UgamatvGUNMEN ATTACK EDO LG BOSS HOUSE DURING PARTY
The Chairman of the Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, Andrew Osigwe, on Tuesday said he escaped assassination attempt when gunmen attacked his house in the Ihievbe area…
VARSITY LECTURERS TELL FG, WE ARE READY TO RESUME
Lecturers under the aegis of Congress of University Academics have asked the Federal Government to reopen tertiary institutions in the country. CONUA is a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff…
ABARIBE DEMANDS PROBE, OHANAEZE GROUP CONDEMN ENUGU KILLINGS
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and an Igbo interest group, Voice from the East, have condemned the killing of some youths by security agencies in Emene, Enugu State,…
CRIMINAL 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…
