The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the LP caucus in the House of Representatives have faulted the manner the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, was arrested in Edo State, describing it as ‘distasteful, cruel, dehumanising and abuse of democratic ethos’. Abure, who was arrested on Wednesday in Benin by…
A non-governmental organisation, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, has taken to major markets in the Ikeja area of Lagos State to create awareness and sensitise traders on the dangers of using styrofoam and single-use plastic. The foundation also gave reusable bottles and plastics to over 500 market traders as an alternative to single-use plastics and…
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed the body of notorious cultist, Gift Okpara popularly known as 2 Baba, the prime suspect in the murder of former Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim in Odiemudie community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state in September last year. This came barely a week after the police…
The Lagos and Ogun state police commands have begun a joint patrol on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to prevent crimes in the area. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post on X via @BenHundeyin on Thursday. In January, gunmen abducted the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, announced a 25 per cent rebate on fares for government-owned transport schemes. The governor spoke during a live media chat to intimate residents of steps being taken to reduce the economic burden on Lagosians. On Tuesday, the Lagos State House of Assembly resolved to summon the state…
The Arewa Economic Forum has urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the subsidy removal policy and allocate the extra funds provided by the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee to states for the resumption of the Premium Motor Spirit subsidy. The forum suggested that the decision should be implemented until the President can ensure the transparency and…
The House of Representatives has unveiled plans to investigate the abandoned $38.7 million Phase 2 of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation – Nigerian Agip Oil Company joint venture Okpai independence power plant project. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by a lawmaker, Nnamdi Ezechi, who called for the intervention…
The Nigerian Senate President, Senator Godwin Akpabio has stated that all the 36 state governors in the state have received additional N30billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to tackle the food scarcity situation in the country. The Senate President who said this during one of the plenary sessions of the federal lawmakers described…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps said it shut no fewer than 66 private guard companies operating illegally without licence or expired licence in the country. The illegal firms, it said, were shut in 2023, adding that it also received 125 applications from prospective private guard companies in 2023. The spokesperson for the NSCDC,…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, who was arrested by the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone 5, Benin City, Edo State, Mr. Arungwa Nwazule, on Wednesday evening has been released. Abure, it was gathered was released around 3.05 am on Thursday. The AIG had late Wednesday night disclosed…
