Zamfara: No more pension for ex-governors, others, as assembly nullifies law granting payment
The Zamfara State House of Assembly, on Tuesday repealed the law which enabled the payment of pension and other allowances to former governors...
EFCC arrests controller, doctor of Kirikiri Maximum Prison over $1m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a Deputy Controller of Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, and the head of...
Court grants Maina’s Son N60m bail
The Federal High Court in Abuja, has granted bail to Faisal Maina, the son of ex-pension reform chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina, in the sum...
Murder of PDP Women leader: Buhari’s directive puts police on the spot, announce arrest of 6 suspects
Three days after the Presidential directive, the Police in Kogi State say they have arrested six people in connection with the gruesome murder...
NDDC and the danger of executive complacency
By Femi Anjorin The reports coming the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the last few weeks have been embarrassing,...
Seller and buyer of day-old baby for N300, 000 nabbed, face trial in Lagos
Both the seller of a day old baby (the mother) and the buyer for N300,000, have been caught by the long arm of...
Winners’ Chapel headquarters’ pastor/accountant, woman face $90, 000, N4.5m theft charge
…remanded in Kirikiri, Lagos A pastor serving in Faith Tabernacle, headquarters of Living Faith Church worldwide, Ota in Ogun, Afolabi...
Border closure: 296 illegal immigrants arrested, as FG recounts gains
The Federal Government has revealed that 296 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the closure of its border on 2 August, 2019. It...
World Transparency Body Lauds NNPC’s Monthly Financial Reports Publication
Impressed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)’s regular publication of its financial reports, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has urged...
Sowore: Abuja Court threatens DSS DG with contempt, imprisonment
Incensed by its flagrant disobedience of court orders, a Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Director-General of the Department of...
FG unveils national sexual offenders’ register
In a move to clamp down on offenders, Nigeria’s first national sexual offenders’ register has been launched with the database of those...
Iwu’s rearraignment: Judge’s absence stalls trial
The absence of the judge has stalled the trial of former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu....
Lagos Estate Residents Rally, Arrest Fleeing Car Snatchers
… bullet stuck in gun chamber as they open fire on occupants Two luckless car snatchers, who were fleeing robbery scene after...
Buhari reacts to Kogi PDP women leader’s murder, says primitive, reprehensible
…orders investigation Barely a week after the heinous murder of a Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader, Mrs Achejuh Abuh,...
Death Penalty Hate Speech Bill: Senator Recants
Death Penalty Hate Speech Bill: Senator Recants …removes murderous clause from bill Conscience-stricken sponsor of the controversial Hate Speech...
New Lagos-Ibadan rail system ready in April 2020 — Transportation Minister Amaechi
 The Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge project that will replace the antiquated rail system will be ready in April 2020, according to the Minister of...
