Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Friday inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2017 Calabar Carnival village, newsmen report. Ayade said the village was chosen because it was central and accessible to residents and tourists. The governor, who was represented by Dr Inyang Asibong, the State Commissioner for Health, said […]

NON teaching staff unions in the universities under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, JAC, have directed all their branches nationwide to resume strike on Monday.

Lagos — Two security guards of Igbosere Magistrate’s Court and a Tricycle rider, were yesterday arraigned before the court for allegedly stealing 103 copies of Law reports valued N1.5million, the property of Lagos State Judiciary.
The defendants are Lateef Bello, 53, Oyedokun Afeez, 27 and Tajudeen Igbekoya, 34. 
They were charged with a three count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, aiding and abetting preferred against them by the Police.

Four former commissioners in Kogi State, under the administration of Idris Wada, have been arrested and detained by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, for alleged misappropriation of N11.3 billion.

1,295 Nigerians returned from Libya in November – NEMA