THERE are indications of an imminent total lockdown of Lagos state due to coronavirus pandemic, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Friday. ‘’We are moving in the direction of a total lockdown but there are numbers or…
LAGOS may record 39,000 cases of COVID-19 in a worst-case scenario, authorities have said. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi made this figure known to journalist on Friday as he urged residents to…
A cross section of Nigeria’s lawmakers say they deserve to ride better official cars than the ones they have right now, citing fairness and bad condition of roads in the country as justifications. In what…
FORMER National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, Olisa Metuh, has been sentenced to seven years in prison following his conviction by a federal high court in Abuja. The Economic and Financial…
A Nigerian court has sentenced four persons – one of them a woman, to 160 years’ imprisonment for dealing in fake naira notes. Hadiza, Mohammed Dauda, Bello Salisu, Ali Adamu and Hassan Bello, were involved…
THE decision to close the border by the Buhari administration has reduced the rate of smuggling of textile fabrics into Nigeria, a top member of opposition Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, has said. Senator Walid…
NIGERIAN traders in Ghana have resorted to begging for survival over closure of their shops by the Ghana Union of Traders Association –GUTA, members have said. In 2019, over 600 shops operated by foreigners were…
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched ‘Click Credit’, a time loan designed to address the urgent needs of customers whose salary accounts are domiciled with the bank. As a…
LAWMAKERS in Nigeria have accused the country’s Finance Minister of deliberately withholding funds that were due to them for over two years. “For whatever reason, the releases were short. The finance minister failed to release…
THE All Progressives Congress – APC, is asking the Supreme Court to reverse its decision, disqualifying David Lyon as the Governor-elect of Bayelsa state. The APC returned to the court barely a week after the…
