Reports

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended Nigerians for their exceptional show of solidarity in support of efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. The party’s national chairman Olisah Metuh gave the commendation on behalf of the party in a statement released on Sunday. “The cry of our people over the past few weeks has […]

The Chairman House Committee on Information, Strategy, Security and Publicity of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Segun Olulade has reassured Lagosians that Lagos State, in spite of its vast population has been among the safest place to live in Nigeria and is still a safe place despite the security challenges the nation is facing. […]

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, flagged off the state’s Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with the distribution of 2000 life jackets to commercial water transport operators. The governor appealed to operators and patrons of water transportation to always insist on using life jackets when onboard. Recall that some water commuters had died recently […]

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) General Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed happiness over President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of help from the international community in the effort to rescue the over 234 girls that were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno State more than three weeks ago. In a message he […]

With the governorship election in Osun state drawing near, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Fatai Akinbade, has declared his intention to run, not under the PDP which has presented Iyoola Omisore, but under the Labour Party (LP) Declaring his intention on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital, Akinbade, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, told Justice Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, that Abdullahi Alao and his company, Axenergy Limited, who are facing trial over a N2.6billion oil subsidy fraud, manipulated the product supply chain and a bill of laden presented to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, […]

The Federal Capital Territory administration has denied the abduction tale that was rife in some sections of the media on Tuesday There was panic among residents of Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital when they learnt that gunmen invaded a school in the area and successfully abducted some children. This resulted in mass confusion forcing many parents […]

Boko Haram is the greatest security challenge to Nigerian since the civil war some forty years ago. We stridently oppose Boko Haram because the Nigeria it craves is not the place of democratic good governance and economic opportunity we seek. Nigeria’s current security situation jars the mind and troubles all those who have a touch […]

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, paid glowing tributes to one of his predecessors in office, Sir Michael Otedola, who passed away the same day, describing him as a man with very good records of service.  The governor, who had earlier at a state event called for the observance of a minute silence in […]

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has released a list of the schoolgirls who are still captive to abductors. According to the list released on Sunday, signed by Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye, immediate-past chairman of Northern States Christian and Elders Forum (NOCSEF), an affiliate of CAN, most of the kidnapped girls are Christians. The statement condemned the […]

The hearing of an application filed by Chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd, Mr. Wale Babalakin, before a High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos seeking for the dismissal of the N4.7 billion fraud charge preferred against him and four others has been postponed to 12th May. Babalakin filed the application before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, who had earlier […]

Former aides, political associates of the immediate past governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva led by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu and over 1,000 decampees from other sixteen registered political parties on Wednesday made a dramatic u-turn to the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP). The reception held at the PDP secretariat in Yenagoa […]