FG’s 2021 Appropriation Bill contravenes Fiscal Responsibility Act — Atiku
Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s N13.08 trillion 2021 budget, describing it as a contravention of the Fiscal Responsibility...
Five internet fraudsters bag 192 months imprisonment
By Boye Ajayi Five internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun capital, are to spend 192 cumulative months behind bars, a court ruled on Friday....
Amnesty programme owing contractors N71.4bn, says Coordinator
The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, retired Col. Milland Dikio has disclosed that the agency was owing contractors N71.4 billion....
Gombe Gov. to Buhari : Prevail on NNPC to begin oil exploitation in North
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to prevail on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources...
Covid-19: Some Super Eagles Players hit by virus
Four Super Eagles players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the handler, Gernot Rohr. Rohr, who did not name the...
Tinubu’s Alpha Beta company ex-MD slams suit against him, accuses him of N100bn fraud
A former Lagos State Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, his company — Alpha Beta Consulting (ABC) and the current Managing Director of the firm, Akin Doherty...
NCDC says 69 labs now fully activated for COVID-19 testing
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, says with the inauguration of two public health laboratories in Niger State, the...
FG’s programme will revolutionise livestock production, end farmers-herders clashes — Bolarin
The Kogi State Coordinator of the National Livestock Transformation Project, Dr. Olufemi Bolarin, has said the programme was designed by the federal...
COVID-19: Nigeria no longer among top five countries in Africa with high fatalities, says PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has declared that Nigeria is no longer among the top five countries in Africa...
13-year-old hawker fighting for dear life after brutal rape by neighbor
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 13-year-old hawker has lost lots of blood and currently fighting for her life after she...
Lagos Speaker, aides arrested, quizzed by EFCC over N286m fraud
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, was on Thursday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of...
Another fire rocks Lagos, 8 dead, million of naira properties destroyed
By Boye Ajayi Few weeks after experiencing a fatal lfire incident in Lagos, another fire triggered by gas explosion has rocked the...
MRA hails UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Safety of Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has lauded the October 6 resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the safety of journalists...
FEC approves N654m to monitor illegal frequencies in South-east
The Federal Government has approved N653.88 million to procure and deploy hybrid spectrum monitoring system that will cover the Southern part of...
I always have suicidal thoughts, says asylum-seeking Nigerian mother in Canada
Olayinka Susan Egbuchiri, a refugee claimant from Nigeria, arrived in Canada in March 2019 along with her children. She is seeking protection...
Human rights lawyer urges African nations to cancel school fees, invest in school infrastructure
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh An international human rights lawyer and gender advocate, Mary Izobo, has advised African nations to cancel fees...
