Reports

The Katsina State Urban and Regional Planning Board has handed down a three days notice that it would demolish the more than 99 years old Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) Church Headquarters Mission Compound in Mataazu, Mataazu Local Government Area, which also has a school and staff quarters. The decision is already generating tension […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a budget proposal of N489, 689, 869, 621 being the exact estimate for the 2015 fiscal year presented to the House in November 2014 by the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. Before passing the budget, the members of the House had re-examined the proposal through the […]

The Bayelsa State Government has described as a deliberate propagation of falsehood and the handiwork of mischief makers; reports in some sections of the Nigerian media attributing the recent minor cabinet shakeup in the state to rifts between Governor Seriake Dickson, President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan. Contrary to the reports, a […]

In place of elected chairmen, the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State on Monday got Executive Secretaries. The Executive Secretaries are to look after the affairs of the councils pending when elections would be held to fill the positions of council chairmen in the state. The councils were, for many […]

The Boko Haram sect has seized an army base in Baga, Borno State. The Baga which was sized by the insurgents on Sunday is regarded as the headquarters of a multinational force comprising troops from Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, although only Nigerian troops are actually stationed there. Witnesses said the troops fled the army […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the stated commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan, to conduct a free, fair and violence-free election this year, but urged the President to match the commitment with action. The President made the promise in his in his New Year message on Thursday. In a statement issued by APC’s National […]

Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday explained to residents of the state that his government, like most others in Nigeria, was witnessing heavy financial crisis. This is coming at a time when President of the country, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, is preaching austerity measures, following the fall of crude oil prices. The country’s currency […]

Not relenting on their reign of terror even during the festive period, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members kidnapped 40 young men in Malari village, northeast Nigerian Borno state on New Year’s Eve‎, witnesses have reported. Witnesses who escaped from Malari village, where the men were kidnapped, said the gunmen attacked the village around […]

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has assured Lagosians that he would hand over a stable and robust economy to his successor in 2015, saying his administration has put in place measures to ensure that the incoming administration is not bogged down by financial burden. Speaking at an interactive session with media executives and Government […]

National Chairman of the Labour Party, Abdulkadri Abdulsalam, Tuesday denied that his party had endorsed the second term bid of President Goodluck Jonathan. There had been reports that the party supported and even endorsed President Jonathan as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the general elections in 2015. The National Chairman said […]

A candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for the House of Representative election scheduled for February, 2015, Ms. Aisha Osori, on Tuesday announced that she was defecting from her party to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Osori, who won the primary election for the candidacy of AMAC/Bwari federal constituency of the Federal Capital […]

A total of 1, 621 cases of fire incidents were recorded in Lagos State between January and December, 2014, according the Director of the State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe. Compared to the same period in 2013 with a record of 2,005, it is believed that the sensitisation efforts of the agency yielded some results. […]