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Fashola Nigeria’s federal government has said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were “violating” the law. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, said this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at …

Orji The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the federal government recovered N2.6 trillion in revenue from oil firms due to the intervention of the national assembly. NEITI executive secretary, Ogbonnaya Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday at the civil society organisations (CSO) and media engagement on Extractive Industries Transparency …

Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party of being an ‘incurable liar,’ noting that contrary to speculations, its presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hale and hearty. The camp of …

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says Nigerians will elect a leader that they trust as it is not the turn of anyone to govern the country. Obi appears to be taking a jibe at Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the …

Ozekhome, Ejiofor, Kanu The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the motion for an accelerated hearing filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Details later.

In a recent youtube video shared online, Prophet Isreal Ogundipe, a.k.a Genesis, spoke about how the two other major tribes in Nigeria, viz the Hausa and Igbo, show strong support for their kind, while ruing the reason why Yorubas are different. He also wondered why Yorubas readily antagonize, attack and …

Kendoo’s Beehive of Partners. By   Salako ‘Tobi. The universe has a way of rewarding diligence, faithfulness, hard-work and perseverance. When the universe sees your heart and your genuine intentions, it will provide support and make things work in your favour. The executive chairman of Oshodi-Isolo local government, Otunba Kehinde …

Strike: Court adjourns FG’s suit against ASUU till September 16 The National Industrial Court has adjourned the case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to September 16. Justice Polycap Hamman adjourned the matter to enable both parties to file the necessary papers for the …

File photo: Doctors The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) says as much as 500 consultants in various medical fields had left the service of government hospitals for practice abroad due to better conditions of service. Dr Victor Makanjuola, the association’s President disclosed this on Sunday while fielding …

Tukur Mamu The Department of State Services (DSS) says the outcome of its investigation on Tukur Mamu, negotiator between bandits who kidnapped Kaduna train passengers and the victims’ relatives, is “mind-boggling”. Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, was arrested at the Kano International Airport, after he returned from Egypt where he had …