The first military governor of Lagos State, Brig-Gen. Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (retd.), is dead. His son, Deji, confirmed that he passed on last night. He was 83. The late Gen. Johnson was appointed Military Administrator by the then military Head of State,  Maj.-Gen. Thomas Aguiyi- Ironsi, and later, governor of Lagos State by his successor, […]

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has said the scheme is waiting for directives from the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on when to begin the payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage to corps members. He said serving corps members would be contacted about the […]

Ijaw youths have again shut down telecommunication masts belonging to Globalcom in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Central Zone, said the telecommunication company refused to sit on a roundtable with them to resolve some of their corporate issues affecting the state. The Chairman, IYC, Central […]

Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the reordering of N93,742,530billion from the 2019 budget as requested by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu had requested the reordering of 2019 budget size, saying there was shortfall in revenue. In a letter read on the floor of the House, Sanwo-Olu had lamented lack of new revenue sources […]

Justice Tanko Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Wednesday led five other Justices of the Supreme Court to hear about six appeals in the case filed by the PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 23 poll. The other Justices are Bode […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned for hearing the bail application filed by the former Chairman of defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, until Nov. 6. Justice Okon Abang gave the ruling after taking the arguments of the defence and prosecution counsel. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maina is being […]

The Supreme Court is set to begin hearing on the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The 7-man panel is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice IbrahimTanko Mohammed. Other members of the panel are Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Olukayode Ariwoola, […]

The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Wednesday returned Sen. Ibrahim Danbaba and Balarabe Kakale as Senator and House of Representative member in the National Assembly, respectively. In a short judgement read by Justice Frederick Oho, the court said that the appeal filed by Danbaba and Kakale both candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during […]

Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde on Monday approved the release of the sum of N526 million as running costs for the 2,500 primary schools and about 640 secondary schools owned by the state government. The state government also confirmed that the sum of N400 million has been advanced to the secondary schools, while the […]

THE battle over the new minimum wage has shifted to the states following the decision of the governors to allow each state to negotiate percentage increase for their workers. The negotiation with labour unions in the states will be based on the financial capability of each state. But the governors agreed to the payment of […]