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NIS arrests 145 illegal immigrants
Nigeria Immigration Service in Oyo State has arrested 145 illegal immigrants in the state. The state Comptroller of Immigration, Mr. James Esan, stated this while addressing journalists in Ibadan on...
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Ogboru convicted of contempt, escapes jail
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday found the former Democratic Peoples Party’s governorship candidate in Delta State, Great Ogboru, guilty of contempt. He reportedly violated an order of the court...
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Imoke opposes widows humiliation
Wife of the governor of Cross River State, Mrs. Obioma Imoke, has charged monarchs in the state, who are custodians of culture, to review all traditional practices that subject widows to humiliation....
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Lagos belongs to the Tinubu
“This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos integrity. We are thus calling on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, not to sit on the fence at this auspicious...
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Amaechi, Jang, others attend Jonathan’s dinner
For the first time since the election that caused a division in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, almost all the 36 state governors converged on the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday for a...
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2015 elections may end up like NGF poll – Amaechi
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday lamented the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and then threw a bombshell: 2015 elections may end up like that of the NGF. “Let me put it...
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FDI: Nigeria 1st In Africa For 2nd Year – UNCTAD
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNTAD) yesterday ranked Nigeria Africa’s number one destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa for the second time in two years....
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52 Nigerians Set To Be Deported From Malaysia
52 Nigerians were arrested on Sunday 23rd June 2013, in Malaysia during a midnight raiding by the Malaysia immigration police. Houses occupied by Nigerians in Malaysia were all raided, doors destroyed...
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Senators’ salaries and allowances in Nigeria
This is outrageous. Yet some people who are hardworking will not earn a senator’s one month salary in their entire working life. I see why some people would go extra miles to kill just to get into...
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How I was kidnapped, raped for rejecting love advances – UNILAG student
LAGOS — Policemen attached to Adeniji Adele division have arrested a 22-year-old man who alleged kidnapped and raped a student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, for turning down his advances....
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Atuche, wife must answer N25bn theft charge – EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday insisted at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, that the former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Mr. Francis Atuche, had a case to answer over...
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Corruption, NGF crisis may threaten 2015 elections – Dutch Embassy
The Netherlands on Wednesday warned that corruption and the crisis in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum could be a threat to the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. The First...
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2013 Budget: Reps Reject Jonathan’s Amendment Bill
The House of Representatives yesterday decided to reject President Goodluck Jonathan’s amendment budget for not only being unconstitutional but for also not providing any information on what it seeks...
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Delta PDP elders report Clark to EFCC on Abandoned projects
Delta State elders of the Peoples Democratic Party and Stakeholders Forum on Friday accused elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, of alleged failure to execute contracts worth billions of naira awarded...
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N/Assembly should act fast on PIB – Markafi
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance and former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, has described the Petroleum Industry Bill as an urgent national matter that should be resolved quickly to...
View ArticleI’ve not dropped plan to probe Oni –Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says he has not dropped the plan to probe how the past administration of Mr. Segun Oni allegedly embezzled the state fund. The Commissioner for Information, Mr....
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Learn from Malawi leader, cleric tells Jonathan
The President, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Most Revd Samuel Abidoye, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to emulate his Malawian counterpart, Joyce Banda, by paying more...
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No going back on death penalty, anti gay bill – FG
Federal Government has sealed the fate of homosexuals and those clamouring for the abolition of the death penalty in the Criminal Code. It has rejected the recommendation by the United Nations Human...
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Only convicted persons should be in jail
The Lagos State Prison Command has announced that it has begun a multilateral approach to decongest the prisons of awaiting trial inmates. The state Controller of Prisons, Mrs. Catherine Ononye, stated...
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FG criminalises unauthorised use of siren, others
The Federal Government has directed all its functionaries to henceforth comply with the ban on unauthorised use of siren, covered number plates and unregistered vehicles, saying it portends danger for...
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