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Mar 05, 2020

I am not aware of Peterside’s sack – Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said he is unaware of the alleged sack of the Director-General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration a...

Mar 05, 2020

Govs plan NEC meeting to replace Oshiomhole as court suspends APC chair

Court orders police, DSS to block ex-gov from accessing office Oshiomhole NWC appoints Ajimobi, others party national officers Suspended chair about to cr...

Mar 05, 2020

Verification of teachers’ certificates to begin March 9

Physical verification of the certificates of teachers in public and private schools will begin on Monday, March 9, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria...

Mar 05, 2020

APC excited by Nigeria’s status as Africa’s largest economy

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday expressed excitement that Nigeria became Africa’s biggest economy. The ruling party noted that the achievement wa...

Mar 05, 2020

Seminar on visa-free access to 152 countries holds tomorrow

A firm, the Fairway Condominium Development Ltd, in conjunction with Punuka Consulting Incorporated, will hold a seminar tomorrow in Lagos, on how to obtain the...

Mar 05, 2020

Oshiomhole asks Appeal Court to vacate suspension order •Police, DSS at APC secretariat •Party appoints Ajimobi, Bulama, Chukwuma

Oshiomhole’s spokesman Simon Egbegbulem said: “We have filed for a stay of execution and appealed the ruling. “With those processes currently before the Appe...

Mar 04, 2020

Court restrains Oshiomhole as APC chairman

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Jabi, Abuja has restrained Adams Oshiomhole from acting as the National Chairman of the All Progressives...

Mar 04, 2020

BREAKING: Buhari swears in Yemi Esan as new Federal Head of Service

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in the new Head of Civil Service, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan. The swearing in ceremony held at the Executive Council Chamber...

Mar 04, 2020

37 years after, Lagos metro line aborted by Buhari, still hurting

About 37 years after the Lagos metro-line project was aborted, the state has yet to recover from the colossal losses resulting from the action, RASHEED BISIRIYU...

Mar 04, 2020

Certificate forgery: UniAbuja students get bail

A Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Wuse Zone 2, Abuja on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N200,000 each to three students of the unive...

Mar 04, 2020

Eight prominent appointees Buhari sacked

Prof. Charles Dokubo – Coordinator, Niger Delta Amnesty Programme. He was sacked over corruption allegations. He allegedly spent 1.6 million in buying 400 woode...

Mar 04, 2020

Amotekun set for take off

The coast became clearer on Tuesday for the establishment of security outfits in the Southwest states. The Amotekun Corps Bill was passed by Houses of Assemb...

Mar 03, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court dismisses Iheodiha’s application for review

The Supreme Court has dismissed the application for review of its January 14, 2020 judgement that sacked former Imo Governor Emeka Iheodiha of the Peoples Democ...

Mar 03, 2020

JUST IN: Oyo Assembly passes Amotekun bill

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill, 2020 codenamed Operation Amotekun. The lawmakers in their dressing...

Mar 03, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court fixes 3pm to rule on Ihedioha’s application

Mar 03, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court suspends proceedings to review Imo judgment

The Supreme Court has suspended proceedings after taking arguments from parties on the application by the sacked Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha for a rev...

Mar 03, 2020

UPDATES: Supreme Court Begins Hearing Of PDP, Ihedioha’s Application On Imo Judgement

The Supreme Court is hearing the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, over the January 14, 2020 judgme...

Mar 03, 2020

My wife is an adulteress, man tells court

AN Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Monday dissolved a 24-year-old marriage between a 47-year-old pastor, Gbenga Aina, and his estranged wife, Damilola, over...

Mar 03, 2020

Supreme Court ready hear Ihedioha’s application Tuesday

Sacked Governor of Imo State and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday begged the Supreme Court for an adjournment to a later date for the hea...

Mar 03, 2020

FG explains delay in N-Power payment

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has explained why beneficiaries under the Federal Governm...