Reports

As the Lagos State Government prepares for the seventh edition of the biennial Lagos Economic Summit, popularly called Ehingbeti, the state has identified some key agriculture value chains it hopes to leverage to achieve food sufficiency. It also said it would look at issues relating to power at the economic summit. Speaking on how the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan will not cover up any case of embezzlement or mismanagement of public funds exposed in his administration, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said. Okupe was speaking in response to media interpretations of his statement on the ongoing Federal House of Representatives probe on allegations […]

  A-65-year-old retired Chief magistrate, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Timeyin, has been murdered in her house at Laderin Estate, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, by her recently-expelled house help. The tragedy occurred just one day after a policeman in the same Abeokuta killed his wife, five others and himself. The 25-year-old, who was simply identified […]

President Goodluck Jonathan Jonathan has extolled the virtues of retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police and delegate to the ongoing national confab who died yesterday, Hamma Misau. The president also implored the delegates to use the confab as a means of working for the unity and progress of the country, in honour of the late delegate. […]

The foundation of what could lead to the end for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has been laid with the decision of some members to form the New Justice Forum aimed at wrestling against what is believed to be the dictatorial powers of the leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The […]

A team of operatives attached to the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) section, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja has arrested a syndicate of seven Nigerians specialising in the forgery of certificates and other sensitive documents. Confirming this on Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba said the arrest followed a discreet investigation by the security […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to appear before it in a suit filed by some aggrieved shareholders of defunct Intercontinental Bank of Nigeria. Ruling on an ex-parte application filed by Mr. Chris Uche on behalf of a certain […]

Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson at the weekend visited Ijebu Ode, Ogun State to re-connect with his kith and kin in the Fidipote ruling house, where he expressed willingness to strengthen the bond of relationship between the two states. Accompanied by members of his immediate family and top government functionaries on his visit […]

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku on Sunday accused the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission of colluding with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state to subvert the will of the people in the just-concluded local government elections. Speaking at his country home in Akwanga while reacting to the conduct of the […]

The wasteful spending of public office holders all over the country calls for wide-ranging probe at all levels of governance, beginning from Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)has said. In a statement released on Sunday, President of NLC, Comrade Abdulwahed Omar said the recent allegation that Allison Madueke spent […]

Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has released the sum of N300 million towards the payment of gratuity to retirees, beginning from next week. According to Head of Service, Sir Fraser Okuoru who announced this in Yenagoa shortly after the 37th session of the State Executive Council meeting on Thursday, the state government previously paid N1.5bn, bringing the […]

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has recanted its earlier position that it uncovered $22.8 billion unremitted oil revenue by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. NEITI’s Director of Communication, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, said also that media reports from the presentation attributed to NEITI that the nation loses $8 billion annually through crude […]