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Waste managers protest new sanitation policy in Lagos

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAN) on Thursday pleaded with the Lagos State House of Assembly to protect…

South Africa introduces $260 monthly minimum wage

South Africa will introduce a national minimum wage of 3,500 rand (261 dollars) per month in 2018, Deputy President Cyril…

DPR seals 22 petrol stations for overpricing

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Borno said on Thursday that it sealed 22 petrol stations in Maiduguri for…

NCS Ondo/Ekiti command generates N517m

Ondo/Ekiti Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N517 million between January and December 2016. The Customs Area Controller…

Russian captain abducted by pirates off Nigerian coast says crew alive

The Russian captain of a German-owned cargo ship abducted by pirates off the West African coast of Nigeria has informed…
Inflation

Ilorin market women lament low patronage

Market women in Ilorin have expressed concern over low patronage by customers and called on the Federal Government to take…

Woman banker attacks DPO, tears uniform

A 28-year-old woman banker, Adaobi Obi, who allegedly assaulted and tore the uniform of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), on…

FG may reverse forex restriction – Customs

The Zonal Coordinator, Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Assistant Comptroller-General Monday Abueh, has said that the Federal…

EFCC Arraigns 4 for $1m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned the quartet of Umar Audu Bida, Truth Igogori, Ifenyinwa Nwankwesiri…

N3bn Amnesty Funds: EFCC seizes 6 properties traced to suspects

Six properties traced to some suspects alleged to have diverted about N3,000,000,000 amnesty funds in the Niger Delta have been…

El-Rufai expels FRSC from Kaduna

The Kaduna State Government has barred personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from erecting checkpoints in Kaduna and…

Pirates strike in Niger Delta, abduct 7 Russians, Ukrainian

Pirates have abducted seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the Russian embassy has said.…

Marathon: Lagos diverts traffic, deploys 300 LASTMA

Ahead of Saturday’s Lagos City Marathon, the Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion across the metropolis and deployed 300…

60% of Niger teachers use fake certificate — Gov. Bello

Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has said that 60 percent of primary and secondary school teachers in public schools in…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

IPMAN tells DPR to sanction erring depot owners

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has appealed to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to sanction all…

Why Lagos needs new waste management policy-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has underscored the need for the State to evolve a new waste management policy…

Smart City: Lagos to train one million residents on computer coding

Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme…

Investment One perfects acquisition of Universal Steels

Investment One Financial Services, a leading financial services firm in Nigeria, says it has perfected the acquisition of the assets…

Boko Haram is broke, UN envoy tells Security Council

The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman,…

Dogara queries N2.7 trillion Spent on power without commiserate results

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has queried the utilisation of N2.74 trillion spent on the power sector…

Lagos moves to curb fraud in public service

The Lagos State Government is currently moving to checkmate fraud and corruption in the public service by engaging 200 workers…

ICPC seizes 62 houses from female civil servant

The Chairman Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta, has disclosed that the commission in…

We want more doctors, drugs in Lagos public hospitals, senior citizens cry out

Some senior citizens in Lagos State on Tuesday called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to employ more doctors and increase drugs…

Police recover Gov Wike’s N111m bribe to INEC officials

The Nigeria Police has recovered more than N111 million from electoral officials alleged to have been bribed by Rivers state…

Lagos now among world’s 100 Resilient Cities

Lagos State has been listed among 100 Resilient Cities in the world. The 100 Resilient Cities is pioneered by The…
Ozekhome

Court freezes Ozekhome’s account over alleged money laundering

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, is in trouble as a Federal High Court, Lagos southwest…

NIMASA to build new offices in eastern ports

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it will soon build new offices in Port Harcourt, Onne and…
University of Ibadan

UI resumes new session Feb 18

The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has approved the 2016/2017 academic calendar for the institution. The school resumes…

Ambode: Lagos needs $30bn to execute 30 capital projects in 5 years

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said that the State would require at least $30 billion to adequately…

Ambode vows to banish ‘Yellow buses’ from Lagos roads this year

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday vowed to banish Yellow commercial buses from Lagos roads this year. Ambode…
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