NATIONAL NEWS

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered a probe into the death of a driver killed during a clash in the Mile 2 area of Lagos State on Tuesday morning. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the dispute between truck drivers and seeming police officers quickly escalated into chaos with irate youths barricading […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will today begin a two-day warning strike after shunning a meeting with the Federal Government over increasing hardship and suffering across the country caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. This came as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, yesterday warned that the strike will worsen the plights […]

President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his determination not to fail the country in carrying out a permanent transformation of the nation’s economy to an enduring prosperity. Tinubu said this while receiving members of Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) on a solidarity visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has uncovered plans by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in order to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters. The agency’s spokesman Peter Afunanya raised the alarm in an early Monday statement but said the DSS has […]

A clearly frustrated Emmanuel Etteh, the father of a corps member kidnapped in Zamfara State, has accused security agencies and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) leadership of showing “no concern”. His daughter was one of eight graduates abducted while en route from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to their NYSC orientation camp in Sokoto on […]

Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, NSCDC, on Friday paraded 35 suspects involved in different crimes including illegal mining and defilement of minors in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The State  Corps Commandant,  Basil Igwebueze said that the arrest of the illegal mining suspects were made possible through credible Intelligence and […]

The Federal Government yesterday suspended the controversial Nigeria Air after billions of dollars had been spent on various aspects of the project by President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Speaking after a facility tour in Lagos yesterday, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said the Nigeria Air project stands suspended for now. Keyamo said that […]

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has expressed his displeasure and frustration over the deplorable conditions of federal roads in the state, saying that all efforts made in the past were rebuffed and asked for urgent steps to ameliorate the sufferings of residents. Abiodun expressed his feelings when the Minister of Works, David Umahi paid […]

The Plateau State Police Command says its personnel intercepted a heavy-duty truck transporting assorted drinks and over 100 bags packed with what appeared to be Cannabis sativa. The Commissioner of Police, Okoro Julius Alawari, disclosed this on Friday while speaking to journalists at the state police headquarters in Jos. Alawari stated that a team of […]

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says N2 billion has so far been released to each state government from the N5 billion earmarked for palliative in light of the removal of fuel subsidy. Edun stated this on Friday during a briefing in Abuja attended by key government officials […]