First Bank Lagos Amateur Golf Open Championship tees-off
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it is set to host this year’s edition of the Lagos Amateur Golf Championship which is scheduled to tee-off on the lush greens of Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos on Saturday to mark the 55th anniversary of the championship.
Valedictory SEC: We had a team committed to Edo project— Oshiomhole
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, expressed gratitude to members of his cabinet over what he described as their commitment, steadfastness and resourcefulness when he presided over his last State Executive Council, SEC, meeting.
Judge withdraws from suit challenging Olubadan’s installation
A case challenging the installation of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji was stalled yesterday in Ibadan as the presiding judge, Justice Mukhtar Abimbola of the Oyo State High Court withdrew from the case following petition against him.
Hunchback hunters invade Delta Kill one, exhume remains of another
PERSONS leaving with kyphosis, also known as hunchback, in Kokori and environs of Delta State are currently living in fear as suspected ritualists have invaded the community, searching for such hunches to harvest.
Al-Mustapha denies killing Kudirat Abiola
THE Former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd) yesterday said he was not the killer of late Kudirat Abiola.
One dead, three injured in Abia PDP council primaries
THE Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries to select chairmanship candidates for the December 17 local government elections ended in tragedy with one person dead and three persons seriously injured in Isiala Ngwa North area.
Four drown, hundreds displaced as Yoruba, Egun clash in Lagos
Over 200 structures in Otodogbami Community, Ikate, Lekki Phase1, Lagos were burnt and hundreds of residents displaced when Yoruba and Egun ethnic groups clashed within the community.
Industrial Court strikes out Premier Lotto’s suit against unionism
Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip of the National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Ikoyi yesterday dismissed the suit filed by Premier Lotto limited challenging the registration of the National Union of Lottery Agents and Employees (NULAE) as a Trade Union.
S-East senators meet Buhari over IPOB, infrastructure, others
WORRIED by the bad state of social infrastructure in the South-East zone of the country, Senators from the zone yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari and pleaded with him to address the problems head-on.
PDP stakeholders pass confidence vote on Makarfi
An expanded meeting of all the organs of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has passed a vote of confidence on the National Caretaker Committee under the chairmanship of Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
Senate to amend Customs law
THE Senate said, yesterday, that the 1958 law under which the Nigeria Customs Service had operated was no longer acceptable.
