lagos—Operatives of the Intervention Squad of the Zone 2 Police Command, have busted a criminal hideout at Fadeyi area of Lagos State, which also serve as the branch office of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, recovering two pistols, a berretta and a locally made cut to size gun, 20 live cartridges, 30 9mm ammunition and an Ak-47 magazine.

ABEOKUTA—  Pandemonium  broke out in Ijebu – Igbo,  Ogun State, yesterday following a pre-dawn killing of a member of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria(RTEAN) identified as Seyi.

President  Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to jettison any form of pressure, driving him into thoughts of a re-run, such as being pioneered by National Committee of Buhari Support Group.

Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday night, passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the party.

SIX months after their suspension, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, sacked the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke.

Owerri—Many were speechless as some suspects revealed how they stole two children of one Abigail Ukah in Uzoagba, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State and sold them for N1.1 million.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has expressed delight over the decision by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to move to the site of the abandoned Onitsha-Enugu Expressway.

IT is a great irony that while the governors of the 19 states of Northern Nigeria meet regularly to address issues of common interest in the defunct Region, their counterparts in the South find it difficult to re-enact the same process.

In line with its tagline of insuring the happiness of customers, Leadway Assurance, Nigeria’s leading insurance services provider, has introduced a Mobile Office, a more convenient way for customers and prospects to access insurance products and make enquiries. Besides providing a more convenient way to get insurance products, the mobile office is introducing exciting and […]

ABUJA—One week after the Presidency ordered the sack of wanted ex-chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, and announced the issuance of a fresh warrant for his arrest and listing of his name on its wanted list, indication has emerged that the fugitive’s name is not listed anywhere on the international police, Interpol, list.

PORT HARCOURT — UNTIL  last night, leaders and members of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, are still at a complete loss over what struck them last Thursday at the “Garden City,” Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, where they converged for their fourth general assembly. 

BIRNIN KEBBI— THE Federal Government has concluded arrangement to engage about 18,000 unskilled/unemployed youths in skill acquisition training scheme aimed at reducing the rate of unemployed youths in the country.

ABUJA— AHEAD of the presentation of 2018 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly for scrutiny and subsequent passage, senators, yesterday, lampooned some members of the executive in their handling of budgets, saying many of them were suffering from military hangover.

FORMER Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Mr. Francis Egele, SAN, has urged Governor Seriake Dickson to ensure that judges are appointed in the state before the end of his administration.

ABUJA—A civil society organization, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of withholding gas flare penalty amounting to over N1 trillion, meant for communities in the Niger Delta.