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The Team lead of the Presidential Committee on clearing of Apapa port and access roads Comrade Kayode Opeifa on Sunday said the gridlock has been cleared by 50 percent. He said the clearing of trucks on…

AHEAD of his inauguration on Wednesday,  Lagos State Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu seems to have his job cut out for him. Former  Commissioner for Public Transportation Chief Lanre Razak…

The management of the National Assembly is disposing off office equipment to outgoing members of the National Assembly at rock bottom prices, The Nation has gathered. Payment for the equipment…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has flayed recent comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on fulanisation and islamisation of the country. The pro-Biafran group described the comment as…

Outgoing ministers and state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are intensifying their battle of wits to make their way into the next cabinet of President…

A professor of Islamic studies at the Kwara State University (KWASU) Sulaiman Jamiu has described the statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria and Islamisation of…

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has said that abortion should never be condoned in the church as it is more like hiring a hit-man to take a life. The Pope made this statement while speaking to a Vatican-sponsored…

Nigeria’s quest to stop the enforcement of a monumental $9 billion arbitration award will now be heard by the English Commercial Court on June 14. The case could not be heard on May 20 as previously scheduled because of…

A group known as Global Economic Policy Initiative (GEPI) has accused Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, of playing “dirty politics” with a noble project. Reacting to her criticism of the social…

.......Asks President to set up Truth, Restitution and Recovery CommissionAlhaja Sinatu Ojikutu is a former deputy-governor of Lagos State. She served in the administration of Sir Michael Otedola. In this interview,…

Research has shown that plantains are rich in vitamins and minerals that contribute to good health. It is famed to be diuretic and also can help to prevent kidney and bladder problems. TUNDE OGUNTOLA writes.Plantain also…

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah, has said that he was accused of starting militancy in the Niger Delta simply because he called for resource control. Attah who made the assertion…

Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, says the “great journey” he started  eight years ago will end on Tuesday. Amosun spoke while delivering his speech at the new judicial complex, along Kobape road, one of the “legacy…

It was a sober reflection on the premises of National Assembly complex Abuja on friday as lawmakers who lost elections in their various constituencies evacuated their personal belongings from their offices .…

A coalition of Niger Delta agitators, yesterday, said the secretive conspiracy by the Niger Delta Republic Fighters to declare Niger Delta Republic on June 1, was not a collective plan of agitators in the…

Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun state, says Ibikunle Amosun, governor of the state, is ignorant of what constitutes a failed state. In a statement issued on Saturday on his behalf by Steve…

The pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, has revealed the reasons behind the crisis brewing at the university.He opened up in a letter to the House of Representatives Committee on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has showered encomiums on Ganiat Fawehinmi, wife of late legal luminary and human rights activist on her 70th birthday, praising her for carrying on with the work of her husband.…

A pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Concerned Citizens (YCC), has appealed to the Maye of Yorubaland, Chief Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, to wade into the current seniority tussle and ancestry claims among…

Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Friday urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the release of the $5.7m and N2.4bn seized from her by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

As he prepares to bow out of office, Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Friday said he has served humanity throughout his reign and that posterity will judge him. The governor spoke while…

Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday dragged 247Ureport, an online media and its Editor-In-Chief to court, demanding N5 billion in damages.The suit was over a…

.....Outgoing govs, others to provide bank statements, title documents .......Lawmakers rush to meet deadlineThe Code of Conduct Bureau has said President Muhammadu Buhari,  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, governors and…

A family has shown appreciation to billionaire Folorunsho Alakija who came to their aide when their baby was diagnosed with a hole in the heart. In a post the family shared on Instagram, they revealed how the child’s ailment…