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Parents must help govt wage war against drug abuse - Lagos Deputy Speaker

Eshilokun’s Speakership bid suffers again

Eromosele Ebhomele The bid by Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, a former Lagos council chairman, to head the Lagos State House of Assembly…

5 Months Unpaid Salaries: Oyo workers embark on indefinite strike

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Civil servants in Oyo state commenced indefinite strike action as a result of non-payment of salaries by the…

Power distribution historically pathetic, down to 727MW

It has only gotten worse, not better for Nigeria as electricity output crashed to an all time, historic low of…

Gov. Amosun dissolves cabinet

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Monday dissolved the State Executive Council barely four days to the…

No end in sight to APC crisis in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta There is more to the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC in Ijebu Ode local government…

PDP appoints Haliru Mohammed, as acting BoT chairman

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party on Monday approved the nomination of the former acting National Chairman…
Senator Liyel Imoke

Calabar International Convention Centre will boost tourism, says Imoke

By Kanjal Godshield The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke on Monday unveiled a 5000 Multipurpose Calabar International Convention…

Cross River shuts 200 illegal private schools

Kanjal Godshield/Calabar The Cross River State government on Monday said it has shut down over 200 illegal private schools between…

Unpaid salaries: Osun workers begin indefinite strike May 26

The Osun Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Adekomi Jacob, says workers in the state will begin an…

Jonathan signs two Bills into law

President Goodluck Jonathan has signed two bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law. The new Acts are the…

Boko Haram: NEMA deploys additional staff to Borno

The Natioonal Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had deployed more field workers to Borno to cater…
Ibrahim Babangida and Buhar with Abdulsalami, a grudging birthday message?

IBB, Abdulsalami drum support for Buhari, others

Former President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has advised Nigerians to support the incoming APC led-government of Muhammadu Buhari,…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

N1Billion Scam: EFCC set to arraign staff of Accountant General of the Federation

Two staff of the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Yahaya Yusuf Ayodeji and Mohammed Dogon Yaro Audu,…

Ambode unveils official portrait

The Lagos State governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday released his official portrait, saying that he would want to be…
Parents must help govt wage war against drug abuse - Lagos Deputy Speaker

Assembly Seat: Appeal Court To Hear Eshilokun’s Objection

Akin Kuponiyi The Court of Appeal in Lagos Monday fixed June 15, 2015 for hearing of an objection raised by…

UI shut over students’ protest

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Following a mild protest Monday by the students of the University of Ibadan, (UI) over scarcity of water…

Buruji Kashamu in no-show in Lagos, lawyers mount legal hurdles

Akin Kuponiyi/Judiciary correspondent It was like waiting for Godot in Lagos today as the much expected legal battle to extradite…
Gunmen:

Gunmen kidnap Kogi High Court Judge, kills orderly

Gunmen on Monday kidnapped a Kogi High Court Judge, Mr Justice Samuel Obayomi, and killed his orderly, Cpl. Usman Musa…

Fuel Scarcity: Black marketers source product from Cotonou

The lingering scarcity of petroleum products in the country which has caused petrol to be sold at between N4,500 and…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Oil marketers call off strike, promise fuel in six hours

The major oil marketers association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has finally reached an agreement with the government to begin supplying country…
Top Labour leader, Issa Aremu, the DG MINILS, Ilorin, explains why President-elect Bola Tinubu may be the best leader for Nigerian workers

Fuel Scarcity: NLC set to order workers to stay home

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday threatened to direct workers to stay at home if the fuel scarcity being…

Follow due process or go to jail, BPP boss warns officers

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Emeka Ezeh, has warned newly recruited procurement officers to follow due process in…

LP guber candidate backs Saraki for Senate President

Dr Mike Omotosho, Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections in Kwara, has pledged his support for Sen.…

Only 6 of 275 rescued females are pregnant, says NEMA

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Muhammed Sidi, has said that only six of the 275…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

Activist urges Jonathan to sign Tobacco Control Bill before May 29

An advocate for tobacco control, Seye Omiyefa, on Saturday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the National Tobacco Control Bill…

UN, EU urge dialogue in Burundi after killing of prominent politician

The United Nations and the European Union, have cautioned Burundi’s government and its opponents not to allow violence derail the…

Kashamu delays court proceedings, as protesters call for his freedom

Akin Kuponiyi/Lagos The extradition proceedings of Ogun East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu which begins today at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi,…

APC sweeps Rivers council polls

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, has swept all the chairmanship positions in the 22 local government councils…
ICPC says ex-Naval Chief, Vice Admiral Jibrin Usman (Rtd.), and Brig. Gen-Ishaya Bauka are still wanted for alleged N3 billion fraud.

Navy working to rid waters of illegal activities – Chief of Naval Staff

The Nigerian Navy is working assiduously to rid the country’s territorial waters of all illegal activities, Chief of Naval Staff,…

Court stops AGF, Samsung, Total, others from implementing Egina FPSO contract

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has restrained the Attorney General of the Federation, National Petroleum Investment…