Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Lasaka Habila has been electrocuted while trimming a tree in Garki area of Abuja. A cutlass was seen at the scene believed to have been used by the victim to cut down branches. The officer, who was seen stuck on the tree, was eventually brought down by the Search and […]

..Buhari may push for NEC meeting over mode of primary ..Direct primary ‘will guarantee social distancing’ The mode of picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 19 governorship election remained contentious on Sunday night. There is yet no final decision on whether the shadow poll billed for June 22 will be conducted […]

Many commercial and merchant banks have not complied with Federal Government’s directive to resume full operations. The order was part of the second phase of the lockdown announced on last week. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said the directive is part of the measures approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. […]

Attempt by the National Assembly to unravel grotesque details of alleged N40 billion financial malfeasance in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) may suffer some snags following the abrupt demise of the agency’s Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Ibanga Bassey Etang. Etang, who would have been pivotal in proving clues for diagnostic financial scrutiny […]

Troops of the joint military operation, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have repelled an attack launched by suspected Fulani herdsmen on three villages in Guma Council of Benue State. The Guardian gathered from locals that the attackers had invaded three villages, including Tse-Torkula, Kponko and Kaseyo all in Mbadwem of Guma Council at the weekend. The […]

sanwo As civil servants from grade level 13 resume work today after over two months of lockdown, the Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, has stated that the state government is committed to building a 21st workforce that will deliver the dividends of democracy to Lagosians across every area of […]

A suit has been filed by the Lagos State government against the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the National Assembly to contest the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. In the suit filed at the Supreme Court through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Lagos […]

The activities of traders at the auto spare-parts market, popularly known as Ladipo Market at Toyota bus-stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, presently undergoing reconstruction, have continued to inflict pain on commuters. In spite of the gradual ease of the lockdown as announced by the state government, which mandated markets to alternate days of the opening […]

The Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has lifted the absolute lockdown placed on Kabba/Bunu communities over the alleged COVID19 index cases in those communities. The governor’s pronouncement was coming barely three days into the contact tracing and testing of people in the communities. According to the governor the purpose of the lockdown in […]

There will be unusual religious gatherings when the millions of worshippers in Nigeria’s commercial capital finally return to their centres of devotion in two weeks time. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the lifting of the ban on religious gatherings yesterday following the two-month abstention aimed at stemming the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has removed the cap on the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The agency made the disclosure in a document it released in Abuja on Thursday entitled, ‘’Market Based Pricing Regime for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) Regulations, 2020’’. It said in the document signed […]

No fewer than 110.7 million Nigerians out of a 195.8 million estimated population had access to electricity as of 2018, according to the latest global energy progress report. This represents a 57 per cent national electricity access rate compared with the global average of 90 per cent, says the report launched at the United Nations […]