The newly appointed Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Public Communications, Segun Dipe, has hit the ground moving fast with a quick demand from the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, to apologise to the people of the state, for despoiling their values and giving them poor image […]

Dr Marcus Vandi, Head of Psychiatric Unit, Yola Specialist Hospital, Adamawa, has raised alarm over the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths in the state. Vandi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Yola, expressed concern over the increasing rate of drug abuse among different age groups. According […]

A House Committee on the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said there was an  illegal approval of the  the release of the sum of N5, 865, 671, 939.26 in June 2017 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund Account which was mismanaged by the agency. A statement  by the House Thursday  said the  approval  by Vice […]

A Federal High Court, Lagos, will on December 3 hear a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd against the Attorney General of the Federation challenging the legality of N242 billion and 1.3 billion dollars import duties and withholding tax assessment. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke fixed the date for the hearing of all pending applications after counsel […]

The Organised Labour has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to approve and implement the N30,000 minimum wage recommended by the tripartite committee. The General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Mr Musa Lawal, said this while reacting to comments by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that the report of […]

The controversial Nigeria Air project that was put on hold by the Federal Government would still sail, afterall as Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, says the proposed national carrier project is alive and is currently at the procurement stage, awaiting the approval of the Federal Executive Council. The minister added that the […]

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the closure of beer joints within the premises of all police stations across the state. The development is coming on the heels of an officer, Kaddai Useni, who was caught on camera drinking and was dismissed after the clip went viral. According to Police Public […]

Operatives of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) have arrested six persons suspected to be the killers of traditional ruler of Adara chiefdom in Kachia local government area of Kaduna state, Chief Maiwada Galadima. The six suspects were paraded on Wednesday at the Command headquarters in the state capital. According to a Channels Tv […]

65-year-old leader of Shiite Islamic sect, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife have been denied bail by the Kaduna High Court. The Court sitting on Wednesday denied the bail application filed by counsel to the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The Presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, said in his ruling that the accused persons […]

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, was on Sunday detained by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). According to reports, the former Edo State governor was grilled by DSS operatives for nine hours after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the party’s primary elections across the […]