How DSS flogged me with armoured cable, tortured me for 60 days – Protester
A participant in the August #EndBadGovernance protests has narrated a harrowing experience of how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him in Kano, detained and tortured him…
Police rescue 80-year-old man, one other from kidnappers in Ogun
Nov. 1. 2024 The police command in Ogun says it has rescued 80-year -old man, Rufus Odusanya and one Oluwaseye Olajide said to be kidnap victims at Edun village junction…
Nigeria sets January 2025 for $5bn Africa Energy Bank take off
Nov. 1, 2024 The Federal Government has set Jan. 28, 2025 as the deadline for the operationalisation of the five billion dollars Africa Energy Bank (AEB). The bank would be…
Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables in Gombe
Nov. 1, 2024 An unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer cables belonging to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) on Friday in Gombe. Confirming this to the…
Nigeria’s hunger crisis deepens with 33 million at risk, report says
November 1, 2024 Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one third jump from this…
LASG to partner UK for enhanced tourism, cultural development
Nov. 1, 2024 In a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen tourism and cultural investment in Lagos State, the Honourable Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, recently engaged with…
Court admits 114 protesters to N10m bail each, four collapse in court
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, admitted the 114 protesters who were arraigned over their involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest to N10 million bail each with two…
Minors in court: Obi blasts FG on inhuman treatment of protesters
The Labour Party leader and the Presidential Candidate of the party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has strongly denounced the poor handling of protesters, including minors, brought to the…
Tinubu will not withdraw tax reforms bills -Presidency, lists highlights
President Bola Tinubu has received the National Economic Council’s recommendation that the tax reform bills already sent to the National Assembly be withdrawn for further consultation. President Tinubu commends the…
Court orders final forfeiture of $2.04 m linked to Emefiele
Nov. 1, 2024 A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, ordered a final forfeiture of 2.04 million dollars, linked to the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Isaac…