A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Tuesday dismissed a suit challenging the emergence of Senator Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the September 3, 2019 governorship primaries. In his judgement,  Justice Tijjani Ringim said Diri, who is the incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, was duly elected […]

..Lagos is ready, no cause for the alarm ..Urges residents of flood-prone areas to relocate to safe ground ..Embarks on clearing of 18 water channels, man-holes for de-flooding By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State shall experience a rainy season of 240-270 days, while the maximum annual rainfall is predicted to be 1,750mm this year, 2020 Recall, […]

By Demola Akinyemi First time in 20 years, the ongoing examinations of students of University were truncated Tuesday as their lecturers joined the nationwide two weeks warning strike as directed by the national leadership of Academic Staff Union of Nigeria University (ASUU). The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ilorin branch Professor Moyosore Ajao told journalists […]

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, appeared in an Amotekun outfit as he signs the bill for regional security into law. ALSO READ: Amotekun: You can join if you’ve spent 20 years in Lagos  

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 52-year-old driver, Kayode Amupitan, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of the defendant ordered that the case file be returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Keffi Over 1, 000 young people have subscribed to the newly launched Ga’atevest App within two weeks, created by Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, NFGCS. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator, NFGCS, Mr. Retson Tedheke, while stressing that Nigeria and Nigerians should take agriculture seriously following recent development in […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano In a video released in the early morning hours of Tuesday, the dethroned Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II has declared that he accepts the dethronement as a will of God and is thankful to Him for that. The former Emir who spoke in Hausa language in the almost five […]

Inaugurates Commission’s Advisory c’ttee By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said that about N3.7 billion cash and various assets worth billions of Naira have been recovered from contractors and former directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by law enforcement agencies. President Buhari disclosed this while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee, comprising the […]

A 69-year-old man, Lamidi Quadri, who allegedly obtained N460,000 from a rent-seeker on the pretext of subletting a two-bedroom flat to him appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday. Quadri, whose residential address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and stealing. […]

The Group Managing Director/CEO of KAM Holding, Dr. Kamoru Yusuf, has described the appointment of the former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a member of the South Africa Economic Advisory Council as a strong testimony of reward for merit and excellence.