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Governor Ayodele Fayose has commissioned the one kilometre dual carriage road and street light projects initiated by his administration in Ikole and Omuo towns in Ekiti State. The commissioning was part of activities to commemorate…

The 33 Local Government Areas in Oyo State will begin the payment of arrears of entitlements to retirees in the state immediately. The pensioners had on Monday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to address unpaid…

Obasanjo has accused many state governors of defrauding and stealing funds belonging to the Local Government Areas. Obasanjo said this at a conference in Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday morning picked up the President of Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Uche Ogah, outside the premises of a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos Island.…

The Federal Government on Monday declared that the price of rice would start to fall from November this year. It stated that more Nigerians had returned to their various farms, adding that at the next harvesting season next month,…

17-year-old Dacia Reynolds was found hanging from a tree in her yard in Runaway Bay, St Ann about 1:30 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 4th. Police say that the teen is suspected to have committed suicide. Her body was taken to to the morgue for…

The Department of State Service, DSS has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide raid of their residents at the weekend. The judges, according to DSS sources were released on self-recognition but are to report at the…

The Federal Government has fulfilled its promise of reducing the number of aircraft in the presidential fleet as officials released two Agusta Westland helicopters to the Nigerian Air Force. At the handing over ceremony, the National…

US actress Shailene Woodley has been arrested during a protest in North Dakota against a huge oil pipeline project that will cross four states. Her arrest at a construction site happened as she was broadcasting the protest, which…

Indian police are investigating the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died last week after undertaking a religious fast for 68 days. Police in southern Hyderabad city told BBC Hindi they want to know if Aradhana Samdariya was forced to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially spoken on the reason for the arrest of seven senior judges across the nation between Friday night and Saturday morning. In a statement issued on Sunday by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior…

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked members of the legal profession to blame themselves for the harassment of judges by the security agencies. While asking that the judges arrested on Saturday should be granted…

SUMMARY OF MONEY RECOVERED FROM SOME JUSTICES ADENIYI F.A. ADEMOLA NAIRA——–N54million DOLLARS——$171, 779.00 POUNDS—-£80.00 RUPEES—- 1,010.00 EURO—-€4,400.00 NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA NAIRA——–N35, 208,000…

Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Thursday, called for collaboration by stakeholders for quick dispensation of justice as the state judiciary commenced its new legal year. Just as the Bishop of Ibadan province,…

Gunmen suspected to be militants on Thursday morning invaded Lagos State Model College, Igbo Nla In Epe, Lagos. This ungodly act were perpetrated by the kidnappers in early hours when the student were supposedly having their daily…

Edie Simms is a 102-year-old woman with an unusual item on her to-do list. And, thanks to some officers in St. Louis, she was able to cross that off, CNN reports. Simms wanted to be arrested -- handcuffed, and placed in the back of a…

Lawmakers in the Senate at Thursday’s legislative proceedings unanimously concurred with the resolution of the House of Representatives. They asked President Buhari to hold an emergency joint session with the aim of providing…

Boko Haram demanded from the Federal Government €5billion (about N1,706,850,000,000) to free 219 Chibok girls . The Euro exchanged for approximately N341.37 last night. President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly got wind of the August 27,…

All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, representing Kaduna South, Sheu Sanni, has disclosed that the current economic recession bedeviling the Nigerian nation, if not urgently addressed by the Federal Government, may result in…

I am not in the business of rising to the defence of previous presidents or regimes especially as most of them are still alive and capable of defending themselves. Besides, those of them who refuse to retire into graceful…