Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of CSOs, on Friday in Abuja urged President Muhamadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law as an end of the year gift to Nigerians. The coalition made the appeal at a news conference addressed by Ms Ene...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for allegedly forging medical reports to evade trial. Fani-Kayode appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court on a 12-count charge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fani-Kayode, however, pleaded not guilty to...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu on Friday in Abuja, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has taken Nigeria to enviable heights, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Kalu, who made this known in his goodwill message to rejoice with Buhari on his 79th birthday anniversary, described...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public. The anti-graft agency also warned Nigerians to be wary of the activities of...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Lagos State Chapter, says it will be supporting people living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Nigeria. The Chairman of the NIPR, Lagos State Chapter, Mrs Comfort Nwankwo, made the disclosure at a media briefing to herald its 6th edition of Lagos...
The Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Lagos State, Mr Lucas Koyejo, has advised residents in the state to speak out whenever their rights are violated. Koyejo gave the advice on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, on the sidelines of a...
No fewer than eight persons have been abducted by armed men in the Kwali Area Council of Abuja. Also, one person was shot dead in a two-day invasion. According to residents, the armed men operated on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the area. A resident, who does not want...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos State on Thursday. Buhari touched down at the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos in the early hours of the day. The President was received at the airport by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other officials. During the...
Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with parents, relations and friends of Ojodu Grammar School students who lost their lives in an accident on Tuesday, along Isheri Road, Ojodu, in Lagos State. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement released by his spokesman,...
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) said that it remitted N118 billion into federal government coffers as at November with a projection of N202 billion in 2022. Acting Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Haruna Abdullahi, who revealed this to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, said the...
Tension appears to be building around the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in the Ojodu area of Lagos. This is coming a day after a trailer rammed into some students at the grammar school bus stop killing some of them. There are fears of violence breaking out in...
Several pupils have reportedly been killed by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. According to reports, the pupils were going home after closing from school and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was said to...
Traditional leaders from Badagry Division of Lagos State has pledged support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The royal fathers pledged the commitment in Lagos in a communique issued at the end of a parley organised by the Lagos APC Chairman-elect, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, for traditional...
The Police in Lagos on Sunday confirmed the death of eight children who mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car while playing at Adelayo Str., Agunlayo, Jah Micheal, near Magbon area of Badagry. The Spokensman for the Lagos Police Command, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement, said the incident...
The Agbara-Seme border section of Lagos-Badagry expressway project will receive N15 billion of NNPC tax credit fund, Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has said. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the intervention funding would fast track the ongoing reconstruction...
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki Area of the state. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said that although no formal report had been made to it, the Commissioner of Police,...
The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, following the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a student of the school. This is pending the outcome of an investigation into the cause of the student’s death. The announcement was contained in a statement signed on Friday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday launched a mega-size empowerment package for thousands of constituents in Konduga town. The empowerment was sponsored by a member of House of Representatives representing Dikwa, Konduga and Mafa Federal Constituency, Engr. Mohammed Ibrahim Abubakar, popularly known...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on youths to join him on Peace Walk, for healing of the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the call on Tuesday in Lagos, during a news conference on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial...