[BREAKING] FUEL PRICE HIKE: POLICE ARREST PROTESTERS IN LAGOS

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested protesters expressing their displeasure over the recent increase in petroleum price and electricity tariff. The protesters were arrested around the Ojuelegba area…

NO JUSTIFICATION FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT, OSINBAJO INSISTS

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said there should be no excuse for rape. According to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke during a webinar on anti-sexual…

PDP CRISIS: MAKINDE, IGNORE FAYOSE’S THREAT, OLUJIMI SAYS

A National Assembly member, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has accused former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of frustrating the efforts made by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to end the crisis…

ABIA WARNS AGAINST EATING COW LUNGS

ABIA State Government says it has discovered bovine tuberculosis disease in Aba and therefore warned Abians against eating cow lungs The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ikechi Mgboji, who disclosed this…

PDP CRISIS: MAKINDE, IGNORE FAYOSE’S THREAT, OLUJIMI SAYS

A National Assembly member, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has accused former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of frustrating the efforts made by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to end the crisis…

LARGE FIRE RAZES BERUIT PORT WEEKS AFTER EXPLOSION

A huge fire raged in Beirut port on Thursday, AFP correspondents said, sparking alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a deadly dockside explosion that disfigured the capital last month. Thick…

AFDB ENDORSES $27.3M FOR AU COVID-19 SUPPORT

The African Development Bank’s board of directors on Wednesday approved $27.33m in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

SIX SUED FOR CULTISM IN EKITI

The police in Ekiti State on Wednesday arraigned six men before an Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court over their membership of an unlawful society. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Olubu Apata, said…

TETIARY INSTITUTION RESUMPTION: ONLY FINAL YEAR STUDENTS WILL RESUME ON MONDAY- LAGOS

As tertiary institutions reopen next Monday in Lagos State, the state government says final-year students will go back to the classrooms before students on other levels. Tokunbo Wahab, Special Adviser…

CONSTITUTION REVIEW: SENATE EXTENDS MEMO DEADLINE TO SEPTEMBER 18

The Senate Committee on Constitution Review has bowed to pressures from Nigerians by extending the deadline for memorandum submission to September 18. The panel had given Nigerians two weeks, which…