Nigeria still needs SARS
COMPLAINTS over alleged excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force have assumed a tumultuous point, with the floating last week of #ENDSARS, a campaign to scrap the squad in the social media.
Residents, developers fight over move to build church in estate
Residents of Ibeju-Lekki and developers of the Adiva Plainfield Estate located at Sapati were, yesterday, engaged in a free-for-all following the sealing off of the estate by developers.
Reps approve MTEF, pass 2018 budget estimate to second reading
AFTER months of consideration, the House of Representatives yesterday approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, for 2018 fiscal year.
Hate speech, religion, ethnicity tearing Nigeria apart —Gambari
FORMER Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, UN, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, yesterday, expressed concern at the rate hate speech, religion and ethnicity were tearing the country apart.
Ogun scales up measures toward child care
THE Ogun State government says it has stepped-up measures in improving the welfare of children across the state aimed at creating a better life for its future generation.
S-West PDP: Confusion as two A’ Courts give conflicting orders
A Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Monday adjourned two motions seeking to relist two appeals in the ongoing legal tussle of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West pending before the court till April 12, 2018.
MultiChoice unveils festive season promo
Pay TV operator, MultiChoice Nigeria, has revealed its festive promotion for consumers across the country tagged #12GoodReasons goody bags.
5 injured, 10 tricycles damaged as Keke operators clash with Imo govt officials
Tricycle operators in Owerri, the Imo State capital, yesterday, laid siege on the Imo Government House, protesting the injuries inflicted on their members by officials of Imo State Environmental Transformation Committee, ENTRACO, trying to enforce government’s ban on Keke operations.
We’ve trained 2,324 Deltans under STEP, YAGEP — Eboh
DELTA State Government, yesterday, said it had trained and empowered no fewer than 2,324 Deltans through its Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme, STEP, and Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAGEP, in the last two years.
NUPENG to FG: Increasing poverty, hunger may cause social upheaval
NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has decried the high rate of poverty, hunger and suffering in Nigeria, and called on government to urgently find solution to the problems to avoid social upheaval.
OMPALAN assures on equitable representation
Delta State chapter of Oil and Solid Minerals Producing Areas Landlords Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, has pledged to liaise between oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region and the Federal Government to ensure lasting peace in the region consistently bedeviled with restiveness and leadership squabbles.
