LG AUTONOMY: GOVS BLOCK COUNCIL CHAIRMEN FROM OPENING CBN ACCOUNTS
The challenges facing the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy have assumed a new dimension, with some state governors explicitly warning...
TRUMP THREATENS ADDITIONAL 50% TARIFFS ON CHINA
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington...
WOMAN STABS LAGOS MAN DEAD, SEVEN OTHERS ARRESTED FOR MURDER
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained seven murder suspects in two weeks. The Command’s Spokesman, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin,...
LP NEC BACKS ABURE-LED NWC WITH VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
The National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has passed a vote of confidence in the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee. This was part of...
SAUDI BAN DOESN’T AFFECT NIGERIA — FG
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday clarified that Nigeria is not on the list of countries facing an entry ban into Saudi Arabia from...
PIRATES ATTACK PASSENGER BOAT IN RIVERS, ABDUCT FIVE
Hoodlums suspected to be pirates have attacked a passenger boat in the waterways between Degema and Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, abducting five...
POLICE DETAIN EIGHT ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS, RECOVER PISTOLS
Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have detained eight suspects for alleged armed robbery. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this while...
FOUR GOSPEL MINISTERS DIE IN FATAL OGUN ACCIDENT
Four Nigerian gospel ministers, including popular evangelist Ayodeji David (Kekere Jesu), died in a fatal crash on the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal...
WHAT NNPC MUST ACHIEVE BEFORE GOING PUBLIC — EDUN
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has charged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to achieve a...
SOLDIER ARRESTED FOR CHOPPING OFF TRADER’S THREE FINGERS IN MINNA
A serving Soldier, Private Sadiq Sani has been arrested by the police in Minna, Niger state for cutting off three fingers of a trader in...