FG to Pay PHCN Workers Before Handover of Assets
The federal government has promised to ensure the payment of severance benefits to all Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) workers before handing over the assets of the distribution and...
Court adjourns arraignment of 17 Boko Haram suspects
A Federal High Court Lagos, Wednesday, fixed October 9 and 10, for the arraignment and trial of 17 suspected Boko Haram members, charged with acts of terrorism. The accused are...
New PDP: Five More Govs Have Joined Us
The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday claimed that its membership has swelled with the decamping of five more governors of the ruling party to the group....
Trader Lures Woman into Sex Slavery in Libya
For allegedly luring a woman into sex slavery in Libya, a trader, Iyabo Adefioye, has been charged before a Somolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. According to the News Agency of...
Murdered Banker: Court Fines Defence Counsel Over Delay
An Ikeja High Court Wednesday adjourned till October 31, the adoption of final written addresses in the trial of Akolade Arowolo, who was charged with the murder of his wife,...
NIGERIA: Controversy in House over Independence Message
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reared its head again in the House of Representatives yesterday, following the publication of a goodwill message congratulating President Goodluck Jonathan on...
Bill on possession of diplomatic passports passes 2nd reading
ABUJA—A bill seeking to identify status of persons qualified to carry diplomatic passports in Nigeria passed second reading in the House of Representatives, yesterday, as members disclosed that the Comptroller...
Don’t distort history, Nigeria came into being Oct 1, 1960, not 1914 — Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, said Nigeria came into being on October 1, 1960, and not in 1914, advising the Federal Government not to distort history by its planned...
BOAT MISHAP: Niger goes tough on use of life jackets
Minna— Niger State government is to go tough on canoe and ferry operators that fail to enforce the usage of life jackets. Governor Babangida Aliyu made this known while reacting...
Apo killings: Nothing ‘ll be swept under the carpet – MARK
ABUJA — SENATE President, David Mark, yesterday, assured that nothing would be swept under the carpet in an effort by the Senate to unravel the circumstances that led to recent...