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Governor Akinwumni Ambode has announced an increment to the death insurance benefits for police officers in Lagos State who die in active service. They will now be paid N10m. The Governor made this known while he was speaking at the Lagos House in Ikeja after he was presented with two awards recently won in South […]

An Associate professor and a former head of the department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the Faculty of Law, Benedicta Dauda has been suspended by the University of Jos for allegedly cheating during an examination on 4th May. Dauda was caught copying from a prepared answer during an examination for a Master’s degree in Research […]

The Oyo State Government has fired 662 workers from the state civil and public service for using fake WAEC certificate to secure their jobs. The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Soji Eniade who disclosed this, said about 2,021 workers with fictitious names were also removed from the state’s payroll. He said the Bank Verification […]

Dangote Group has dismissed 109 workers at Obajana Cement Company in Kogi State, after being found guilty of various offences, Mr Abdulahi Magaji has said. Magaji, the Coordinator of the company’s Patrol Team, announced this to newsmen on Tuesday at the Obajana premises of the company. Magaji said that the dismissed workers were among the […]

Professor Wole Soyinka has apologised for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari, over his congratulatory message to Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow. Buhari had earlier congratulated Barrow, for his victory over incumbent Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, at the poll. The Nobel Laureate thought Jammeh had won and went ahead to criticize Buhari for his message. He had said […]

The recent deaths of three NYSC Batch B corps members; Elechi Chinyerum Nwenenda, Oladepo Ifedolapo and Asuquo Ukeme has drawn a reaction from Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development. Dalung in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media matters, Nneka Ikem Anibeze,  commiserated with the families of the deceased. He […]

The National leader Of the All Progressives Congress and Former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has opened up on the alleged crisis and realignment of new political party ahead of 2019 general elections. Tinubu, on Monday denied the rumours that he is aligning with other political stalwarts to form a new political party. He […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the removal of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike less than five days to the State’s legislative re-run election, saying; “With this ignoble action by the federal government, it is now clear that the federal government is out to subvert […]

The Federal Government  failed to arraign Adeniyi Ademola, a serving judge and his wife Olubowale  before an Abuja high court on Monday. Justice Ademola and his wife, who is the Lagos state head of service, were  scheduled to be brought before Justice Jude Okeke on Monday on a 15-count charge of corruption to the tune […]

Hundreds of protesters on Monday stormed the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja to protest the court judgement which ordered the unconditional release of Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The protesters, who marched under the banner of the Coalition on Good Governance and Change Initiative and other Civil Society […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria, Monday, banned importations of vehicles into the country through the land borders. The order covers all new and used vehicles. The prohibition order was announced in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Wale Adeniyi. According to the statement the ban is sequel to a […]

Istifanus Bello Gurama, a senior strategist with Dangote Industries Limited, who was reportedly kidnapped three weeks ago, has been murdered. Reliable sources say Gurama’s body was found in the gutter, adding that one of the kidnappers must have alerted a member of the public to where the body was. Gurama was believed to have been […]