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Community leaders at Makoko-Iwaya Waterfront in Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State have appealed to the government over the planned relocation of residents from the…

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says the justice system of the state will no longer grant bail to rapists. El-Rufai disclosed this when a group of women, advocating for justice for rape…

Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday passed the 2020 Appropriation (Amendment) Bill of N920,468,589,337. The lawmakers okayed the re-ordering after taking the report of…

To force a regime of efficient, uninterrupted electricity supply, the power sector was privatised in 2013. But, seven years after, there has not been any significant improvement in electricity supply, despite spending N1.8…

The 2020 WASSCE will hold betweeen August 4 and September 5, the Federal Government has announced. It asked state governments to open schools for final year students to…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called for the United Nations(UN) supervised referendum in Nigeria for the citizens to decide where to belong. In a statement on Monday,…

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has appointed Temitayo Oluwatuyi as the new Secretary to the State Government. Oluwatuyi takes over from Ifedayo Abegunde, who resigned his appointment on…

The Department for State Security (DSS) on Monday denied media reports of the arrest of acting Economic Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. In a statement by its Public…

Senator Dino Melaye has reacted to claims made by the All Progressive Congress (APC) that some members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were affiliated with suspected Nigerian…

The Oniru of Iru Kingdom, Oba Gbolahan Lawal has reiterated his stance against any form of violence, lawlessness and recourse to self-help and suspended two palace officials who fought with…

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said consultations were on for another phase of repair works to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge. Popoola…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed 10 senior police officers and reduced the rank of eight others over various cases of misconduct in the line of duty. This was disclosed in a…

The private sector-led Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated N1.4 billion worth of medical supplies and additional 26,400 test kits sufficient to set up six fully…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has reportedly recovered from COVID-19 The governor confirmed this in a weekly press briefing Monday. He said doctors confirmed his negative status after running the test…

Reports coming in suggest that, the Nigerian-Dubai based big boy Hushpuppi has hired the lawyer of late Afro Pop artist Micheal Jackson, Mark Geragos to be the head of his legal team. A…

The Council of Legal Education has said 1,864 students of the Nigerian Law School passed the Bar Final Examinations conducted in January. The council made this known in a statement signed by…

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services. He was arrested over allegations that he owns four…

A member of the immediate past National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress( APC), Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir is dead. Abdulkadir reportedly died in Sokoto in the early hours of Monday…

As part of palliative measures against coronavirus, the Federal Government has offered 60 per cent debt forgiveness to defaulting radio and TV stations. The affected stations…

Social Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie has alleged that embattled suspected fraudster Hushpuppi was contracted by PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to rig election. According to the statement she…

Nigerian billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze says Igbos and people living in the South-East should be grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for providing dividend of democracy for the zone. In a statement on Sunday by Oliver Okpala,…

Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde, has resigned his appointment. Abegunde, popularly known as Abena, tendered his resignation letter on Monday morning. He was…

Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the governorship election in Edo State, has admitted being a member of the Pyrates Confraternity as a student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN. He made the…

Professor Samson Ukpabi, a former Secretary to Enugu State Government and former Rector Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, is dead. Until his death, he was the traditional ruler…