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Obasa released by EFCC: Opens up on purported detention
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has returned home from the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying he was never detained. Sahara…
JUST IN: FG issues new directives for reopening of schools
The federal government has issued new guidelines for resumption of schools across the country. Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday.…
Alpha-Beta crisis gets messier as ex-MD alleges fraud, tax evasion in lawsuit
Oladapo Apara, former managing director of Alpha-Beta Consulting, has filed lawsuit alleging that the company has been diverting billions of naira from the coffers of the Lagos state government since 2002. The writ of summons…
IPOB targets Radio Biafra launch in Daura
Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to launch Radio Biafra in Daura, the home town of President Muhammadu Buhari in another six weeks. It claimed to have uncovered plots by…
FG to publish names of people who got tax exemptions in 2019
The federal government says it will publish a report on all the individuals and organisations that received tax exemptions and rebates in 2019. Speaking when presenting the 2021 budget at the national assembly on Thursday,…
Stop distracting me – Makinde warns Fayose
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has denied the allegation that he sponsored the attack on Ayo Fayose, ex-governor of Ekiti, at a rally by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state. The governor warned Fayose to…
Education Budget Increased by 65% in 2021 Budget – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the budget of the Ministry of Education has been increased by 65 per cent in 2021 budget to develop the country’s education sector. The…
Ex-I-G advises against banning of SARS
A former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mike Okiro has advised against the ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Lawyer files further statement against Oxford University over wrong dictionary definitions
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ogedi Ogu, has filed a further statement on oath before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, in a suit against Oxford University Press, over alleged wrong words definition in its…
BREAKING: No enrolment on IPPIS, no salary – Buhari tells ASUU, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that no civil servant on the payroll of the Federal Government will receive salary henceforth without enrolment on the Integrated Payroll and…
PHOTOS: Protesters besiege police headquarters in Abuja, demand scrapping of SARS
Nigerians demanding for the end of Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad have besieged the force headquarters, Abuja. The campaigners have paralyzed vehicular…
BREAKING: Buhari presents 2021 budget, N’Assembly gets N128bn
The National Assembly will be funded with N128 billion in 2021. This is as the President Muhammadu Buhari, admitted that the Federal Government is spending more on recurrent…
Eight confirmed dead, 25 buildings affected in Lagos gas explosion
Eight persons have been killed in the gas explosion that occurred in Baruwa community, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The explosion, which reportedly emanated from the…
Oil dispute: Nigeria escapes $1.5bn liability as US tribunal rules against Interocean
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute in the United States has relieved Nigeria of a $1.5bn liability in an application for arbitration filed by two oil companies. Abubakar Malami, minister of…
3 Libyans pour petrol on Nigerian migrant worker, watch him burn to death
A yet-to-be identified Nigerian migrant worker in Libya has been burned to death in Tripoli, the capital, U.N. and government officials said today. It was the latest in abuses that…
FG announces 3-day closure of Third mainland bridge
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a three-day total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The bridge will be totally shut from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday to enable contractors carry out…
Bamalli: Northern govs send message to new Emir of Zazzau
The Northern Governors Forum, on Wednesday, felicitated with the new Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. The northern governors said God ordained the emergence of Bamalli so he can…
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 155 new cases as total hits over 59,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. NCDC announced this in a tweet on its official twitter handle on Wednesday night. It said the COVID-19 national death toll in…
Those agitating for Biafra are mad – Rev Uma Ukpai
Uma Ukpai, popular evangelist, has slammed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over their agitation for a new country. Ukpai, who is…
Customs nabs Dubai-bound passenger with 5,342 ATM cards in Kano
The Nigeria Custom Service, Kano/Jigawa Command has arrested a Dubai-bound passenger in possession of 5,342 ATM cards at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.…
Pressure on Ndume over Maina whereabouts
The whereabouts of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal were unknown. It was learnt that complaints have been made…
BREAKING: Gas Explosion In Ipaja
Reports reaching us say there has been a gas explosion at Bestroof Gas Station at Baruwa Inside in the Ipaja, Alimosho Local government Area of Lagos State. Eyewitness reports say the…
Fayose fingers Makinde, Bode George as masterminds of assault against him at PDP rally in Ondo
Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde and former Deputy National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George of masterminding…
Come up with recovery plan to protect jobs, income – NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to put in place recovery and resilience plans, which prioritise jobs, secure employment, protect income and ensure…