The Enugu State government has sacked 10 secondary school teachers and suspended about 200 others for alleged misconduct. Another 500 teachers have also had their salaries seized as a disciplinary measure to make the system functional. The Chairman, Post Primary School Management Board, Mr Nestor Ezeme, who disclosed this on Wednesday when the state Assembly […]

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has said that it is set to transport all Nigerian pilgrims back home, beginning from Saturday, August 17. The Commissioner in charge of operations, Alhaji Saleh Modibbo, gave assurance during the Post-Arafat meeting attended by stakeholders in hajj operations on Friday in Makkah. According to him, the first return […]

The Nigerian Correctional Service formerly called Nigerian Prisons Service has said that the new law governing the service will transform inmates into better citizens, more useful to the society. Mr Francis Enobore, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, told News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja that the law targeted at complete reformation of the […]

EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Thursday rebuffed the opposition by the aggrieved 17 prominent traditional rulers arising from the appointment of Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi, as the chairman of the traditional rulers’ council. The aggrieved monarchs had filed a suit at Ado-Ekiti High Court seeking the nullification of the appointment. According to […]

THE Lagos State House of Assembly ad hoc committee screening Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commissioner-nominees and advisers resumed the exercise yesterday with the final batch of 13 nominees it received over the weekend. On Thursday, the 16-man committee chaired by the Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru, screened seven of the 13 nominees. The remaining six will take […]

Thirteen persons have been rescued and two are still missing in a boat accident that occurred at Irewe in Ojo on Tuesday night, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said yesterday. The accident, which occurred around 6:30pm after a collision between two speedboats, left three passengers dead. According to reports, one of the boats […]

POLICE in Yobe State have confirmed the arrest of one Sunday Japhet, who has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Inspector General of Police (IGP) as evil men, who are leading the country. Inspector Japhet, a Mobile Policeman had on August 9, taken to his Facebook page to attack Buhari’s government […]

Over 40 million Nigerians are denied access to telecommunication services due to the inability of tele communication firms to spread their services to rural areas, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Dambatta, has stated. Dambatta canvassed the need of a new techno-paradigm shift in the communication sector to find solution […]

The Executive Chamber of the Oyo State Governor’s Office is agog with finishing touches as Governor Seyi Makinde is set to swear in 15 new Permanent Secretaries. The names of the new PS which surfaced early this morning was said to be a surprise to the state workforce, especially the affected workers. It would be […]

Three suspected members of a secret cult, the Klensman confraternity, were on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Rasheed Jamiu, 29; Nsikan Ekong, 25, and Olaitan Ismail, 25, were arraigned by the police on a two-count charge of conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society. Prosecuting Sergeant Ishola Samuel alleged that the […]