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The Lagos State Government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal said on Monday. Already, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had at […]

The supervising minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has directed Amaju Pinnick to step down from his position as president of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) The sack directive which was contained in a statement issued by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, special assistant on media to the Minister, said, the directive followed a […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said the plan by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to share the $350million (around N115 billion) loot recovered from former military ruler, late Gen. Sani Abacha among estimated 300,000 households, with each getting around $14 (around N5,000) a month is “mis-targeted and would not bring any tangible […]

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Saturday demanded  the removal of “incapable” security chiefs in the country over the continued killings and security challenges bedeviling the nation. Dr Saraki made this assertion when he visited communities affected by a rainstorm in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. “This is not something to be politicised. If […]

*Seeks Buhari’s resignation over killings, displacement of farmers from homelands *Accuses security agencies of conspiring, abating killers A civil rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has resolved to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Nederland over worsening security in the country. The decision […]

*Adds: Creating stronger states is possible even without making any major constitutional changes. KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE 8TH ASSEMBLY OF THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TITLED, “STRENGTHENING LEGISLATIVE INSTITUTIONAL: PANACEA FOR ENDURING DEMOCRACY (STRONGER STATES, […]

The Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria has been ordered jailed for three months over contempt, a Lagos High court judge said today. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun ordered he should be imprisoned prison following his perpetual refusal to appear in court despite several summons. ” I have looked at the various affidavit […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will, Saturday, embark on an official visit to Nouakchott, Mauritania to attend the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government from June 30 to July 2, 2018. In his capacity as the leader of the AU theme of the year: “Winning the Fight against Corruption, […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced a 3-day Legal Conference for NAF field commanders and legal officers at the Air Vice Marshal (AVM) EE Edem Multipurpose Hall, NAF Base Maiduguri. The Conference, which has the theme “The Role of Military Lawyers in Contemporary Military Operations”, is one of the human capacity building initiatives of […]

The Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has assured members of the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Joint Employers and Workers Association that the Federal Government will review the newly introduced 500% excise duty on locally produced alcoholic beverages to save the sector from imminent collapse and forestall the consequent […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government’s key policy objective of rejuvenating the mining sector was being realised as witnessed by the diversification of the economy and broadening of the country’s revenue base. Speaking while receiving the National Executive members of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) at the State House, […]

The Plateau State Governor Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has condemned in very strong terms the protest organized by some group of people over the recent attacks in the Northern Senatorial District which turned violent. He noted that the protest represents one of the saddest commentaries in the States collective resolve to stand as a […]