Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has distributed 500 Auto-Vehicle Inspection devices to the Police; Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and Vehicle Inspection Units as part of measures to improve traffic control in the state.

Delta State Government, yesterday, denied recent report on Saharareporters website, that the state Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, purchased the recent judgment of the governorship re-run election tribunal, which upheld his election.

Most European nations are yet to delist Nigeria from their terrorist watch list, despite the delisting of the country by America and Britain, Foreign Affairs Minister, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, said, weekend.

…tasks FG on provision of infrastructure Abuja – THE United Nations Under-Secretary and Special Envoy to Darfur, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, said yesterday that the Federal Government must find means to cut down on spending  and ensure provision of infrastructure in the country. Gambari who fielded questions at the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, forum said […]

Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emodi, yesterday, said the proposed six-year single tenure for president and governors is not a new development.

BY Ola Ajayi IBADAN—THE battle for the control of the Oyo State Chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, between the faction led by immediate past governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala and that of Senator Lekan Balogun has taken a new twist following recommendation to the national leadership of the party that Alao-Akala be […]

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, weekend, threatened to sue the Federal Government over the monthly deduction of over N7 million at source from the allocation of the 18 local government areas in the state.

THIRTEEN years into hisdetention and trial, it had seemed that Major Hamza al Mustahpa was now ready to spill the beans on Yoruba leaders.

Both players and officials of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have predicted England will fall to them in the second round of the U20 World Cup.

MORE than 29,000 children are dead. Another 640,000 are malnourished enough that their death is a matter of time. The death toll increases from people scrambling for food or through gunmen who want to hijack food that relief organisations are distributing or stop it from reaching the people.

ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s textile industry has petitioned Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State over the continuous closure of United Textile, UNT Plc, Ikorodu, by the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA.

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Nurudeen Alao, has called on Nigerian leaders to be selfless and accountable in whatever they do.

The Christian Pilgrim Commission, weekend, said 30,000 Nigerian Christians are expected to perform this year’s holy pilgrimage to Israel.

I read Ishaq Modibbo Kawu’s column of July14, 2011 entitled “The Commentator’s Burden” in which he descended heavily on Ochereome Nnanna for challenging his viewpoint in an earlier write-up. Kawu accused Nnanna of being a Biafranist in the said article because of his perceived anti-North/ Islamic sentiments.

The Police in Lagos said, weekend, they have recovered part of the money stolen from a vehicle belonging to a member of the House of Representatives recently in Alausa, Ikeja area of the state.