The police on Tuesday, arraigned nine men in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly smoking ”Indian hemp”, cannabis in public. The police charged Ibrahim Jelili, 42; Emmanuel Christian, 28; Peter Teniola, 41; Lateef Akodun, 27; Olufemi Falola, 47; Damilare Ayeitan, 22; Olawale Fashokun, 32; Ibrahim Giwa, 32 and Daniel Ohonme, 25 with breach of […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, has kicked against any attempt to admit a former Aviation minister and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying to do so would tantamount to ‘rewarding scandalous […]

Victor Ogunyinka As tension continues to brew inside the private sector task force for COVID-19, Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, one of its members, BUA Group, has raised the alarm that a ‘prominent’ member was not happy with BUA’s initiative to pay for the vaccines. There have been heated exchanges between CACOVID and BUA, owing to […]

By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Mai Kanuribe of Lagos, Alhaji Mustapha Muhammadu, and other two persons were confirmed dead in a ghastly road accident involving their vehicle which accompanied the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State. Sources said, “the Governor and his entourage on Tuesday went to his hometown, Mafa Local Government […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia state, has berated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu over the delay in completion of rehabilitation of Port Harcourt road in Aba. The party in a statement by its State Chairman, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, however, commended Governor Ikpeazu for rehabilitating some roads in Aba, but added that it […]

By Obas Esiedesa The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has admonished Nigerians to be ready to bear the pains of increased petrol pump price as crude oil price climbs above $60 per barrel. Speaking at official launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Program on Tuesday, Sylva said with no provision of subsidy […]

Stock markets posted mixed results, the dollar retreated and oil steadied Tuesday, while bitcoin closed in on $50,000 for the first time as investors reacted to US stimulus and Covid vaccine developments. Asia’s main stock indices closed higher, with Tokyo posting a 30-year high, while Europe was largely stable around the half-way stage. Wall Street […]

House of Representatives adjourned plenary Tuesday minutes after it resumed from its 2020 Christmas and New year holidays.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos In view of the growing population and urbanization, Governors from the 19 Northern States in Nigeria under the auspice of Northern Governors’ Forum have unanimously agreed that the current system of herding conducted mainly through open grazing is no longer sustainable and called for intensive sensitization of herdsmen to adopt […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Tuesday, urged aviation stakeholders to tighten their belts and come up with survival strategies against the backdrop of the difficulties brought about the coronavirus pandemic in the industry. This, he said has become necessary as the sector cannot afford to take back seat nor derail from […]

VP says the people are the party at APC membership & revalidation exercise in Ikenne State Police will improve security “We must resist any attempt to destroy the unity of this country. Our people have lived and worked together for decades, even centuries. While we must attend to the cries of communities, and the cries […]

Police on Tuesday said they had rescued three Chinese workers kidnapped last week from a gold-mining site in Osun state. The Chinese were abducted and their police escort killed on February 1 following a dispute with local labourers at the mining site at the Atakumosa area of the state. “We have rescued the three Chinese […]

Customary Court sitting in Igando, Lagos State, on Tuesday dissolved a -28-year-old marriage of clergy, Paul Ekwe, on grounds that his wife, Chinwe was planning to kill him. Ekwe in his petition, sought for a divorce, his wife as stubborn and quarrelsome. Delivering judgment, the president of the court, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye held that since […]

The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus failed to identify the source of a pandemic which has swept across the world, but the team Tuesday ruled out the Wuhan lab-leak theory propagated by Donald Trump. Experts believe the disease — which has killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide — […]

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, commenced the process to recall the Coronavirus Pandemic Bill 2020 in order to control and regulate the administration of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines in the state.