By Ola Ajayi,  Daud  Olatunji, Dapo Akinrefon, Sebastine Obasi, Mike Eboh & Ediri Ejoh Nigerians were, yesterday, sharply divided over the removal of fuel subsidy in the 2015 budget. While some okayed the move arguing that it would help the government address the problems in the oil sector, others said removing fuel subsidy without consultation […]

Awka—AN Awka-based hotel proprietor, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Nwokoye, and Anambra State Command of the Department of State Services, DSS, are trading blames over a scuffle between the former and some officials of DSS in the businessman’s hotel.

Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has announced plans to invest about N500 billion, an equivalent of $2.5 billion in the construction of two sub-sea 550-kilometer gas pipelines in Nigeria. The project, according to a report yesterday by Bloomberg, will boost Nigeria’s gas output by three trillion cubic feet to four trillion cubic feet per day.

Enugu—Enugu State Police Command is currently investigating the case of a man, who was said to have hacked his father to death at Umuania Umuogboagu in Igboeze North Local Government Area of the state.

As the world marked this year’s World Day for Safety and Health, stakeholders have called for the promotion of zero hazard in workplace. This is coming on the heels of the urgent call for the review of the country’s Factory Act which governs operational health and safety in Nigeria. In Lagos, stakeholders from the Bank and Health & Safety organisations maintained that health and safety issues are yet to take rightful place in the society.

Lagos—The United Nation Children Education Fund, UNICEF, and partners yesterday said they are targeting no fewer than one million reporters on its social media platform this year even as it formally launched in Lagos the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and engage in policy-making, governance and access real time information on key social issues.

Nigeria head coach Stephen Keshi says he will start calling up national team players to a training camp next month as he begins preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

FORMER Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, has stated that he was not ridiculed out of the police force even as he denied any financial impropriety against him during his tenure.

For the first time since the start of the Ebola outbreak, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are conducting nationwide immunisation campaigns aimed at vaccinating more than three million children against preventable but potentially deadly diseases.

Lagos—People plying the ever-busy Oshodi/Apapa express way, which has been bedevilled by endemic traffic gridlock were relieved, yesterday, after a sizeable portion of the road was reclaimed from tankers for their use.

ANAMBRA and 22 other states and Abuja are to benefit from N12.21 billion (EUR55 million) four-year European Union Support to Immunisation Governance in Nigeria, EU-SIGN.

A disagreement has broken out between the transition committees of outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as the President accused the Buhari team of acting like a parallel government and trying to stampede the Jonathan administration out of office.

As mobile phones remain the most popular device to access the internet and use content services, latest Internet Goes Mobile Country report in Nigeria by Ericsson has revealed that smart phones are among the most owned devices used by Nigerians as eighty four percent are connected to the internet.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (MITI) implemented no fewer than 60 reforms in the last four years in the intellectual property sector of the economy.

Chrisland High School, Victoria Garden City, Lagos, has held its inaugural Career Day themed Channelling your Talent into your Career to enlighten its students on the career options available to them and guide them towards making career choices.