The leaders of Okunraiye community, one of the host communities of the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, have attributed the death of Tajudeen Disu to a stray bullet fired by the police. In an affidavit in support of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed at a Lagos High Court, on Tuesday, the community said that it had ...

How can you boast to be a man when you’ve never left your comfort zone; you’ve never travelled? In a world of innovative technology, the borders that once bound us are crumbling. One would think man’s dream to travel the world is being realised more than ever. Or is it? In a culture where one is recognized for material possessions, ...

Guess which cities made our top 5 safest cities in Nigeria… In a country where suicide bomb attack is now a civil service job, security of lives and properties is a luxury most Nigerians can’t afford. The Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east has made that region of the country a no-go area. Jos, which could easily have been one ...

Proceedings in the trial of former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja, resumed on Tuesday. At the resumed hearing, the prosecution witness gave a blow-by-blow account of how the former governor allegedly made a cash payment of $2, 290,000.00 (Two Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars), for a piece of ...

The Nasarawa State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese firm for the construction of commercial airport in Lafia, the state capital. Performing the ceremony at the Government House Lafia, Governor Tanko Al-Makura, said the airport when constructed, would serve both commercial and cargo service to the north central states. Mr. Al-Makura believes that Nasarawa State must ...

The Imo State government through the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) has provided relief materials to the people of Oguta. This is to alleviate their immediate suffering and hardship following the rampaging flood that submerged many houses and displaced many people in riverine Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Speaking to Channels Television at the ISOPADEC office ...

At the presentation of the report carried out on the Edo state revenue generating reforms carried out by former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue service. Governor Oshiomhole who immediately signed the report seized the opportunity to clear the air on the land use charge law. Governor Oshiomhole noted that the target of the Land Use Charge Law is not ...

The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Irish firm, Asieur International Limited Group, for the development of 10,000 Affordable Housing Units in the state for civil servants and other low-income earners. At the ceremony held at the Government House in Awka and attended by all the executive council members, the Governor gave ...

The National Arts Theatre in Lagos would be among 200 iconic monuments, buildings, statues, bridges and other landmarks across the world to be lit up blue on October 24 to mark the founding of the United Nations. The theatre, located in Iganmu, Lagos State, was completed in 1976 in preparation for the Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977. ...

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday swore in 23 Commissioners Including the commissioner for Housing, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure and 14 Special Advisers, charging them to work ceaselessly to ensure that the state lives up to its potential. Speaking at the ceremony held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, at the secretariat in Alausa, Mr. Ambode told the ...