Senate demands thorough probe into murder of OAU Professor
The Senate has asked the Nigeria Police to carry out a thorough investigation into the murder of Professor Jerome Elusiyan of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife, Osun…
Lagos Ports: Senators divided over Messrs OMLS operations
Apapa Port, Lagos Nigerian Senate has halted the suspension of Messrs OMLS Limited operations at the Safe Anchorage Area (SAA) of the Lagos ports, saying that the Nigeria Navy…
Imo traditional rulers publicly denounce FGM practice
Traditional rulers in Orlu Local Government area of Imo on Wednesday came out in their numbers to publicly denounce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and threatened to sanction practitioners of the…
Insurgency: Boko Haram militants kill 14 Chadian civilians in overnight raid
Boko Haram fighters Boko Haram militants killed 14 Chadian civilians and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a fishermens’ camp in the northeastern part of Lake Chad,…
Reps urge DPR to ban illegal operations of cooking gas outlets
The House of Representatives has urged the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ban operators of illegal cooking gas outlets in the country. This followed a unanimous adoption of a…
Senate confirms Nami as FIRS Chairman, 13 others as board members
New FIRS boss, Mohammed Nami The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Nami as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and 13 others as board…
Alleged P&ID scam: Court grants EFCC’s request to extradite Briton
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s request to extradite the Briton, Adam Quinn, over his alleged complicity in the 9.6 billion…
Alleged death of suspect: Court orders CMD to appear before it
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos has ordered the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna, to appear before it on Jan. 29, 2020 to explain…
Senate mourns as Senator Ben Uwajumogu dies at 51
Late Sen. Ben Uwajumogu The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Uwajumogu is dead. Uwajumogu died on Wednesday morning in Abuja, the nation’s…
Angry youths in Ondo set church ablaze over alleged exhumed body of 12 months old
Sotitobire Praising Chapel Photo: Courtesy twitter Angry youths have burnt down a church in Akure, the Ondo State capital after the corpse of a 12 months old boy was…