The European Union (EU) has announced the allocation of €80,000 (N32 million) in humanitarian funding to assist in Lassa fever eradication in Nigeria. The fund will be used to assist families affected by the outbreak of the disease. The EU fund is also expected to support the Nigerian Red Cross in promoting hygienic practices and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to restoring peace and prosperity in Plateau State. The President spoke on Thursday when he hosted Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and other dignitaries from the state at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. A statement by his Special Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, […]

Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) has won the technological breakthrough award at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS). The firm was also nominated in the award for excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and award for project of the year categories. It won the award for technological breakthrough for the innovations it deployed during the […]

The United Progressive Party (UPP) has announced the collapse of its structures nationwide into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following its recent deregistration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement yesterday, former National Chairman of the party, Chief Chekwas Okorie, said the National Executive Committee (NEC), the Board of Trustees (BOT) […]

The Enugu State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has since its inception in 1999 produced various chairmen. They include Chief Charles Egumgbe, who is the current Commissioner for Chieftaincy Matters, the traditional ruler in Aninri council of the state, His Royal Highness, Igwe Onyioha Nwanjoku, Chief Vita Abba, Mr. Ikeje Asogwa, also Chairman of […]

As Edo State 2020 governorship election draws nearer, stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and across the country have continued to express worry over the chances of their party retaining power. One of their major concerns is the dimension to which the ongoing face-off between the National Chairman of the […]

World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, will bag a chieftaincy title in his hometown, Sagamu when he returns to Nigeria in March. Joshua was given a hero’s welcome in Sagamu on Wednesday when he paid an unscheduled visit to the town, his first appearance in Nigeria since he reclaimed his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO […]

For allegedly failing to remit the five per cent of staff wage to the Nigerian Pension Commission (PENCOM) in the past five years, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts yesterday queried the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd). The CG was on the spot during the consideration of the audited accounts […]

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and former Governor Segun Osoba yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they demanded the handover of Epe-Ijebu-Ode and Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta roads to Ogun and Lagos states respectively. Abiodun, who spoke with journalists after their closed-door meeting with the President, said they were in the […]

• Cleric urges President to change leadership style • Group warns against politicisation of security issues in Nigeria • Accuses opposition parties of sponsoring protests on service chiefs’ removal Against the backdrop that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign because of the insecurity situation in the land, the United International Association Of Pentecostal Bishops said the […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday backed the South-West Security Outfit, code-named Amotekun, and has fixed a public hearing for Monday, February 24, 2020. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, subsequently committed the bill to the House Committee on Information, Publicity, Security and Strategy for a public hearing during plenary. The committee, headed by Tunde Braimoh, […]

Homicide detectives attached to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State are investigating the circumstances behind an alleged killing and dumping of the body of a widow by the side of the road at Igando by her lover. The suspect, one Clement Ejindo, a dealer in cosmetics and provisions, was […]