REPS RAISE ALARM OVER UNIDENTIFIED SECURITY OPERATIVES AT SOUTH-EAST, SOUTH-SOUTH CHECKPOINTS
The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the growing presence of unidentified security operatives manning checkpoints along highways in the South-East and South-South regions...
LAGOS BEGINS CLOSURE OF OLD DUMPSITES, MOVES TO MODERN WASTE-TO-ENERGY SYSTEM
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to close down old dumpsites across the state and replace them with modern waste-recovery infrastructure aimed at improving...
COURT FIXES OCTOBER 29 FOR POLICE CASE AGAINST SOWORE OVER #FREENNAMDIKANUNOW PROTEST
A judgment date has been set by the Federal High Court in Abuja for October 29, when it will hear a suit filed by the...
TINUBU SWEARS IN AMUPITAN AS INEC CHAIR, TASKS HIM ON ELECTORAL INTEGRITY
President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The brief ceremony...
POLICE EXPLAIN ARREST OF SOWORE INSIDE COURT PREMISES
The Nigeria Police Force has explained why activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested inside the Federal High Court premises in Abuja shortly after attending...
AMUPITAN ARRIVES ASO ROCK FOR SWEARING-IN AS INEC CHAIRMAN
Joash Ojo Amupitan, the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday morning arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja for...
OYO STATE GOVT DENIES REPORTS OF NEW ENTERTAINMENT TAX ON SOCIAL EVENTS
The Oyo State government has dismissed a viral social-media post claiming that new taxes had been introduced on weddings, burials and naming ceremonies in the...
ACTIVIST ACCUSES PRESIDENT TINUBU OF UNDERMINING JUDICIARY OVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IN SOWORE CASE
A prominent human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, has condemned the arrest of former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, saying the move is a blatant “mockery” of...
DANGOTE INDUSTRIES LIMITED DENIES INVOLVEMENT AFTER DEADLY TRUCK CRASH ALLEGATIONS
Dangote Industries Limited has publicly rejected claims that one of its trucks was involved in a fatal crash in Ondo State, clarifying that the vehicle...
MAN STABS FRIEND TO DEATH OVER GIRLFRIEND IN KWARA
A 25-year-old man, identified as Hammed Usman Tunde, has been stabbed to death by his close friend during a fight over a girlfriend in the...