A three-man delegation from President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday paid a condolence visit to the family of Deputy Commissioner of Police Usman Umar, who was killed when a street protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) turned violent. The delegation comprised the State Chief of Protocol to the President, Ambassador Abdullahi Lawal […]

For the second time in two weeks, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has appealed to the British Government to help Nigeria to retrieve the country’s stolen money stashed in banks in the United Kingdom. He said it was worrisome that the wealth of the country has […]

The Federal Ministry of Health has disbursed N12.7 billion of the budgeted N55 billion one percent of the consolidated fund for health care fund. The fund, it was learnt, was disbursed on May 17 before the dissolution of the last cabinet. It was also gathered that another tranche will be disbursed between now and September. […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly ad-hoc on screening of commissioner and special adviser nominees on Thursday began its assignment, attending to eight nominees. The exercise, which continues Friday, according to the chairman of the committee, Hon. Rotimi Abiru, is expected to end on Saturday. The eight nominees screened are:  Mr. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, Princess Aderemi […]

A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday ordered the forfeiture of N150 million plaza belonging to a civil servant, Rasaq Momonu. It followed a plea by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that the court should give an order of final forfeiture of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Federal Government’s introduced National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has in three years, lifted no fewer than 5 million Nigerians out of extreme poverty.. Buhari said this at the opening of the Global Youth Employment Forum of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the forum […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has called on organised labour to challenge political leaders to ensure that state resources meet the needs of workers and other Nigerians. Oshiomhole made the call in Abuja at a reception in honour of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Mr Guy Ryder. Oshiomhole […]

The chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Kano state chapter,Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, before the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday, failed to give evidence against the election of governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as the executive governor of the state. Rabiu, who is the former Secretary to the state Government […]

Victor Ajidagba, a 400 Level student of the Department of Nursing, University of Ibadan, was on Wednesday confirmed dead after slumping while walking through the department of Physiology around 5:30 pm. Although he was said to have been rushed to the Institution’s clinic, Jaja, by two other students who saw him fell, he was confirmed […]

Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital has ordered the forfeiture of N150 million plaza belonging to a civil servant in the state. Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) urged the court to give an order of final forfeiture of AsmauPlaza along University of Ilorin road, Tanke area […]