NATIONAL NEWS

To avert attacks on railway services in Nigeria, the Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, approved N495 million for procurement and installation of baggage scanners in some railway stations in the country. Specifically, the baggage scanners will be installed at Kubwa, Idu, Jere, Rigassa, Kaduna and Kano railway stattions. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, […]

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the total sum of N23.33bn for surface maintenance of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State, as well as the augmentation of the contract sum for the old Enugu-Anambra road project. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council […]

Seven persons were rescued from the collapsed building in the Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The seven-storey structure under construction collapsed on Wednesday but no lives were lost. But while giving an update about the incident on Thursday, the Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency, […]

A child and two other persons narrowly escaped death, yesterday, as a truck rammed into a mosque in Suleja, Niger State. The incident occurred about 6:00 a.m around the popular Babangida Market, Suleja shortly after the early morning prayers. The truck involved in the accident was loaded with powdered milk and skidded off the road […]

As many state governments are winding down for a new administration from May 29, some still owe the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for 2022 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) registered for their students. The head of the National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an exclusive […]

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has criticised the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau; and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, over their calls for the release of All Progressives Congress (APC) lawyers arrested in the state. The three APC lawyers reportedly arrested on Saturday, April 1 at a hotel in the […]

The All Progressive Congress (APC) is asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mister Peter Obi. APC faulted the petition on many grounds. It also challenged the court’s jurisdiction to hear the petition on the grounds that it is, among others, incompetent. […]

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Oil Theft is inviting several high-ranking officials in the Federal Government over its investigation into the alleged loss of over $2.4 billion in revenue from illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil export in 2015. Some of the officials invited on Tuesday to answer questions […]

The Rivers State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said its operatives arrested 23 suspected drug peddlers and secured 17 convictions at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, in March 2023. The command said a total of 208.864Kg of drugs were recovered from the suspects that included six females. The state command’s Public […]

Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has called on the federal government to end the unprovoked killings going on in the Middle Belt especially in Southern Kaduna, Benue and Plateau states. A statement issued by the national spokesperson, NDC, Mudiaga Ogboru, he said the group views it as if the government does not care about the plight […]