INEC to lobby lawmakers over Smart Card Reader
THE Smart Card Reader (SCR) is a major route to an improved electoral system, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said on…
Accugas moves against Nigeria, issues notice of default over Calabar GenCo
President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid to raise foreign loans for infrastructural projects is already in jeopardy as the gas supply agreement (GSA) between the…
Fake foreign degrees in circulation
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim dropped the bombshell with concern all over his face: 95 Nigerians…
Security agents in south-east using POS for bribe collection – Nwodo
John Nwodo, president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex socio-cultural Igbo organisation, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to demolish the checkpoints on major roads leading to the…
Don’t enrol our members – ASUU tells IPPIS officials
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, the Niger State capital, yesterday organised a peaceful rally against the…
‘Please release my son’ — Sowore’s mother begs Buhari (Video)
The mother of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, says she has been unable to eat or sleep well since she learnt of the detention of her son by the…
Hate Speech bill impressive – US
…Says media reports on legislation misleading, hysterical …Wants NASS to engage NGOs, CSOs Political Officer of the Embassy of…
Doctors bring dead heart ‘back to life’ — in first of its kind surgery in the US
A dead heart has been brought “back to life” by a team of doctors at Duke University’s division of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in the United States. According to…
Buhari seeks Senate’s confirmation of National Hajj Commission members
…adjourns plenary in honour of dead House of Reps member* The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari requesting the confirmation of appointment…
We’ve uncovered plot to destabilise Nigeria – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) says they have uncovered syndicated plots by some undesirable groups to cause a breakdown of law and order in various parts of the…
100 fake professors nabbed in Nigerian Varsities
No fewer than 100 fake professors have been uncovered in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission, NUC. Prof Abubakar Rasheed, the…
2 suspected killers of LASTMA officer charged with murder
Two suspects alleged to have killed a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer in Apapa on Saturday were arraigned at a Magistrates’ court…
Lagos Chieftaincy Family Moves to Enforce Consent Judgment on Abebe Village
The Suenu Chieftaincy family of Lagos has moved to take possession of a portion of Abebe Village in Iganmu, measuring about 6.531 acres in Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos State.The take-over followed a…
The fight against gladiators and other factors that worked against Melaye
Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Dino Melaye, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, to reclaim his position as senator…
It’ll be difficult for PDP to participate in future elections – Secondus
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said that it would be difficult for the party to participate in future elections in the…
Snubbed in Paris, Ronaldo picks 2 awards in Milan
On the night he was snubbed for the Ballon D’Or in Paris, Cristiano Ronaldo won the Serie A player of the year award and was named in the Italian top flight’s best…
Drama as UI Non-Academic Staff enrol in IPPIS
There was a mild drama Monday at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, UI, venue of the enrolment of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS…
U.S. vows 100% tariffs on French Champagne, cheese, handbags over digital tax
The U.S. government on Monday said it may slap punitive duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion in imports from France of Champagne, handbags, cheese and other products, after concluding that France's new…
Nigeria created 450,000 new jobs in 2018 ― World Bank
The World Bank has revealed that Nigeria created about 450,000 new jobs in 2018, which makes for a partial offset of the loss of 700,000 jobs in the previous year, 2017.The latest World Bank Nigeria Economic…
Dad left only N7,000 in his account as former Head of State – Murtala Muhammed’s son
Risqua Muhammed, a son to the former Nigerian Head of State, late General Murtala Muhammed, on Monday said his late father left only N7,000 in his bank account despite being the nation’s number one citizen.He…
‘Show result of election from your polling unit’ — Yahaya Bello asks appointees
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, has asked all his appointees to submit a report of their ”stewardship” in the last election. Bello won the governorship election held…
Anti-Magu plot thickens
Security agencies have uncovered plots to stop the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Nigeria’s fuel consumption down by 30% since border closure – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says domestic fuel consumption in Nigeria has dropped by 30 percent since his administration took the decision to close…
China suspends U.S. Navy visit to Hong Kong over support for protests
CHINA has suspended visits by United States (U.S.) Navy ships and aircraft to Hong Kong after Washington passed legislation last week backing pro-democracy protesters. Beijing also unveiled sanctions…