AMOTEKUN: IG TO ENDORSE OPERATION SCHEDULES, SAYS FG

The Presidency says the Western Nigerian Security Network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’, will now be run in accordance with the structure defined by the Inspector-General of Police. The Senior Special Assistant…

KOGI ELECTION: SUPREME COURT FIXES JUDGEMENT FOR AUGUST 31

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed August 31 for judgments on two appeals challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The court’s seven-man panel led by the…

REPS:$500M CHINESE LOAN ALREADY APPROVED,PROBE UNNECESSARY

The House of Representatives on Monday defended its decision to suspend activities of its standing and ad hoc committees, saying there was no hidden agenda. It also faulted its Committee…

TWO CONFIRMED DEAD, 16 INJURED AS BUILDING COLLAPSE

Two people were reported dead and 16 others feared trapped on Tuesday after a residential building collapsed in Western India, the Police said. The five-storey building said to house several…

100 NIGERIAN STUDENTS KILLED IN FOUR YEARS -NIDCOM

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said on Monday that no fewer than 100 Nigerian students studying in Northern Cyprus have been killed between 2016 and 2020. The commission lamented that…

STATE RULES OUT SANWO OLU’S EXAMINATION AS COMMISSIONER CONTRACTS COVID-19

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, has said there is no big deal about the COVID-19 status of the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. Omotosho…

IN COURT SAN : 25 HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION CASES STUCK FOR YEARS

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George, said on Monday that 25 high profile corruption cases being monitored by his Centre for Socio-Legal Studies have been stuck for years…

COURT STRIKES OUT SUITS AGAINST BABALAKIN , OTHERS

Justice J.I. Essien of the National Industrial Court on Tuesday struck out two suits challenging the “purported” removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe. This…

fg may open schools soon, minister says to students

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says the Federal Government has started considering full reopening schools. Nwajiuba said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force…

UNILAG SENATE WITHDRAWS SUIT AGAINST OGUNDIPE’S SACKING, APPOINTS ACTING VC

The Senate of the University of Lagos has filed an application to withdraw a suit it earlier filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge the sacking of the varsity’s…