Amosun okays $2m for fire-fighting tools
The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, says his administration is more determined than ever to develop the state in spite of the massive infrastructural development that dotted the state. Amosun has...
View Article‘Ambode, Obasa influenced our defection to APC’
Sodiq Oyeleke The Minority Leader in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Akeem Bello, has said that the defection of the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress in the...
View ArticleS’West PDP may back one candidate for national chair
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in South-West are currently in dilemma over the fear that the geopolitical zone can lose out in the race of who becomes the next national...
View ArticlePDP govs meet in Enugu over convention
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Peoples Democratic Party governors on Sunday met in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. The meeting, which commenced around 7pm at the Enugu State Government House, had most of the...
View Article35 apply to build modular refineries in Niger Delta
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday disclosed that the Federal Government received 35 applications for the establishment of modular refineries in the Niger Delta as part of the present...
View ArticleLASG to shut down tax-defaulting companies Nov 20
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government says it will shut down head offices of companies that have failed to remit statutory taxes to the government from Monday, November 20. The Commissioner for...
View ArticleFG flies Ekwueme abroad for treatment
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Second Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday morning flown abroad for medical treatment. Ekwueme was hospitalised for about three weeks at Memphys Hospital of...
View ArticleNo record of treaties signed by Nigeria, says FG
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government says it does not have an accessible, comprehensive and updated register of treaties and conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory. The government stated...
View ArticleSERAP wants Okorocha probed over Zuma, Johnson-Sirleaf’s statues
Oladimeji Ramon A human rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, says it has submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences...
View ArticleSenate to name indicted firms in N30tn leakage scam
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has concluded plans to publish the names of companies found culpable in the first phase of its investigation into the alleged N30tn revenue scam in Nigeria’s import and...
View ArticleHow DPR, CBN diverted $950m oil royalty – Reps’ panel
John Ameh, Abuja An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Sunday accused the Department of Petroleum Resources and the Central Bank of Nigeria of keeping $950m in a secret domiciliary...
View ArticleDon’t release Paris loan refund to Aregbesola, pensioners tell Buhari
Femi Makinde, Osogbo Pensioners in Osun State under the aegis of the Forum of 2011/2012 Retired Public Servants of Osun State have written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him not to release the...
View ArticleI’m thankful Jonathan sacked me, says Farida Waziri
Oladimeji Ramon A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, says she is glad in retrospect that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan kicked her out of office. She...
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Ganduje buys N208m noodles, others to empower tea sellers
Ted Odogwu, Kano The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, says his administration has spent N208m on the empowerment of 5,200 Masu Shayi (tea sellers) in the state. Ganduje stated this on...
View ArticleAnambra: IPOB makes a U-turn, says no plan to disrupt poll
Leke Baiyewu and Tony Okafor The Indigenous People of Biafra on Sunday described as false the allegation that the group intended to disrupt the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State. A...
View ArticleUPDATED: More than 200 killed as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border
More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said...
View ArticleGlobal CO2 emissions, stable for three years, up 2% in 2017
The carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that drive global warming — flat since 2014 — are set to rise two percent this year, dashing hopes they had peaked, scientists reported at UN climate talks Monday....
View ArticleUTME: JAMB, stakeholders to meet Wednesday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it will meet with “critical” stakeholders in education on Wednesday to appraise the general conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination....
View ArticleYou are morally bankrupt, Presidency replies Lamido
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday described a former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, as intellectually and morally bankrupt for daring to criticise President Muhammadu...
View ArticleSecurity men, cleaners protest, lock UCH gates
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Patients and staff of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, experienced difficulty in gaining entry into the hospital premises on Monday morning after security men and...
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