Month: April 2013

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said the proposed Pipeline Protection Commission by the federal government to combat pipeline vandalism is unnecessary, saying it was an avenue “for chop-chop.”...

 The Court of Appeal in Lagos Monday, expressed dissatisfaction over the Lagos State Government’s approach towards the hearing of the appeal filed by the convicted Chief Security Officer (CSO) to...

The federal government has said it is illegal for polytechnics to run post-graduate diploma (PGD) programmes as it is not within their mandate. The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I,...

The federal government may have concluded plans to lay off about 11,000 employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in a bid to cut cost. The figure represents 27.5...

The Aba Area Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Sunday foiled plans by a six man robbery gang to break into a branch of Diamond Bank Plc in Aba,...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at the weekend said his government picked up critical lessons from the Boston marathon attack in the United States, a couple of weeks...

A Lagos High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government to pay retirement benefits and pension to a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sinatu Ojikutu. Ojikutu had in...

The Senate Joint Committees on Petroleum Upstream, Downstream, Gas and Judiciary handling the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will hold public hearing in three zones of the federation and the Federal...

The Lagos State Police Command has started investigation into the murder of a banker, Adindu Ohamara, who was stabbed to death by his suspected homosexual lover in Akoka, Bariga Local...