S-West governors dare FG No going back on outfit — Akeredolu Malami lacks power to ban it — Makinde Amotekun has come to stay — Soyinka By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Peter Duru, Ola Ajayi, Henry Ojelu & James Ogunnaike Following Tuesday’s declaration by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, […]

By Jimitota Onoyume – Warri A group, Izon-Ibe Oil and Gas Producing Communities Association, has thrown its weight behind the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying it is a step that will reposition the commission to be effective on its mandate in the region. President of the group, Dr Irawo Joseph […]

  The Ghana Football Association on Wednesday appointed former Black Stars captain Charles Kwabla Akonnor as their new coach. Akonnor, a central midfielder for German sides Fortuna Koln and Wolfsburg, replaces Kwesi Appiah whose contract was not renewed in December. The former Black Stars skipper will be assisted by David Duncan – a former Ghana […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Senator Hope Uzodinma, of the All Progressives Congress APC,  Wednesday gave four days to permanent secretaries and heads of parastatals to submit award of contracts made so far in the state. He spoke this in Owerri, after he was sworn in as the sixth governor of Imo state, with his running […]

LAGOS—THE  Lagos State government, yesterday, said that it pulled down the Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s statue at Allen Roundabout for the improvement of road infrastructure and to ease traffic gridlock in the state.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has said that the planned relocation of Okobaba Sawmill to Agbowa-lkosi will commence by the first quarter of the year 2020 as earlier scheduled. There are over 2, 000 Sawmillers at the Okobaba Sawmill in Ebuta-Metta axis of the state. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris […]

Prince Harry’s wife Meghan could face her father in court over the publication of a letter she wrote to him, British media said Wednesday, as she made a public appearance in Canada. Meghan launched legal action against The Mail on Sunday’s publishers in October after the tabloid printed a handwritten letter it had been shown […]

By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Five aid workers abducted by the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP along the Monguno-Maiduguri Road, Borno State last year were Wednesday rescued by the Department of State Security, DSS. The rescue operation was carried out by the DSS in sync with other strategic partners. The rescued aid workers […]

WHEN Victor was offered admission to study education at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos in the 2018/2019 academic year, it was good news to his family. He had earlier written the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination twice without success. His university of first choice was always UNILAG – his parents are middle level staff of the hospital arm of the university, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, and the family thought that they could get some advantage due to that.

THE leadership of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGWTN, has wadded into the industrial dispute between Nichemtex limited, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State, and its workers, which has crippled operations of the firm for days.