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The Permanent Secretary, State House, Alhaji Jalal Arabi has defended the 2016 State House budget proposal of N18.1 billion before the National Assembly.  Defending the budget before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-governmental Affairs, and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties in Abuja on Tuesday, Arabi that N3.2 billion […]

Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah on Tuesday ordered reporters out of the venue of the inauguration of committee on recruitment of 500,000 teachers.  Anwukah sent the journalists out after they asked for the names of the Chairman and Secretary of the newly inaugurated committee. The committee was being set up as a […]

Stiffer security measures have been installed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja in order to forestall terror attacks. As part of such measures, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Muhammadu Buhari, B Abubakar, directed all tinted cars and other vehicles to be thoroughly searched.   The circular dated 26th January, 2016 with Reference number C-in-C/CSO/LTU/558 was titled; […]

Members of the Senate have held a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senators were le by Ali Ndume, the senate leader. Others who attended the meeting, held o Tuesday include Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Monsurat Sumonu. Asked what the meeting was about, Ndume […]

Simon Achuba, a former Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly,  has been sworn in as the Deputy Governor of the state. Achuba was sworn in on Tuesday  after the state House of Assembly approved his nomination for the position. Following James Faleke’s refusal to join Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration, the recently sworn in […]

The Department of State Security on Tuesday evening announced that it had arrested a final year student of a university in Minna, Niger State, for allegedly helping ISIS with recruitment of Nigerians.Some others were arrested with him, according to the statement signed by Tony Okpuiyo. Read the full statement below: In line with the Service […]

In a move yet to be explained by operatives of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), the Maitama residence of Bayelsa’s first class monarch and close ally of former President Goodluck, King A.J Turner has been raided. During the raid carried out on Monday, several documents, including insignificant amount of dollars, pound sterling, naira and […]

The ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) which saw Ahmed Gulak, former special adviser on political matters to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, invade the national headquarters to take over as chairman, was in essence, the celebration of the tradition of impunity. Even as the PDP navigates through a painful transition that could decide its […]

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have summoned the State Commissioner for Transportation, a Special Adviser and the General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority to appear before it next Tuesday to give clarifications on the persistent incidents of boat mishaps in the state. Those summoned include the State Commissioner for Transport, Hon. Dayo […]

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday dismissed two applications seeking to stop the prosecution of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun area of Lagos. The collapse of the building, which occurred on September 12, 2014, led to the death […]

…To raise production capacity by 9mmtpa In a deft move to consolidate on its leadership in the cement sector, Dangote Cement Plc has announced the commencement of the construction of new cement plants in two communities in the country. The new plants are expected to add 9 million metric tonnes per annum to the company’s […]

What was considered a major landmark project of the Babatunde Fashola administration in Lagos State in the health sector, has remained unproductive almost a year after it was commissioned. The Lagos Cardiac and Renal Centre located inside the premises of the Gbagada General Hospital in the Gbagada area of the State has not worked since […]