Security agencies can go after Lawal, Oke -Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Monday said the nation’s security agencies were free to go after the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director...
View ArticleSubpoena: Jonathan asks Metuh for N1bn travelling expenses
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to set aside the subpoena ordering him to appear in court as a witness to testify in...
View ArticleUS detains 10-year-old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy
US immigration officials last week followed a 10-year-old undocumented girl with cerebral palsy to a Texas hospital and detained her after surgery for deportation, advocates charged Monday. The...
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PHOTOS: Buhari presides over APC national caucus meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening presided over a meeting of the national caucus of ruling All Progressives Congress. The meeting was held at the Presidential Banquet Hall located inside the...
View ArticleCorporation seeks improved water supply
The Lagos Water Corporation on Monday said it was committed to improving water supply to households and corporate customers, adding that such consideration informed its customers’ enumeration exercise...
View ArticleLASG wants database on HIV/AIDS
The Lagos State Agency for the Control of AIDS (LSACA) says there is a need to have a database on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the state. It stated that it had decided to conduct the first Lagos AIDS...
View Article2019: INEC considers disabled persons
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Independent National Electoral Commission in Cross River State on Monday said it would consider Persons With disabilities in the state during the Continuous Voter Registration...
View ArticleVAIDS’ll provide more revenue —Elamah
The Executive Secretary of the Joint Tax Board, Mr. Oseni Elamah, has said that state governments will reap huge benefits from the implementation of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme,...
View ArticleAmbode promises even development
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says it is the intention of his administration to make every part of Lagos liveable by bridging the infrastructural gap between rural and...
View ArticleBuhari presides over APC national caucus meeting
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening presided over a meeting of the national caucus of ruling All Progressives Congress. The meeting was held inside the Presidential...
View ArticleEx-Chairman of Trump Campaign, Paul Manafort, placed under house arrest over...
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman was placed under house arrest Monday, as an investigation into Russia’s manipulation of the 2016 election shifted to a new and more perilous stage for the White...
View ArticleLess than 15 million Nigerians pay tax – FIRS
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Inland Revenue Service said in Abuja on Monday that less than 15 million Nigerians were paying taxes. The Chairman, Joint Tax Board, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, who stated...
View ArticleNigeria loses $13.7bn to farmers, herdsmen conflicts yearly –Abdulsalami
John Charles with agency reports A former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, says Nigeria loses not less than $13.7bn annually as a result of farmers and herdsmen’s conflicts in Benue,...
View ArticleDoctors, nurses leaving LAUTTH over unpaid salaries – NMA
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association in Oyo State, Dr. Mojisola Atalabi, on Monday, said that the exodus of medical staff and consultants had hit the Ladoke Akintola...
View ArticlePolice kill two female suicide bombers
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Two female suicide bombers, trying to infiltrate Maiduguri, the troubled capital of Borno State, have been killed, the police said on Monday. The Borno State Police Command, in...
View ArticleNo cabal in Buhari’s govt, says Tinubu
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja A national leader of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday told journalists not to discuss the current clamour for President Muhammadu...
View ArticleNigerians to Buhari: Sacking Lawal, Oke not enough, prosecute them
EFCC, ICPC free to go after them –Presidency Impeach President, PDP tells National Assembly New SGF is Lawal’s cousin, says Junaid Mohammed Prominent Nigerians and civil society groups have demanded...
View ArticleFG accused of denying N’Delta N1tn gas flare penalty
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja About N1tn gas flare penalty that is meant for communities in the Niger Delta is being withheld by the Federal Government, the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, a...
View ArticleI’ve not abolished free education, says Akeredolu
Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied the report that his administration has stopped free education for the students of public schools in the state. A communiqué...
View ArticleI have hearing impairment, says Al-Makura
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, have urged support for persons living with disabilities, noting that the...
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