Train Crushes Army Sergeant On Motorcycle In Lagos
A sergeant in the Nigerian Army, was on Wednesday killed by a passenger train at the railway crossing at the PWD area of Ikeja, Lagos. The train was said to be on its way to Iddo in Lagos from Ibadan when it…
No man’s land: Rhodes-Vivour condemns Obasa’s proposed law to protect Lagos indigenes
Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State for the 2023 elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has slammed the Speaker of the House of Assembly in the state, Hon Mudashiru Obasa for proposing to make laws that will…
10th NASS leadership: Uncertainty over presiding officers as North insists on producing Senate…
AHEAD of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the fate of those aspiring to become presiding officers seems hanging in the balance as President Bola Tinubu is yet to make a formal pronouncement on…
Oil revenue crash pushes FG’s deficit to N513bn in February
..It is 16% below budget benchmark —CBN …Non-oil revenue declines also …As Federation Account revenue drops 32% The Federal Government’s fiscal operations in the early part of this year have resulted into a 22.8…
LASTMA dismisses report of Sanwo-Olu banning arrest of motorists
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has urged residents to ignore the recurring fake news circulating on social media, purported to have been directed by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu that,…
Messi shoots Inter Miami’s followers to 4.5m in 12hrs
Inter Miami’s official social media account experienced an extraordinary surge, from 2.1 to 4.5 million followers in 12 hours, more than doubling its follower count accumulated over the previous five years. However, the…
PDP, LP plot against Tinubu’s candidates in NASS leadership tussle
Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with 109 Senators-elect and 360 House of…
Catholic priests petition Tinubu, Sani over el-Rufai’s remarks as MURIC demands apology from CAN
Clerics in Kaduna State, under the umbrella of Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), have petitioned Governor Uba Sani, condemning utterances of his…
Lagos Assembly will pass new property, business ownership laws – Obasa
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said the state parliament will pass new property, and business ownership laws in the state. Obasa stated this in his acceptance speech as a…
Democracy Day: FG declares June 12 Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 Public Holiday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr…
BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu re-appoints Ayinde Chief of Staff, drops Jaji as SSG
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has re-appointed Tayo Ayinde as Chief of Staff and dropped Folasade Jaji as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The…
BREAKING: Senator Annie Okonkwo is dead
A former Senator who represented Anambra Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Annie Okonkwo is dead. He reportedly…
NASS passes bill to punish sexual offenders in tertiary institutions
The National Assembly has passed a bill to make comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in tertiary institutions. Recall that the Senate passed this bill in 2020…
Haaland set to reign over Europe as Man City eye historic treble
Erling Haaland has been backed to dominate the Champions League for years to come as the record-breaking Manchester City striker aims to fire his side to treble glory in Saturday’s final against Inter Milan.…
NNPCL to cut fuel import from August
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has confirmed that once the Dangote Refinery starts pumping out refined petroleum products from…
Devaluation: CBN Auctions Dollar At N645
Days after the Central Bank of Nigeria denied Daily Trust’s report that devaluation may be in the cards, it auctioned dollars, Wednesday, at N645 apiece – a…
Reduce workdays to 4 – MURIC tells FG
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the federal government to reduce workdays to four throughout Nigeria. MURIC’s Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola, in a statement yesterday, said the removal of fuel subsidy had…
Subsidy Removal: Filling Stations Record Low Sales As Workers Skip Duty
The rise in the price of petrol has reduced the level of patronage at filling stations as Nigerians grapple with the ripple effects of the government’s decision on fuel subsidy removal. Checks by our correspondents on…
Probe MDAs, Others To Implement ‘Renewed Hope’ Agenda, Supporters Urge Tinubu
Supporters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have asked him to probe all the federal government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and others in the interest of the nation. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja,…
Man Seeking Divorce Absent In Court Over Lack Of Transport Fare
A man by the name Ali Abubakar, who was dragged to a Shari’a court sitting in Kaduna by his wife, Ajinomo Ohunenene-Ummi, on Wednesday,…
Subsidy: Tinubu directs Shettima, govs to work on salaries, palliatives
As Nigerians grapple with the aftershocks of the fuel subsidy removal, President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part…
Lagos boosts revenue drive, drags entertainers into tax net
The Lagos State Government appears to have boosted its tax revenue drive by focusing on entertainers, writes ONOZURE DANIA…
Nigerian student arrested in UK over sexual harassment of minors
A Nigerian student, Cyril Kenneth, who arrived in the United Kingdom in February has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sexually harass minors in the Belfast province of the country. In a video posted…
Tinubu Govt Accepted All Our Demands – TUC Opens Up on Strike Suspension
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has revealed the decision to suspend its planned strike, citing the Bola Tinubu-led federal government’s agreement to meet…