The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, has condemned the reported killing of residents at Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Obi, in a statement on…
The governor explained that the old N500 and N1000 denominations remained legal tender by virtue of the ruling of the Supreme Court which extended its validity date till December 31. Biodun Oyebanji, the Ekiti State Governor, has issued a new…
In a statement, ACF’s Secretary General, Murtala Aliyu, agreed with the state governors, who sued the Federal Government over the policy. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has issued a new warning. The ACF warned that the continuous disobedience to the…
Okwuwaseun Osinbajo was said to have been rushed to the hospital on Saturday after he allegedly passed out in custody. The Nation reports that Okwuwaseun Osinbajo, the Lagos staff bus driver who reportedly caused Thursday’s train accident at PWD railway…
Residents of Akenfa community, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Friday, took to the streets to protest the continued rejection of the old N500 and N1000 notes by traders in the state. The protesters, made up of…
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, which took place at LASUTH, Abayomi explained that the government had ensured all victims were well taken care of and provided with necessary medical treatments. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for…
Garba said the Igbos can’t assume to be the owners of a place where they are visitors doing business. A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has urged Igbos in Lagos State to be responsible and reasonable,…
One of the survivors of the accident between a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, March 9, has narrated what transpired prior to the crash. The survivor simply identified as…
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has decried the rejection of old naira notes by a large section of traders and business owners in the state. The governor said the rejection of the old N1,000, N500 notes is flagrant disobedience to…
The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied reports that the Biafra agitator was planning to overhaul his legal team. Reports had it that Kanu met with his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor…
The issue of the unavailability of adequate medical facilities in the country has again generated concern, following the train and BRT bus collision in Lagos State on Thursday morning. It was earlier reported that the train collided with the Lagos…
Okhiria who spoke to journalists said the staff bus driver refused to stop for the moving train. The cause of the accident that claimed two lives after a train rammed into a BRT bus has been revealed. The Managing Director…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said he is saddened by the news of the Thursday morning accident involving the state’s staff bus and a train at PWD, Ikeja area of the state. Two persons have already been confirmed dead…
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, on Thursday gave an account of the brief he got on the accident involving a train and a bus earlier in the day. The NRC train was involved in an…
Two persons have been confirmed killed and 84 persons injured when a moving train rammed into a BRT bus at the PWD bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state on Thursday morning. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority…
He condemned the act while sympathizing with victims who lost properties worth millions of naira. Labour Party Governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has visited the scene where shops belonging to Igbos were set ablaze by thugs yesterday night.…
This is happened as Igbos have been threatened by APC members ahead of the governorship election. A Nigerian man has narrated how thugs from the ruling All Progressives Congress set ablaze Igbo shops in Ajegunle area of Lagos yesterday. Chude…
Montgomery is to take over from Catriona Laing who has been the UK’s representative in Nigeria since 2018. The United Kingdom has appointed Richard Hugh Montgomery as the new High Commissioner to Nigeria. His appointment was announced in a statement…
Veteran Yoruba actor Fadeyi Oloro has passed on. The actor, whose real name is Ojo Arowosafe, died after a protracted illness. It is not clear what exactly caused his death. This comes four years after he spoke out to deny…
The fire started at about 3am today, March 8, and continued for hours. It led to the destruction of properties worth several millions of naira. Videos from the scene show traders arriving early this morning and using buckets of water…