The effects of last Sunday’s heavy rain has caused the death of two people when a building located at Agbado area of Ogun State collapsed. According to sources, the affected persons were Toyin Ogidi (57) and Idowu whose surname was not know...
As torrential rain and massive floods continue to ravage the Lagos metropolis, the state government has raised the alarm over weakened wires of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), and said that the firm’s snapping wires had made the city uns...
The Joint Task Force constituted by the permanent secretary (FCT), Dr. Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi, has disclosed that it demolished a section of Dei-Dei, near the cattle market, for security reasons. Speaking through the deputy director monitoring and...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala has approved the immediate dissolution of the boards of all parastatals and agencies under the FCT administration. This was contained in a statement signed by the chief press secretary to th...
Born Robert Sylvester Kelly on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, attended Kenwood Academy High School, where his music teacher-mentor Lena McLin inspired him to become a singer. He used to sing on street corners. R. Kelly a master producer, composer...
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega told his officers that the last electoral process had imperfections and needed to to improved upon. Jega, who stated this to electoral officers gathered...
Former governor of Kogi State and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate in the state, Prince Abubakar Audu, has defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria. While formally declaring his defection to the ACN yesterday in Lokoja, the...
At a time developed and developing countries of the world are striving to take buildings to the skies, Nigeria is still battling with the worrisome menace of how to overcome the problem of building collapse. In this report, GEORGE OKOJIE writes on how ...
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Petrobras, the Brazilian national oil company, have begun a collaboration and exchange programme towards boosting local content development and employment generation in the Nigerian oil ...
Residents of Old and New Maitama in Kubwa Village, a popular suburb of Abuja have cried out over poor electricity supply and payment of bills which they said were too much compared to the amount of electricity supply availed to the area. Residents, who...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has approved the appointment of Mr. Bola Adeeko as its Chief of Staff In a statement signed by the Exchange’s Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Wole Tokede, and made available to Leadership, Adeeko who resum...
The Bank of Industry (BOI)and the Nigeria Olympic Committee(NOC) yesterday unveiled a partnership plan to promote the investment opportunities available in Nigeria during the London Olympics holding in the United Kingdom capital next year. At a brief b...
The new minister of state for finance, Dr, Yerima Lawan Ngama, has identified budget preparation as a major challenge in the ministry. This is as he called on staff of the ministry to adopt measures that would fast-track preparation of the annual budge...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), not to take seriously, the threat by pharmacists over its employment advertisement. The Association was reacting to a story ...
It was cheering news for workers in Edo State yesterday as the Edo State governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole put pen to paper for the full implementation of the N18, 000 minimum wage, just as he promised to pay outstanding arrears starting from June 2011...