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 …as N25m, hard currencies declared missing Two bank officials have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command over robbery incident in UBA branch in Oye Ekiti, the headquarters of Oye Local Government Area, on Thursday. The old generation bank was attacked by a seven-man robbery gang around 3PM  in …

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Our Reporter Accuses DSS of assaulting him Demands N500m compensation The convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has filed a fresh suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) over his continued detention despite being granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1409/2019 …

  The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to embark on scheduled maintenance of roads to ease the present gridlock in the state.  The House also resolved that the state Public Works Corporation should resort to scheduled maintenance of roads on working days …

The Chairman/CEO of Air Peace,  Allen Onyema has denied allegations of bank and money laundering leveled against him by the United State Justice Department. The US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia had in a charge accused Onyema of money laundering “for moving more than $20 million from …

Thugs in police uniform have invaded Ward A of Crowther Memorial/Sabongari polling unit in Lokoja, Kogi State and successfully carted away eight ballot boxes after sporadic shooting. “Eight ballot boxes were carted away,’ according to Peter Phillips, Assistant Registration officer. He added that the card readers, his car key and …

Ogun State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British High Commission towards bringing urban renewal and public transportation up to speed with global best practices. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, who signed on behalf of the State Government, and Head of Future …

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called for peaceful and credible election ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi State governorship election on Saturday. Saraki said this while condemning the attack on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Kogi State on Friday. It was reported that some gunmen arrived the Suitorial …

The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, on Friday insisted that closure of boarders will continue for a while irrespective of the pressure from the nation’s neighbours to reopen them. He said that Nigeria has to first think of her survival before considering the impact of the closure …

IT has been revealed that the SMS war between the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as reported by this column last Saturday, was provoked by the manner the members of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) …

The West African Examinations Council has released the results of 91, 225 private candidates that sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria and withheld the results of 9,457 candidates. The head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Mr. Olu I. Adenipekun who made the disclosure …