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A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Thursday, directed Major Hamza Al-Mustapha who was the former Chief Security Officer to the late of Head of State, General Sani Abacha and Alhaji Lateef Sofolahan to open their defence in their ongoing tr...
Contrary to reports in some national dailies that members of the House of Representatives have grumbled over a reduction in their salaries and allowances, the lawmakers have stated that the House is in peace. Speaking to journalists on the issue yester...
The Police High Command has refuted allegations of discriminatory promotions within the Nigeria Police Force as published by a National Daily (not LEADERSHIP). Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Olusola Amore, in a press statement said there wa...
With six children all under the age of ten, Angelina Jolie is set to marry her long-term partner Brad Pitt. The incredibly glamorous couple are said to be planning an ‘intimate and informal’ wedding in the South of France. The ceremo...
The nation’s cocoa processors, yesterday said they wantt the government to set up an industry regulator to boost earnings from the crop. “We are asking for the government to set up an agency, an authority to monitor and provide the legal fr...
Domestic help has always been needed and so the hiring of house-helps is not new. The services house-helps render include cooking, stewardship, doing the laundry, car washing, gardening, baby-sitting, driving, cleaning and other general services. In Ni...
Specific provisions of the Electoral Act 2010, as amended, vests on relevant courts of competent jurisdiction the power to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Certificates of Return to candidates who successfully seek i...
In furtherance of its zero tolerance for illegal structures in the state ,the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday directed that all illegal structures sitting on canals and drainage channel, which included churches, schools and...
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has raised alarm over alleged plot by some politicians to distabilise the sociopolitical group and Nigeria as a country. SNG in a press statement at the end of its stakeholders meeting on July 11, 2011 at the Rockview Hotel...
No fewer than 40 non-militants who were undergoing the mandatory skill acquisition training at the Petroleum Technology Institute (PTI) Effurun, Warri, Delta State, under the empowerment programme of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, in conjun...
Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Moshe Ram, has told the Nigerian government at various levels not to neglect mechanised agriculture, which he described as the surest way of feeding the country’s vast population. In a statement made available t...
Justice Olateru Olagbegi of a Lagos High Court has ordered the French embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Dovi Amouzou, a senior officer in the embassy and Christopher Racinet to pay N4, 171, 500, 00 to an automobile firm, Floride Automobile Limited. The amount is...
The Bishop of Kubwa Diocese (Anglican Communion), Rt. Reverend Duke Akamisoko, has said that the proposed Islamic Banking is making some people to be apprehensive, saying that the development is overheating the polity. The cleric, who spoke to journali...
Six indigenes of Katsina State have been selected to represent Nigeria at an international education debate scheduled for South Korea later this month. The debate, which will focus on education and cultural discourse, is part of an educational pursuit ...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), yesterday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enforcement Regulations, 2010 law was not meant to muzzle or slow down the activ...