Last minutes Christmas female shoppers now hide money in their undies to avoid being mugged at Balogun Market in Lagos.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Monday shut down the popular Quilox night club, situated at number 873, Ozumba Mbadwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos for environmental pollution. Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, sealed off the premises of the luxurious hangout, owned by the son of the late popular magician, […]

The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has given reasons why citizens should celebrate the 2019 Christmas season.

The Enugu State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Grey Nnaji, said on Monday the state had proposed the construction of Public Conveniences that would assist to end Open Defecation in the state. Nnaji made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu after the presentation of the Ministry’s 2020 budget breakdown […]

Akwa Ibom State Government has paid the December salary to civil servants and other workers in it employ.
The State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel gave the directive that all workers and pensioners in Akwa Ibom State should receive their salary before December 25th, so that they will have money to celebrate the Christmas with their families.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Atiku Bagudu. The President met separately with the two governors. He first met with Fayemi at the President’s office and met the Kebbi State governor a few minutes later. […]

Some commuters travelling from Lagos to other parts of the country for the Yuletide by road, on Monday said the hike in fares in some cases had reached almost 100 per cent.

By Esther Onyegbula A House of Representatives Member, representing Iseyin Federal Constituency, Oyo State and owner of Quilox Club, Hon. Shina Peller alongside five thugs have been arrested by the Lagos State police command for invading Maroko Police Station. Shina Peller was arrested a day after the DPO Maroko had a dialogue with him on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, as well as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Sen. Atiku Bagudu.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), for a second term. The decision was announced in a communiqué signed by the Commission’s President, Jean-Claude Kassi at the end of the 56th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads […]

The Comptroller, Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mohammed Sarkin-Kebbi has said that recent clampdown on car dealers importing vehicles without Customs duty has yielded over N1billon between September and December this year.

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has felicitated with his Chief of Staff, Chief David Edevbie, as he clocks 56 years on Monday, Dec. 23.

The Bayelsa Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service said it had registered at least 856 emigrants in the state in the on-going e-registration in the country.

A 26-year-old man, Sunday Okonji, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged kidnap of a man. Okonji was charged on three counts of kidnapping, conspiracy and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Police prosecutor Insp. Kehinde Omiasakin had told the court that the defendant […]

At least two migrants drowned early Monday after their boat capsized on the Danube river while they were trying to cross from Serbia to Croatia, police said, adding that the search for others was ongoing. The Danube river is a common crossing point for migrants who are trying to enter EU member state Croatia from […]