By Olasunkanmi Akoni Pandemonium broke out on Thursday evening when fire suddenly broke out at Owode Onirin Market, known for sales of iron rods, along Ikorodu Road, Lagos State As of press time, 10.30 pm, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service was  combating the intense fire to prevent it from spreading to adjoining structures. […]

Mr Festus Osifo, president, Trade Union Congress (TUC), says Nigerians are not averse to the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) but waiting for the government to win their trust over the issue. Osifo spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) Strategic International Conference on Thursday […]

The Naira on Thursday appreciated after a three-day loss against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented an increase of 0.08 per cent, compared with N431 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.75 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate […]

Dr Joy Ogaji, Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) on Thursday said generation companies were being owed about N1.75 trillion for power generated for the electricity market since 2013. Ogaji spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) Strategic International Conference in Lagos. The News Agency of […]

By Mabel Oboh Nigerian women naturally have come a long way from the pre-colonial days. They have not only been involved in nation-building, but also as custodians of our legacies in a nation with a rich cultural heritage.  Although Nigerian women have done well as professionals, businesswomen and home managers, however, politically, they cannot be […]

Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, National Chairman, South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA), has said that Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation is not divided on its support for the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress  (APC) Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Adeyeye made this known in a programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Abuja […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri  The Borno state police command have arrested 59 suspects for abduction, rape, burglary and theft in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Area. The arrests of the suspects were made in the last two months in various parts of the metropolis and Jere Council in the state. Parading the […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR A large crowd of about ten thousand persons from the People’s Democratic Party PDP caused a traffic logjam along major streets of Calabar in the early hours of Friday when a leading political support group, Reclaim Cross River staged a city walk. The exercise was designed to herald the formal inauguration […]

The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) disclosed that its seized no fewer than 3,154 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each in one month.

By Henry Ojelu The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has stepped down its proposed constitutional amendments following a decision of a Federal High Court, Abuja which set aside the suspension of the association’s General Secretary Mrs. Joyce Odua. Mrs Odua had dragged the association to court over her alleged suspension. The decision to halt the NBA […]