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The Minister of Foreign Affairs,Mr Goeffrey Onyeama on Monday said the overseas trips embarked upon by President Mohammed Buhari were carefully selected in line with certain priorities and development objectives of the country.   The minister spoke in Lagos at a town hall meeting organised to brief the public on the activities of the government […]

Former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, as well as former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari, both held a close-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday to fashion out a way to end the subtle was between the executive and the legislative arms of government over the 2016 budget. The meeting […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government, Department of State Services, DSS, and Attorney General of Nigeria Federation of deliberately frustrating the trial of its leader and Director of Radio Biafra Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB in a statement issued in Onitsha and signed by its Media […]

The Lagos State Government on Monday announced plans to upgrade the network of roads in Ikeja to improve and boost the economic stature of the seat of government to world class standard and to reduce traffic gridlock around the corridor to the barest minimum. It also revealed readiness to expand the Awolowo Way with an […]

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigeria Police Command has arrested a man, who claimed to be a driver of commercial bus in Lagos, popularly known as Danfo driver, Ademola Ibrahim for illegally removing the rails both under and above the Eko Bridge.   Ibrahim was said to have conspired with one other suspect […]

Former Gov Sule Lamido of Jigawa on Monday, said he would contest for presidency on the platform of People Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. Lamido made this known to newsmen in his village – Bamaina – in Birnin-kudu Local Government Area of the State. He, however, said a party’s ticket was not given to anybody […]

The Commissioner for Transport in Lagos State, Hon. Dayo Mobereola and the Special Adviser of the Ministry, Prince (Hon.) Anofi Elegushi on Monday tactically ignored the members of the State House of Assembly Committee, which had gone to the ministry on oversight function. According to reports, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Fatai Mojeed and […]

Scores of people are reported to have been killed while about 11 houses and a Roman Catholic Church were destroyed by rampaging Fulani herdsmen who invaded Odozi-Obodo community at Onu-Eke, Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State early Monday. The houses and the church were razed while the casualty figure from the attack […]

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has disclosed that the Federal Government has endorsed the production of another driving licence that will have a five-year expiry period. Oyeyemi, who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos, pointed out that the resolve to have the five-year driving licence was made by the Joint […]

The chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin, have denied distorting the 2016 budget details, stressing that the details sent to the Presidency were largely the inputs received from the standing committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The denial was contained in […]

Reports have emerged that 10 Senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have pledged to vote for the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to replace Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President, should Saraki be forced to resign due to his ongoing trial at the Code of […]

Former Lagos State deputy governor, Chief Rafiu Bakare Jafojo, who governed with Lateef Jakande, has died at 80. He died in Lagos on Saturday, April 23, 2016 after a brief illness. Chief Rafiu Bakare Jafojo The late Jafojo who was a very vocal politician when he was alive was born on December 6, 1935. His […]