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Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday swore in Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola as the state’s 21st Head of Service (HoS) as well as six new permanent secretaries. The governor urged the new HoS to inject fresh ideas, vibrancy and more energy to take the public service to greater heights. He said …

…to retain positive growth trajectory …salutes Edo people for unflinching support Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has promised to sustain investment in critical sectors of the state; education, infrastructure, security and job creation initiatives to retain his administration’s positive growth trajectory. Obaseki, who made the pledge in his New …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday intervened in the interbank sector of the foreign Exchange market, injecting $210 million into the wholesale segment and other sectors of the market. Figures released by the Bank indicated that the wholesale sector of the market got another injection of $100 million, while …

The Zamfara Government has donated N8.5 million to families of deceased and injured Nigerien soldiers, as a result of an ambush by bandits at Dumburum Forest, Zurmi local council, during a joint operation with Nigerian soldiers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five Nigerien soldiers were killed in …

“Senator Dino Melaye is wanted by the police for attempted culpable homicide, the shooting and wounding of a policeman on duty, by Senator Dino Melaye and his thugs in Kogi state.” Senator Dino Melaye residence in high-brow Maitama area of Abuja was invaded on Friday afternoon because of his involvement …

  Nigerian’s Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR, is dead. Shagari reportedly died at the National Hospital Abuja on Friday after a brief illness. He died at the age of 93. His demise was announced on twitter by his grandson, Bello Shagari. Bello wrote, ”I regret announcing …

THE police said yesterday that allegations that 167 of the 2,000 policemen deployed for combat operations against Boko Haram terrorists in the Northeast fled are unfounded. Force spokesman Jimoh Moshood, an acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, while reacting to the report that the cops fled with their rifles from Police …

The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested five suspects for their alleged involvement in the killing of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh. The Force, which refused to give the names of the suspects, said two out of the five suspects arrested actively participated …

Victor Attah Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah is in fresh trouble. Investigations revealed that the former governor in connivance with a faceless South African based company allegedly embezzled over N5.6 billion Naira meant for the construction of a Science and Technology Park in the state leaving …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has said if voted next year, he will dismantle the Lekki Toll Gate, which he described as illegal. Agbaje, who said though the toll gate was built by a concessionaire, it had since been bought over …