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Jos makes first, as FG kick-starts digital switchover

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed 200,000 Free Set Top Boxes Offered House Holds At last, the Federal Government has launched the pilot scheme of the nation’s switchover from...

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Wike lauds workers’ steadfastness, Okowa charges them on challenging times

Wike Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday assured workers that they would continue to play a strategic role in his administration, maintaining they are critical to the attainment of set goals in...

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May Day: Ambode salutes heroes of Lagos success story

A worker appealing to President Buhari to provide light, water and food during the May Day rally at Onikan Stadium, Lagos...yesterday All over the world, the worker is recognized as the most important...

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‘How I receive, sell 38 ‘clean’ handsets weekly’,

The suspect, Bamildele The long arm of the law finally descended on a major buyer of stolen mobile phones in Lagos when he was arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos...

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CP decries menace of unrepentant armed robbers in Oyo

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, has decried the increase in the number of armed robbery convicts in the state who go back to the crime...

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Oyo factional NLC demands N96,000 minimum wage

Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade • Ayade pays workers May salary on May 1 A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Oyo State led by Sule Odumuyiwa yesterday called on the Federal...

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Ogun workers seek halt to contributory pension scheme

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun (left); Speaker, House of Assembly, Adekunbi Suraj; Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa; Head of Service, Sola Adeyemi and state chairman,...

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Odubu, APC differ over alleged attack on campaign team

Odubu • Edo govt says dep. gov’s assassination theory is false Edo State Deputy Governor, Pius Odubu and some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday differed on the alleged attack...

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Three kidnappers sentenced to death in Delta

Three kidnappers, Augustine Akpojivi, Dawel James and Collins Enye were at the weekend, sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court, sitting in Effurun. The three accused persons were also found...

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Shiite group backs El-Rufai’s proposed religious law

Nasir El-Rufai A Shiite Islamic sect, Rasulul A’a’zam Foundation has stated its support for the religious preaching law proposed by Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The group said there was...

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Gunmen kill 20 persons in Rivers

PHOTO: udeytrymedia.com Gunmen, suspected to be cultists on Saturday invaded Ula-Ukpata and Edoha communities in Ahoada East Local Council area of Rivers State, killing no fewer than 16 persons. The...

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Anxiety over threat to close cane village

The cane village Artisans and weavers at the popular Mende cane village were yesterday full of anxiety over the recent threat by the Lagos State government to close the village. The cane village...

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Family of Ekiti doctor writes IGP over death threats

The late Dr. Aladesanmi The family of the late Dr. Tunde Aladesanmi, one of the medical doctors who died in a ghastly motor accident alongAbuja- Kaduna Road while on a national assignment, has written...

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Ogun police offer N5 million for information on abducted ex-minister

Former minister, Iyabo Anisulowo, who was kidnapped last week. The Ogun State Police Command yesterday offered N5 million reward for information that could lead to rescue of a former minister, Iyabo...

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Group tackles malaria scourge in Alimosho

Communities in two local councils of Lagos State – Alimosho and Kosofe – were recently beneficiaries of a campaign by health organisations to stem the tide of malaria, as parts of activities held to...

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From Dubai with cocaine candies

The whitish substance concealed in sweets tested positive to cocaine NDLEA arrests two suspects at Lagos airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday discovered 193 wraps of...

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LASUTH records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa

Lagos State's Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris (middle), during a ministerial press briefing organised to give an account of the activities in the health sector in Lagos State in the last one...

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Edo declares five-day public holiday to mourn Oba

Late Oba of Benin As a mark of honour and respect for the Oba of Benin who recently passed away, the Edo State Government has declared a five-day public holiday with effect from Tuesday, May 3, 2016 to...

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Task force arrests suspected fake army officer

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has apprehended a suspected fake Army Captain at Alausa, Ikeja. The suspect, Mr. Gorge Edem, who claimed to be residing...

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Woman, 101, gives birth after ovary transplant

Anatolia with her baby In Napoli, Italy, Anatolia Vertadella, a 101-year-old woman, has given birth to a nine-pound baby, named Francesco, after a controversial ovary transplant widely criticized by...

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