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  By Gboyega Akinsanmi The Lagos State Government has disclosed that the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange being executed to evolve a seamless way by which Lagos residents commute across the state daily will be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Consequently, the state disclosed that the project, which the …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dispelled insinuations of impending petroleum products scarcity in the country. A statement by Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, in Abuja on Sunday, noted that the corporation had 39 days petroleum products sufficiency and about 25 days products availability on …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite nationwide strike. According to the organisation, the strike is to protest the poor funding of Nigerian universities. Led by its National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU declared the strike at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting …

John Agim, spokesman of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has told members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), to be ready to face the consequences if they take on the military. Members of the movement better known as Shi’ites clashed with soldiers in some parts of Abuja last week. The …

  By Emmanuel Uzodinma The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the news making the rounds that he hired a foreign lobbyist for N400m. Okechukwu, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) said by such …

More and more support is coming the way of Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, the erudite banker-turned politician who is gearing up to represent Kogi East Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in 2019. This time, Kogi …

By Ibrahim Isah After the court verdict of October 24, 2018 which seemingly asked Senator Attai Aidoko to vacate the Senate for Air Marshall Isaac Alfa, the embattled Aidoko has gone all out to pacify stakeholders, especially elders, in Kogi East. He is said to be on a visiting and …

  Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has sued the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the NHIS over his suspension by the governing council of the board. In the suit with …

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party for the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has kicked against his suspension by pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere. Omisore stated his position in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday. Afenifere had on Tuesday after its meeting in Akure, Ondo …

  The Lagos State Police Command has suspended Operation Velvet for one month. The period of grace was announced by the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Chike Oti. According to Oti, the one month grace was for motorists to regularise their vehicle documents. In a statement on Tuesday, …