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Lagos panel begins investigation, hands over lift installer to police

Sanwo-Olu orders immediate investigation into tragic death of doctor in crashed elevator

Diaso died on Tuesday at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, after an elevator she took developed a mechanical failure.
Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill

Breaking: Tinubu releases 19 more ministerial nominees, five ex-governors included (Full list)

The list was presented to the Senate by the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday for…

BREAKING: Canada PM Trudeau, wife end 18 years marriage

By Nimot Sulaimon Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie have signed a legal agreement to seperate after…
Lagos panel begins investigation, hands over lift installer to police

NMA orders indefinite strike in Lagos over tragic death of colleague

Diaso was killed by a faulty elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos (popularly known as the Lagos Island General…
South American drug baron jailed 13 years in Nigeria after being caught with 9.9kg cocaine

South American drug baron jailed 13 years in Nigeria after being caught with 9.9kg cocaine

Albert was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port…
Niger waits for a response from ECOWAS, after coup leaders in Niamey ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president

Niger junta reopens borders with neighbours, excludes Nigeria

The junta closed the borders last Wednesday, at the same time that it announced that it had removed democratically elected…
NLC President Joe Ajaero

NLC insists nationwide protest over hike in fuel price, others holds on Wednesday

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said contrary to some reports, it has not called off its nationwide protest over…
Moment helicopter crashed on Oba Akran in Lagos

Moment helicopter crashed on Oba Akran in Lagos (Photos, video)

The helicopter registered 5NCCQ, crashed besides the bank around 4.00pm on Tuesday with two passengers on board rescued alive.
LASEMA says two persons in crashed helicopter in Lagos are white men

Helicopter crashes in Lagos

Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu told PM NEWS that that the helicopter crash-landed in…
Ayowole Adekonipekun, husband of Ruth Ayowole, a police corporal who went missing while in Abia State appeals I-G Egbetokun to find his wife.

NLC protest: IGP orders watertight security nationwide

A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi on Tuesday, said the IGP was deeply concerned…
President Bola Tinubu speaks on why it is compulsory for Nigeria and Benin Republic should collectively pursue same goal of growth.

Moment Tinubu attended Republic of Benin’s 63rd Independence anniversary (Photos)

President of Benin, Patrice Talon invited Tinubu for the event which he attended with six Nigerian governors.
Sit-at-home order: Security agencies, IPOB members exchange heavy in Orsomoghu Forest

Sit-at-home order: Security agencies, IPOB members exchange heavy fire in Orsomoghu Forest

Troops came in contact with the group's armed fighters, who detonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) also known as Ogbunigwe and…
Tinubu given 7 days to begin probe of N585.2m grant scandal

Your speech empty: NLC knocks President Tinubu, dares him to punish economic saboteurs

“Furthermore, organised labour is disturbed that while President Tinubu in his speech lavishly praised the Private Sector for quickly dispensing…
Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill

28 key facts and takeaways from Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast 

Subsidy thieves amass so much wealth and power that they became a serious threat to the fairness of nation's economy…
Tinubu's nationwide broadcast

New National minimum wage coming (Full text of Tinubu’s broadcast)

In the same vein, we are also working in collaboration with the Labour unions to introduce a new national minimum…
Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill

(Breaking) Tinubu to Nigerians: We’ll get out of this turbulence, rolls out critical plans

The president, in a nationwide broadcast on Monday evening noted that the nation's economy is going through a tough patch…
Breaking: Sanwo-Olu slashes transport fares by 50%, rolls out palliatives

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu slashes transport fares by 50%, rolls out palliatives

The governor also hinted of a plan by commercial transporters to slash prices by 25 percent across the metropolis.
Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill

Tinubu approves provision of buses to students, removes restrictions on students’ loans

"The desire of the President is to see that students can access their campuses without much difficulty as a result…
Moment Tinubu decorated Service Chiefs with new ranks

Moment Tinubu decorated Service Chiefs with new ranks (Photos)

The service chiefs decorated are Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed…
Senate clears Nyesom Wike for ministerial role

Senate clears Nyesom Wike for ministerial role

He said, “His Excellency former Governor Nyesom Wike is our best in Rivers State. He is our leader and role…
Tinubu decorates Service Chiefs with new ranks

JUST IN: Tinubu decorates Service Chiefs with new ranks

Those decorated are the Chief of Defense Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, alongside the Chiefs of Army, Naval and Air…
Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill

Tinubu to address Nigerians as hardship bites harder

It is expected that the President Tinubu will will use the national broadcast to announce measures that will cushion increased…
13-yr-old Nigerian programmer, Joshua Agboola, emerges youngest Certified Amazon Web Services, AWS, Developer Associate in Africa

Nigeria’s Joshua Agboola, 13, emerges youngest AWS developer associate in Africa

Agboola had earlier taken and passed the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification becoming the youngest in Africa to do so.
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Livestock Development issues alert on the outbreak of Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, at a farm in Zamfara State.

JUST IN: Deadly Anthrax disease hits Lagos, six infected animals destroyed

Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It mainly affects animals. Humans can become infected through contact with an infected…
Defence chiefs from West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS will meet in Nigeria’s capital Abuja for two days to discuss last week’s coup in Niger

What we will do if Niger Junta didn’t  reinstate President Bazoum – ECOWAS spits fire

ECOWAS leaders had in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja, issued seven ultimatum to the…
ECOWAS says it will use constitutional means to restore power in Niger

Breaking: ECOWAS imposes no flight zone on Niger

The decision was reached at an extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of heads of state and government at the…
NDLEA nabs artistes’ manager who sell drugs at Quilox, DNA, others

NDLEA nabs artistes’ manager who sells drugs at Quilox, DNA, others

Oseni said beside the drug business, he also organizes shows for artistes around Lagos and outside Nigeria.
Okowa

Court orders Okowa to account for over N200bn education funds, allocations

“By immediately complying with the judgment, your government will be sending a powerful message to politicians and others that they…
What you need to know about the 7 'Amazons' who made Tinubu's ministerial list

What you need to know about the 7 ‘Amazons’ who made Tinubu’s ministerial list

These remarkable women, dubbed the "Amazons," are set to take on key leadership roles in the nation's government, bringing their…
Uzodimma says Ekpa must be brought back to Nigeria to face the wrath of the law

Simon Ekpa must be brought to Nigeria to face wrath of the law – Uzodimma

"There’s one man called Simon Ekpa somewhere in Finland. It is our hope that the security agencies, particularly the military,…
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