Synagogue: Engineers oppose service mode
Ramon Oladimeji A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday adjourned further proceedings in the charges filed against the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations and four other...
View ArticleFG blames govs as Lassa fever hits 17 states
Friday Olokor, Femi Makinde and Bukola Adebayo The Federal Government has blamed poor response from state governments for the spread of Lassa fever from 10 to 17 states in the country. The Federal...
View ArticleSenate accepts Buhari’s ‘corrected budget’, begins bill debate today
John Ameh and Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday adopted President Muhammadu Buhari’s request asking it to discard the original budget proposals he presented to the Joint Session of the...
View ArticleWe won’t disobey court orders – EFCC
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it will obey court orders in the ongoing prosecution of corrupt public office holders. The Chairman of the EFCC, Mr....
View ArticleSocial protection plan not for party members – Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Tuesday assured Nigerians that would-be beneficiaries of the social protection programmes promised by President Muhammadu Buhari would not be chosen based on...
View ArticleAregbesola admits increasing airport contract by N7bn
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said he deserves commendation for building the Moshood Abiola International Airport at Ido-Osun, Osun State, for N11.5bn. A...
View ArticleCorrupt judges will be prosecuted, forfeit assets – FG
Ramon Oladimeji The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said the present administration will not spare judges who are found to be corrupt. Malami...
View ArticleOlubadan dies in his sleep at 101
Segun Olugbile and Akeem Lasisi The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, is dead. Palace sources said the monarch died at about 7.30pm on Tuesday in his palace in the Monatan area of Ibadan....
View ArticleSynagogue: Court adjourns criminal trial to Jan. 27
Ramon Oladimeji A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday adjourned further proceedings in the charges filed against the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and four other...
View ArticleA’Court dismisses Arik’s N20bn libel suit against PUNCH
Ramon Oladimeji The Benin Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of an Edo State High Court which on September 26, 2012 dismissed a N20bn libel suit filed against Punch Nigeria...
View Article10 things you didn’t know about the late Olubadan
1. His full name was Samuel Osundiran Odulana, Odugade the 1st 2. He was born on April 14, 1914 3. He became the Olubadan in July 2007. 4. He was a world war II veteran 5. He was a Minister of State...
View ArticleBREAKING: IPOB leader Kanu, others in court for treason
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, been produced in court for his arraignment on treason charges and other offences bordering...
View ArticleGunmen kill 19 in Pakistan university attack
Pakistani medical officials confirmed that the death tolls from the attack at Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday have risen to 21. Zubair Ali, a medical officer, said both male...
View ArticleTraders return to Oshodi rail tracks
Traders on the rail tracks at Oshodi, dislodged by the former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, in 2008 have started returning to the sport unmolested. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that...
View ArticleCourt orders FG to produce Dasuki in court Feb 16
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Federal Government to produce the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court orders IPOB leader Kanu’s remand in prison
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in prison custody. Justice James...
View ArticleWhy we handcuffed Metuh − NPS
The Nigeria Prisons Service has said that putting handcuffs on the National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh while appearing for his trial at the Federal High Court in...
View ArticleExposure to heat cause infertility – Experts
A gyneacologist with the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Dr Toochukwu Nwoye, said on Wednesday that infertility among couples could be due to excessive exposure to heat or infections. Nwoye said in...
View ArticlePOLLS: Is killing rats the solution to curbing Lassa fever?
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View ArticleBREAKING: Test confirms Osun doctor died of Lassa fever
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex said on Wednesday that laboratory test confirms that the resident doctor’s death on Monday at the...
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