Gunmen in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from the Federal College of Forestry college late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a state government official said on Friday. The college is located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State. As reported by ReportersB, […]Read More
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has insisted that petrol depot price will remain unchanged in March. This is coming as a reaction to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA fixing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, at N212.61 per litre, for the month of March on Thursday.In a […]Read More
Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He reportedly died on Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal programmes of the Unity Party of Nigeria founded […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months. The extension was announced to correspondents on Thursday by Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi at the presidential villa, Abuja. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of a […]Read More
After recording a significant drop in the daily coronavirus count on Tuesday, Nigeria’s number of new cases increased again with 749 samples confirmed positive on Wednesday. With the new cases, Nigeria has confirmed more than 5,000 infections within the past one week. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the 749 new infections in […]Read More
A helicopter operated by Quorom Aviation has crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos State, It was gathered that the copter dropped from the sky around 12 noon and crashed into a residential building on Salvation Road in the Opebi area. Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the […]Read More
About 12 directors and top staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended with immediate effect. The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Mohammed Umar, on Tuesday night by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. The action was said to be in […]Read More
The Lawmaker representing Kosofe constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Tunde Braimoh is dead. Until his death, he was the chairman house committee on information, security and strategy in the Lagos state house of Assembly. Tunde Braimoh had also served in the Parliament as the chairman house committee on Judiciary, petitions and […]Read More
• Presidential panel grills acting chairman• DSS, anti-graft body dismiss rumoured detention• Journalists barred from Aso Rock probe venue• Don’t jeopardise anti-corruption fight, CSO warns govt agencies There was confusion, yesterday, following news of the alleged arrest of Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu. Earlier reports had said officers […]Read More
…State Govt To Transfer Cash To The Indigent, Feed 100,000 Youths Daily …Governor Addresses Security Breaches In Border Communities, Declares War On Hoodlums Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, introduced a bumper scheme to cushion the effect of the ongoing lockdown of the State on its residents. The new palliatives were rolled out by Governor Babajide […]Read More