The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights on Wednesday amid poor passengers turn out. As early as 6.00 am, airport workers, airline personnel and security officials were already at their duty posts but only a few passengers showed up at the departure hall. The departure hall remained scanty as the […]

An Army officer attached to the 353 Artillery Regiment, Ojo Barracks, Lagos, was on Sunday, reportedly shot dead by suspected bandits, along the Okene-Lokoja highway. Capt. GSM Abubakar, with army number N/13600, was said to be traveling in his Honda Accord car when he ran into a blockade mounted by the armed bandits. An unconfirmed […]

The troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, have inflicted heavy casualties on the Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an attempted attack on Gubio town in Borno on Tuesday. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this I a statement on Wednesday. Enenche said the operation was a combined efforts […]

• 250,000 cars waste N60b on extra fuel yearly There were more questions than answers yesterday at the Lagos Transportation and Traffic webinar organised by the United States Consulate General in Lagos. The traffic problem was described as “the other pandemic, a transportation virus” by Prof. Bola Akinterinwa. With the advent of the rainy season […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Nigeria’s Department of State Services are very essential state institutions. While the EFCC is comparatively a recent creation charged with the prevention and investigation of economic and financial crimes, the DSS as the nation’s secret police sees to the protection of state’s assets and its officials. Both […]

….How vehicles will move during rehabilitation, by Lagos govt The Federal Government, yesterday, allayed motorists’ fear over the structural integrity of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, following the planned partial closure of the infrastructure for repairs. Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, told The Guardian yesterday that Messrs Borini and Company Limited, […]

A country hampered by acute infrastructure deficit can never develop, President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted. During a virtual farewell audience yesterday for the outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian, at the State House, Abuja, the Nigerian leader noted that the Asian giant had played its role effectively in […]

• Lawyers knock President for allegedly disregarding suit against jurists’ appointment ate The Senate, yesterday, passed the Sexual Harassment Bill to safeguard students of tertiary institutions across the federation. The passage of the piece of legislation, sponsored by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege (APC – Delta Central), followed the consideration of the report of the […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said Nigeria and other countries might suffer a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) loss of no less than $189.7 billion in the worst-case scenario of the post-lockdown era. With Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo accounting for the highest population on the continent, the lender said both nations could […]

Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to revise its Consolidated Salary Structure (CONLESS). She contended that the process leading to the new pay for civil servants in the National Assembly was faulty and illegal. Yemi-Esan, during a meeting with Senate President Ahmad Lawan […]

The 2020 West African School Certificate Examination is to be taken by 1,549,463 candidates in 19,129 centres nationwide. The participants comprise 786,421 males, while the balance 763,402 are females. The Head of Nigeria National Office (HNO) of the organisation, Patrick Areghan, made the disclosure yesterday in Lagos. He added that the test, which holds between […]

The International Human Right Commission (IHRC) has endorsed Justice Ishaq Bello, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory to represent Nigeria in the International Criminal Court (ICC). The endorsement was announced by the Secretary-General, IHRC, Prof. Rafal Wasik when he led his team to visit the Chief Judge in his office on Tuesday in Abuja. […]