News

The recent call for relocation of tanks farms in Ibasa/Ijegun area of Satellite Town, Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State by the Community Development Association (CDA) has been opposed by indigenes of the…

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has condemned a statement credited to the Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, in which he asked Fulani herders to…

A Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, yesterday described Obasanjo’s letter to the President as mischievous, ill-timed and irrelevant.Mohammed, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard, said Obasanjo had nothing…

THE Senate, yesterday, confirmed Justice  Tanko  Muhammad as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, with the CJN saying the judiciary was corrupt and should be treated like other corrupt elements.Muhammad’s…

Leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have launched a charm offensive to seek the cooperation of all key stakeholders to resolve the herdsmen crisis in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja reiterated the determination of his administration to stop importation of basic items to create job opportunities for unemployed citizens across…

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 submitted the particulars of individuals on its watch list and under…

The Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has begun full-scale routine repair and rehabilitation of roads across the state in fulfillment of the Executive Order on zero tolerance for…

Critic, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has attacked Mountain of Fire Ministries, MFM, for praying that their enemies should die, saying such prayer is Anti-Christ doctrine.…

Vincenzo Armanna, a top official of multinational oil company ENI has told investigators that he was informed by a security official for the then Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan that $50…

The Lagos State Government has issued six days ultimatum to all transport unions and roadside traders on the entire stretch of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT corridors to vacate…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said 720,000 small farm holders got N120.6 billion credit through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. He said the credit was given directly to small farmers,…

The ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on relevant security agencies to intensify ongoing effort to rid the country of crime, and warned against linking a tribe to a…

No fewer than five persons have sustained injuries after suspected cultists attacked residents of Idiroko and Owutu in Ikorodu. The hoodlums, identified as Lion Base Boys of Dagbolu Street,…

OPERATION Whirl Stroke has so far killed 145 bandits, arrested 223 others and also recovered 194 weapons in military operations in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states. Its commander, Maj-Gen.…

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it has intercepted an ambulance loaded with 10 cartons of 225mg Tramadol drugs at the Apapa Port, Lagos. The ambulance driver and a…

Taiwo Adisa, chief press secretary to Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has no moral justification to ask the governor to explain his source of wealth. Adisa was reacting…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday warned Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to inaugurate a fresh 7th Edo House of Assembly within one week or it will take over the functions of the…

The senate committee investigating the alleged misconduct of Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, says that the victims of the assault did not honour its invitation. Sam Egwu,…

Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene depicting a youth suicide from its popular young adult drama “13 Reasons Why”, following advice from medical experts, the company said on its…

The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, on Tuesday advised jobless and homeless Nigerians in the U.S. to return home, saying that the consulate was ready to assist those…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila’s choice of former Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Anayo Nnebe, as Special Assistant on political matters has divided…

Following a request sent by the body of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help it check activities of “unpatriotic Nigerians who sell…

The appointment of Justice Muhammad Tanko as Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN) has been confirmed by the Senate. He was confirmed on Wednesday after a gruelling screening at the National Assembly.