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Senate investigates Customs’ extra-judicial killings in Ogun 

  …customs officers are unruly — senator A month after some officials of the Nigeria Customs Service allegedly killed some people in Ogun...

Pregnant woman sent to jail for assaulting food vendors, spilling food

  For physically assaulting some food sellers and spilling their cooked food, a pregnant woman has been sentenced to 60 days imprisonment in...

FG to NCC: Pare down data prices of service providers 

In response to demands by Nigerians, the Federal government has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to work out modalities towards reducing the...

Presidency embarrassed by Federal agency MD’s purchase of N140m bullet-proof SUV official car

    Notwithstanding the Federal Government’s relentless war against graft, a daring Managing Director of one of the federal agencies in Abuja has...

Lufthansa airline cabin crew strike to cause pain for passengers

  No fewer than 200,000 passengers will face travel misery in the coming days as Lufthansa airline cabin crews  strike begins on Wednesday....

Abba Kyari ferries bill to London for President Buhari’s assent

  By Kunle Akinsola   In far away London on a private visit, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday performed his official duty of...

A Catalog of Obono-Obla’s Corruption, Collusions and Violations.

UNENDING VIOLATIONS OF THE MANDATE OF THE SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION PANEL FOR THE RECOVERY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PANEL,...

FG pledges support for Dangote Refinery

  The minister of petroleum resources Timipre Silva, on Sunday promised to support Dangote Oil Refinery & Petrochemicals Complex to  ensure full and...

Obla laments his ordeal in scathing letter to Buhari..says VP Osinbajo set me up

    Click link below for full letter.   20190826 Letter to President

APC may go the way of PDP in 2023, says Okorocha

  By Kunle Akinsola   Worried by the internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha,...

CBN Gov canvasses border closure for 2 years, says  will wipe out banditry, insurgency

    Mooting border closure for at least two years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, says it will...

Man breaks into judge’s home at night, carts away N2.5m property

    …resells items for N56, 000, both seller and buyer remanded   For allegedly breaking into a High Court judge’s home and...

National Airline: FG says Arik Air ‘ not an option’

  The Federal Government on Wednesday dismissed calls that Arik Air be converted into a national carrier rather than establishing a new one....

SERAP seeks travel ban for Nigerian governors jailing journalists, others

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Wednesday wants US President Donald Trump to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations...

Nigeria’s Supreme Court nails Atiku’s presidential dream, affirms Buhari’s poll victory

    With an air of finality, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday thrown out the appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party and...

Lagos lawmakers’ probe of Ambode : Court orders status quo ante, adjourns until Nov. 20

      An Ikeja High Court has fixed Nov. 20 for the hearing of the suit filed by ex-Lagos Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode...