.Urges high custom duty to curb trend By Chris Ochayi  ABUJA: Producers of Aluminium have cried out over unregulated Importation of Aluminium profiles into the country, lamenting that the practice is killing local production of the product. The Vice Director, Rongtai Aluminium, Joneay Lei, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, said there […]

FOLLOWING the lingering crisis between Effium and Ezza-Effium Communities and cases of persistent killings in the troubled area of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the State, Governor David Umahi, Friday directed that all the bails granted to the stakeholders of Effium / Ezza Effium be revoked with immediate effect.

Ensuring there is accountability in the provision of services to customers and paying greater attention to the needs of the people, should be the driving purpose of corporate organisations operating in Nigeria, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof Osinbajo stated this Thursday evening when he received members of the board of telecoms giant, MTN, […]

  A bus driver, Kamoru Oladimeji, on Friday, appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing  350 bags of flour, valued at N5.2 million. Oladimeji, 30, was arraigned along with his conductor, Nofiu Ibrahim, 26, on a two-count charge of stealing and fraudulent conversion. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has identified open grazing by herdsmen and the Fulanisation agenda of Fulani nationalities across the globe to make Nigeria their own country as the major factor fueling ethnic conflicts in Nigeria. He also blamed the raging secessionist agitations in parts of the country on […]

Says drug abuse major cause of Insecurity in Nigeria By Boluwaji Obahopo, LOKOJA The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa has urged parents to ensure that their sons or daughter in-law passed through a drug test before allowing wedding to hold. Through this, the NDLEA boss […]

Crisis rocking the Osun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has taken a new twist as the state immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Kolapo Alimi was suspended by his ward executive committee.

By Dirisu Yakubu President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries in the federal civil service following the recent conduct of the selection process. Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, who made this known on Friday in Abuja, said the appointed Federal Permanent Secretaries include Adebiyi […]

Borno State Government under the leadership of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the sum of N88.5 million for the training and retraining of 1,050 civil servants across the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it would begin the online voter registration, via its registration portal, on June 28. The INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, announced this at a news briefing on the preparations for the Gwaram bye-election in Dutse. “The INEC Voter Registration Portal will be deployed to enable people […]

Borno State Government under the leadership of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the sum of N88.5 million for the training and retraining of 1,050 civil servants across the state

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the conviction of three lawyers that were tried and found guilty of professional misconduct by the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee, LPDC. The apex court, in three separate unanimous judgements by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary Odili, said it was satisfied that the […]

The Pest Control Association of Nigeria has cried out over excessive taxes imposed on its members and the invasion of the profession by quacks and touts

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the conviction of three lawyers that were tried and found guilty of professional misconduct by the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee, LPDC. The apex court, in three separate unanimous judgements by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary Odili, said it was satisfied that the […]

By Haruna Aliyu – Birnin Kebbi Barely twenty-four hours after about 80 students were forcefully taken by armed bandits at Birnin Yauri Federal Government College, some students have managed to escape on Friday. According to a reliable source who resides in Yauri confirmed to our correspondent, that some security agencies had launched an aerial bombardment […]