Panic as COVID-19 breaks out in Lagos lab, workers infected

There is panic at the WellMed Healthcare Laboratory in the Ajah area of Lagos State, as several workers at the facility have reportedly tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic. It…

Closure of Third Mainland Bridge begins Saturday – Lagos

The Lagos State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to all traffic for three days from Saturday till Monday midnight to enable completion of repair works…

Why Fayose shunned Wike’s peace meeting with Makinde – Aide

A former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has explained why he shunned the  Peoples Democratic Party  South-West leaders’ meeting to reconcile him with Governor Seyi Makinde of  Oyo State. The…

Tolls may return, Owerri-Onitsha, 11 highways set for concession

The Federal Government will on Friday (today) receive the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for 12 pilot federal highways billed for concession. The concession of the roads may also…

Beyond appointing new Service Chiefs

BOWING finally to public entreaties, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), replaced the military Service Chiefs in a move expected to ramp up the flagging war against Islamist insurgency…

President, National Assembly on collision course over service chiefs’ confirmation

There were indications on Thursday that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the National Assembly were on a collision course over the confirmation of the appointment of the…

Kidnappers, gunmen hold sway, abduct 75, kill 18

Kidnappers and gunmen have sustained attacks in different parts of the country abducting 75 persons and killing 18 others. In Niger State, no fewer than 50  persons were abducted  in the…

Service chiefs: Northern group backs Ohanaeze, demands inclusion of Igbo appointee

Northern elders on Thursday applauded the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), for taking action sacking the nation’s service chiefs but knocked him for excluding South East from the appointments.…

Nigeria drops on Transparency’s corruption index, now second most corrupt in W’Africa

Nigeria has dropped to 149 on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index, the worst ranking received by Africa’s largest country in recent time. Nigeria also scored 25 out of a…

TI rating: Buhari’s regime most corrupt in Nigeria, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that says the 2020 corruption index report on Nigeria by Transparency International has further confirmed that the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu…