Bayelsa poll: Run for your life, NYSC DG tells corps members

By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has advised serving corps members who will take part in the November 16 Governorship election in Bayelsa state to think of their safety first in terms of crisis. The

BREAKING: Fire razes Dangote factory in Ogun

Report has it that Dangote Agro sack factory In Ibeshe, Abeokuta, Ogun State has been allegedly gutted by fire on Friday. Details later…

Forfeited houses: Saraki asks court to lift order, challenges jurisdiction

Robert Egbe A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Thursday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge an order temporarily forfeiting two of his Ikoyi houses to the Federal Government. Justice Liman had on October 21 ordered the temporary forfeiture of the

Ganduje orders closure of private rehabilitation centres

Kolade Adeyemi, Kano Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has directed immediate closure of all reformatory centres in the state. Besides, the government issued three -day ultimatum to parents of inmates across the centres to withdraw their children. Chairman, technical committee on remodeling Almajiri education

FG stops cash payments in NIPOST offices

The Federal Government has ordered immediate termination of all cash payments in all Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, on Thursday in Abuja.

Humanitarian minister convenes aid summit in Maiduguri

By Duku Joel, Maiduguri   As part of her mandate to strengthen humanitarian activities in the Northeast and bring sanity into their activities in providing aid to displaced people, the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq has convened

Senate probes Customs over alleged killings at Idiroko/Ipokia

Sanni Onogu, Abuja   The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs to investigate the extra-judicial killings of some residents of Idiroko/Ipokia in Ogun State allegedly by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). This resolution followed a motion

IPOB tackles Miyetti Allah over refusal to obey ban on cattle movement in S/East

Proscribed secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday blasted the Miyetti Allah Hire socio-cultural organization for disobeying the ban on movement of cattle by foot in the South East. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful in a statement said the group was

Justice Nwosu-Iheme’s kidnap: Imo Lawyers want FG’s intervention

Agency Reporter Legal practitioners in Imo have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the kidnap of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of an Appeal Court sitting in Benin. Some lawyers expressed made the call while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent

Shop owner collapses, four injured in Lagos market fire

By Tajudeen Adebanjo   A shop owner collapsed on Tuesday as fire swept through many shops at a popular Brasas Plaza on 43 Martins Street, Balogun Market, Lagos Island. Four other persons sustained various degrees of injury. This is the third time in