The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has inaugurated a 56-member Constitution Review Committee. The Constitution Review committee set up on Thursday is expected to be headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The committee, inaugurated during plenary consists of all the eight principal officers, one Senator each from the 36 States and two members […]

A 24-year-old man, Bashiru Akinyemi, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly using a cutlass to cut his friend’s hand. Akinyemi, who resides at Mushin, Lagos, was charged with breach of the peace, threat to life and assault. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp. Edet Akadu, told the court […]

A total of 1,153 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Wednesday, Chinese health authorities said on Thursday. Wednesday saw 261 people walk out of the hospital after recovery, the National Health Commission said in its daily report. READ ALSO: In China over 500 dead […]

By Ndahi Marama In reaction to growing cases of kidney failures affecting citizens, Borno state has on Thursday thrown open invitation to foremost science researchers to submit proposals for investigation into the causes of prevalence in some parts of the state. The researchers will focus on water, environment and other possible causes. The invitation, which […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, attended the induction of three attack helicopters – two Agusta 109P helicopter and one Mi-171E helicopter, saying the Federal Government would do all it can to tackle insecurity. The President noted in his address that the government would not fail the trust Nigerians reposed in him, adding that the diversification […]

 Leaders of six major central banks undertaking joint research on digital currencies are considering holding their first meeting in mid-April in Washington, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Secretariat, Princes Gloria Akobundu, has expressed Nigeria’s readiness for the second round of APRM.

kill over 250 terrorists, bandits As group shoots at Police helicopter with GPMG Against the backdrop of the formation of a new terrorist group, Ansaru who had been mobilising and terrorising Nigerians in the North West, Police Special Forces, backed by helicopters have attacked their camp in Birnin Gwari forest in Kaduna State, killing over […]

Mr Olumide Akpata, a Senior Partner at Templars and immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Section on Business Law, SBL, together with some of his partners and colleagues at Templars, spent an entire evening in the delightful company of the leadership and members of NBA, Calabar branch, which is fondly referred to as the Doyen Bar.

The Lagos State Police Command says that it is not planning any raid for Thursday and Friday throughout the state from 8p.m.

The Police Command in Edo says that community policing would soon commence in the state. The Edo Commissioner for Police, CP Lawan Jimeta, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Benin on Thursday. Jimeta explained that community policing was one of the strategies of the present police administration as ordered by President Mohammadu Buhari, […]

Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to China for both citizens and non-Saudi residents of the kingdom, State News Agency (SPA) said on Thursday.

By Adesina Wahab The new leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Lagos State University, LASU chapter, has said it may renegotiate its relationship with the national leadership of the union following its alleged poor handling of the crisis in the chapter. Speaking in an interview on Wednesday, the Chairman, Dr Ibraheem Bakare, […]

ABUJA – – THE Federal Government yesterday promised to complete about 9,000 projects lying fallow in the Niger Delta region.

CAN, NSCIA react NYSC: We are not biased NYSC: We are not biased By Joseph Erunke – Abuja For over five years now, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has been locked in a battle with some female corps members, who because of their religious beliefs and personal convictions, are opposed to the wearing of […]