Newly deployed Commissioner of Police (CP) to Ebonyi State, Philip Maku has said no fewer than five persons have been reported missing in the communal clash between Ekoli Edda, Afikpo South Council Area and their neighbours in Biasie Council of Cross River State. The communities were said to have clashed over disputed land around the […]

There was a mild drama yesterday as a family of the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi denied the state’s Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, access to the eighth-day fidau prayers held for the deceased at his Oluyole Estate residence in Ibadan. Olaniyan arrived the residence at about 11:20 a.m. in a convoy of five vehicles. On getting […]

• APC stakeholders pass confidence vote on the governor, others • Landlords, landowners to pay property tax, says Ekiti govt Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi said that the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Babafemi Ojudu; former Minister of State for Works, Dayo Adeyeye and others who launched attacks against him were not […]

Don’t lose focus, Utomi urges members of NCF Former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa; Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) leader, Shettima Yerima; and labour activist, Issa Aremu have urged Nigerians to support the newly formed political group, National Consultative Front (NCF) as a platform to save Nigeria from its woes. Asserting that President […]

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said 14 people were rescued alive and seven died at the end of the rescue operation of a boat mishap on July 5. . Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Ipakodo Jetty during the conclusion of the search […]

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The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of six thousand, six hundred and eighteen, (6,618) senior Police Officers. According to PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, the promotions were one of the highpoints of the 8th Plenary Meeting of the Commission which spanned a period of three weeks and ended on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020. “One […]

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether American corporations can be sued for alleged human rights abuses occurring abroad under a 1789 law, agreeing on Thursday to hear appeals by two companies – Cargill Inc and a Nestle SA subsidiary – accused of knowingly helping perpetuate slavery at Ivory Coast cocoa farms. The two companies […]

Two years before the commencement of operations at the Lekki port, the N596 billion facility is still without a plan for railway and road link to facilitate the movement of cargoes. The project, which is primed to become the first deepwater port in West Africa, will have a 1.5 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) container […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday screened Ondo State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi and eight others for the governorship primary election. The other aspirants who appeared for the screening were Eyitayo Jegede, Sen. Boluwaji Kunlere, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, Ben Banji Okunomo, Bode Ayorinde, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Mr. Godday Erewa and Sola Ebiseni. […]

To facilitate seamless processing of planning permit, the Lagos State Government has held a dialogue with owners and developers of properties on Banana Island and other estates in Ikoyi. Speaking during the dialogue session in Ikoyi yesterday, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako said the meeting was specifically targeted at ensuring […]