N4.6 alleged fraud: Fani-Kayode ill, absent in court, case adjourned
Mr Norrison Quakers (SAN), counsel to former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that his client was ill and unable to be in…
Substandard drug: FG to shut down open drugs market – Minister
The Federal Government says it will shut down all open drug markets this year to curb unwholesome drug distribution system. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in…
FIRS generates N4.03trn revenue
January 31, 2018 The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, said the Service collected N4.03 trillion revenue in 2017. A statement by the Head, Communications and Servicom,…
NPC records 17,745 births, 104 deaths in Badagry
January 31, 2018 National Population Commission (NPC) says it recorded 17,745 births in the border town of Badagry, Lagos State, from January to December 2017. An Assistant Director in the…
Police arrest 38 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers in Kaduna
January 31, 2018 The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested 38 suspects, involved in kidnapping, armed robbery and street gangs from Oct. 20, 2017 to Jan. 25, 2018….
Total deregulation of downstream will attract more revenue to govt – Olawore
January 31, 2018 Mr Obafemi Olawore, the Executive Secretary of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), on Wednesday said that total deregulation of downstream sector would attract more revenue…
APC Kano rally turns violent, Ganduje supporters wield clubs
Signs that Kano State may become a theatre of electoral violence in the run-up to the 2019 election appeared Tuesday as a rally slated by the incumbent All Progressives Congress…
2019: INEC seeks NCC, telecom operators’ collaboration; to transmit results online
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has solicited the collaboration of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and telecommunications operators for deployment of electronic devices in the conduct of 2019 general elections….
Ejigbo, Ikotun residents demand better service from IKEDC, beg Ambode
Electricity consumers in Olorunlogbon Community in Ikotun area of Lagos State, on Tuesday decried the four months of power outage in the area due to a faulty transformer. This is…
NLC tells workers to vote out Governors owing salaries
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has urged workers to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote out governors owing salaries and allowances. A…