Shitta violence: Commissioner urges parents to train youths
Following recent gang-related violence that left about six youths dead and others injured in Shitta, Akerele area of Lagos State, the Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Oyinlomo Danmole, has...
View ArticleLawyer advocates death penalty for rapists
A member of Forum of Legal Practitioners, otherwise known as ‘Lex Fora’, has advocated death penalty for rapists. Mr Paul Eshiemomoh, a former Chairman of the forum in the FCT, made the suggestion in...
View ArticlePolice smash robbery syndicate, recover stolen items
The Cross River State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested three armed robbery suspects who specialised in robbing factories manufacturing industrial equipment. The state Commissioner of...
View ArticleYou’re enjoying prison, magistrate tells accused
A magistrate of the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, Mrs. S.K Matepo, expressed surprise after two accused persons said they had no parents or relatives to check on them and help with their...
View ArticleTwo magistrates, four lawyers to join Lagos bench
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, will on May 28, 2013 swear in two magistrates and four lawyers as judges in the state judiciary. This will increase the number of judges in the state from...
View ArticleCourt sentences 19-year-old to community service for stealing laptop
An Abule-Egba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man to 20 hours of community service for stealing a laptop worth N50,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias,...
View ArticleGhana police to investigate stampede, death in Synagogue Church
The Ghanaian Police in Accra said on Monday that it would investigate the cause of the stampede and death in the Ghana branch of the Synagogue Church of all Nations. The Ghanaian media on Sunday...
View ArticleCorruption: Ethiopian Revenue minister, 12 officials arrested
The Ethiopian Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission has arrested the minister in charge of Revenue and Customs Authority, Melaku Fenta, and 12 high-profile government officials on alleged...
View ArticleRainstorm destroys 50 structures in Katsina
Rainstorm has destroyed 50 structures in Tandama village in Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the affected structures include residential houses...
View ArticleRights group condemns provocative utterances against emergency rule
Programme Officer, Centre for the Advocacy of Justice and Rights, Mr. Joseph Adeniran, has condemned what he described as provocative comments from some senior citizens regrading the declaration of...
View ArticleIbafo cries for help
I want to use this medium to remind the Ogun State Government about the situation of things in Ibafo. It is rather unfortunate that the residents of Ibafo cannot feel the presence of the government at...
View ArticleLASU regrets
What else can those who were not born with silver spoons in their tiny mouths do again to acquire education in this country called Nigeria? How can someone spend seven years at the Lagos State...
View ArticleState of Oshodi roads
I want to commend the Chairman of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area, Muse Bolaji Ariyo, for his contribution towards the repair of some roads in Mafoluku, Oshodi area of the council. However, I am...
View ArticleHelp us, Amosun
This is to draw the attention of Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, to the deplorable state of Agbado-Abule-Ijoko-Sango Road. The mass of people living along this route are currently going through...
View ArticleWorld Bank reviews $5.4bn investments in Nigeria
The World Bank on Tuesday began a review of its investments and activities worth $5.4bn in Nigeria. The investments are in 26 projects and involve 200 entities across the country. Speaking at the...
View ArticleOgun introduces cash-less policy in hospitals
In an effort to ensure financial transparency in the health sector, the Ogun State Government has introduced the cash-less policy in all hospitals owned by it. The Permanent Secretary in the state...
View ArticleJonathan orders MDAs to complete abandoned projects
The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered all ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government to resuscitate and...
View ArticleAnalysts predict inflation’ll remain below 9% in 2013
Financial analysts have said inflation rate will remain in single digit throughout 2013, pointing out that forecast projects the rate to be below nine per cent for the remaining period of the year....
View ArticleDollar resumes rise against yen
The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday after a Japanese minister clarified remarks about the yen’s drop, but many awaited the Federal Reserve chief’s testimony before adding to bets on a stronger...
View ArticleFIRS projects 12% increase in tax revenue
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has said it plans to generate a total of N5.6tn from taxes this year. The Acting Executive Chairman, FIRS, Mr. Kabir Mashi, said at a stakeholders’ workshop to review...
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