UgamatvCRIMINAL CASES, BUHARI PROPOSES 12-MONTH TIME LIMIT
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, decried what he described as the “terribly slow pace” of justice administration in the Nigerian courts. Buhari, who recalled how it…
GOV BAUCHI: CRIME BECOMING HUGE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented that crime in Nigeria is fast becoming an increasingly complex and huge industry with the community being the producers of the products.…
FG INAUGURATES SPECIAL VISITATION PANEL
The Federal Government on Wednesday, inaugurated the Special Visitation Panel to look into the crisis rocking the University of Lagos, following the removal of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and…
FIRE GUTS ACCESS BANK IN LAGOS
Fire on Wednesday engulfed the Access Bank branch on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car…
DIRI TELLS 24 NEW COMMISSIONERS, BE SERVANT LEADERS
The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, on Tuesday, charged the 24 new commissioners, who were earlier cleared by the state House of Assembly, to be servant-leaders. He gave the…
OBASEKI SWEARS IN THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sworn in Lawrence Ogieva and Alex Oleije as commissioners for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, and Environment and Sustainability, respectively. The governor…
ONDO, EKITI BEGIN FINAL RITES FOR OLUMILUA
As the final funeral rites of a former governor of old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, began on Tuesday, the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described the deceased…
REVOLUTIONNOW PROTEST, COURT FREES CROSS RIVER JOURNALISTS
A Cross River State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Rita Marshall, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted two journalists arraigned for misconduct during the #RevolutionNow protest held on August…
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE: LASG SEALS RCCG, EATERY
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Gbagada, an eatery and some other facilities for flouting the state environmental…
INVITATION TO BLAIR, GROUPS WANT NBA TO WITHDRAW
A network of advocates and non-profit organisations have written to the Nigerian Bar Association to withdraw the invitation of a former British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, to the NBA…
