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Magodo: Why Sanwo-Olu shouldn’t have openly confronted CSP deployed by Malami, IGP – Ebun Adegboruwa
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, should not have openly confronted a Chief Superintendent of Police at the…
Ahead Of Election Year, States Prioritise Capital Projects In 2022 Budgets
Unlike the previous practice in most states of the federation where recurrent expenditures take the lion share of their budgets, this year governors have placed a premium on capital expenditure.…
Inmates Attempt To Escape From Prison In Osun, Four Killed
No fewer than four inmates of Ife Prison, Ile- Ife were killed by prison officials of the prison while they were trying to escape through fence scaling. The incident which happened at the…
Aliko Dangote Foundation flags off nutrition program in Kano
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the implementation of its nutrition flagship program, tagged: Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated Nutrition (ADFIN) program in Kano State.…
Magodo: Lagos Reps Demand Probe Of Malami Over Involvement In Planned Demolition
Two members of the house of representatives have called for the investigation of Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), over his alleged involvement in the planned demolition…
People Say I am The Senator For Ndigbo – Abaribe
The Senate Minority Leader and Senator representing Abia South, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that he is viewed in many quarters as a Senator for the entire state and, indeed, Ndigbo.…
Police Recover 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition In Katsina
The police command in Katsina, says it has recovered 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and arrested 999 suspects in various operations across the state in 2021. SP Gambo Isa, the spokesperson for…
Okorocha Is My Biggest Headache, Says Uzodinma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has described Senator Rochas Okorocha as his biggest headache. Uzodinma said this at a stakeholders’ forum, which held in the state on Tuesday.…
5 Bills That Will Shape Economy This Year
Several bills intended to have a direct effect on the economy have been passed or are at various stages of passage by the two chambers of the National Assembly, Daily Trust reports.…
Provide evidence you killed two bandit kingpins in Zamfara, Gumi tells military
Controversial Islamic scholar, Dr. Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Nigerian military to provide evidence of bombardment and the killing of two notorious bandits at Zamfara forest last week.…
New COVID variant discovered in France — but WHO says it’s not yet a threat
A new COVID variant has been discovered in France. The variant, called B.1.640.2 and dubbed the IHU variant, is said to have infected 12 people in France so far. According to a research…
BREAKING: Buhari appoints Doyin Salami chief economic adviser
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Doyin Salami as his Chief Economic Adviser. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The…
Why FG hasn’t declared bandits as terrorists after court order –Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the Federal Government is yet to officially designate bandits as terrorists because the government is…
FG Set To Lift Ban As Twitter Meets Six Conditions
The Technical Committee raised by the Nigerian Government to resolve the impasse between the Government and Twitter is said to be fine-tuning the provisions by the microblogger before…
Forests in North should be bombed – El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has recommended that forests in the North should be bombed to wipe out bandits. El-Rufai stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Monday.…
Sylvester Oromoni’s Death: Dowen College To Remain Shut While Other Schools Resume – Lagos State…
The Lagos state government has said that Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos state will not be reopened on Tuesday, January 4 until the investigation into the death of a student of the school,…
BREAKING: Okorocha, Nwosu, sponsors of kidnapping, banditry in Imo – Govt
Former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and his son-in-law, Chief Uche Nwosu, have been identified by the Imo State Government as sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in the…
I don’t care whether Nigeria’s next president is Christian or Muslim, says Mike Okonkwo
Mike Okonkwo, founder of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), says religion or tribe should not play a role in electing the country’s next president. The cleric said politicians contesting…
Lekan Balogun can be Olubadan -Lawyer
The passage of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Sunday, may brood new legal tussles for the assumption of the new Olubadan. A lawyer, Ola Adeosun, of Ola Adeosun &…
Experts Dismiss Claim Of Demicron As New COVID-19 Variant
With fresh concerns over possible emergence of a new COVID-19 variant (Demicron), experts have dismissed the claim, saying it is just a speculation. The chairman, Expert Review…
Tension in Imo as Uzodimma uncovers alleged sponsors of insecurity
There’s is tension in Imo State, as Governor Hope Uzodimma disclosed that the state government has uncovered alleged sponsors and financiers of killings, unknown gunmen and insecurity in…
Positive Outlook For Nigerian Economy In 2022, Expert Says
In late 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had projected that the Nigerian economy, which was just emerging from a recession occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic would record a…
Legal hurdle clouds Olubadan succession
Twenty-four hours after the passage of Oba Saliu Adetunji, some Ibadan chiefs, yesterday, held a meeting at the home of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Lekan Balogun,…
Drugs War: How NDLEA confiscated N120bn Cash/Assets from 11,341 traffickers, barons in 2021 —…
Towards sending a strong message to barons to quit the illegal/dangerous crime, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency confiscated cash, assets and drugs valued at N120bn from 11,341 traffickers…