development agency

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Exactly one month after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike suspended the activities of Rivers State Sustainable…

Lagos seeks monarchs’ support to curb communal clashes

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is seeking the support of traditional rulers in the state to curb intra and…

Lawmaker donates 1m de-worming tablets to Lagos

Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuff on Monday donated…

Ambode launches contributory scheme for Hajj, Jerusalem pilgrimages

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday launched a contributory scheme for Hajj and Jerusalem pilgrimages. This is…

We’re sanitising defence procurement processes —Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that his administration was taking urgent and appropriate actions to restore order, due…

Rivers Assembly screens nominees for three boards

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly will Monday screen nominees into governing boards of different parastatals and…

Siblings at war: Two professors fight over late mom’s properties

Cyriacus Izuekwe Two professors born by same parents are locked in a fierce battle over inheriting their late mother’s two…

Breaking: Registrar bags 10 years jail for aiding Fred Ajudu to defraud Gen. Bamaiyi

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo Monday sentenced a Court Registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years…

ISIS figures on Boko Haram attacks, killings a hoax – FG

The Federal Government has described as a hoax the figures being bandied by ISIS concerning the number of attacks carried…

Miss Philippines crowned Miss Universe

Miss Colombia was wrongly named Miss Universe in a dramatic mix-up in front of a global television audience of millions,…

After 2,000 years, Christians in Gaza disappearing

Dim lighting and candles softly illuminate decorative tapestries as the smell of incense fills the air and the harmonic sound…

Pay N4.5bn as compensation, court orders Stanbic IBTC

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to pay a former Group…
How God saved me from aggressive cancer - Oritsejafor

Oritsejafor has a message for Nigerians

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged Nigerians to be resolute in the face of the…

Osinbajo urges people of North-East to move over to APC

Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said there was no justification for people in North-East of Nigeria to remain in…

Kwara Govt imposes 24-hr curfew as 4 die in Share/Tsaragi clash

At least four persons reportedly lost their lives on Sunday in a renewed communal clash involving Share and a neighboring…

FG orders probe of unauthorised use of equipment by Aero Contractors

Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has directed immediate investigation into the use of unauthorized equipment by Aero…

Kwara has lowest HIV cases in Nigeria – NACA

National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says Kwara is one of the states with lowest rate of HIV…

370,000 defect from PDP to APC in Jigawa

No fewer than 370,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa have defected to the All Progressives Congress…

Gunmen abduct Commissioner, Gov Dickson’s sister in Bayelsa

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday abducted the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi, family sources…

NNPC orders special supply of petrol for hitch-free Yuletide

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has directed relevant agencies to embark on special supply of…