Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has named Agba Jalingo as the only Journalist behind bars for his work in Nigeria but says the detention of Omoyele Sowore is symptomatic of Nigeria’s wider crackdowns on freedom of expression, upon which press freedom also depends. In its latest Prison census report for 2019, CPJ said for...
Read MoreLagos state government plans to construct a 6,000 capacity trailer park as part of moves to decongest traffic along roads leading to the port city of Apapa. State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known in a series of tweets on Wednesday, saying construction work on the park will start soon. “On the decongestion of...
Read MoreAisha Buhari, wife of Nigeria President Mohammadu Buhari has accused a close relative of the president and his spokesman of hijacking the presidency and causing disaffection within the first family. The First Lady in a statement she signed and sent to Daily Trust newspaper, accused Mamman Daura of issuing a directive to a presidential...
Read MoreAs the Yuletide approaches, criminals are devising means of robbing their victims of their hard earn money, according to the Ebonyi Police Command criminals in the state now have a new strategy used to rob bank customers. Mrs Loveth Odah, Ebonyi Police Command spokesperson has warned members of the public, especially bank customers, to...
Read MoreA pipeline explosion has been reported around Gloryland Estate, Isheri Olofin, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area of Lagos on Thursday. In a video shared by residents of the area and circulated on social media, it showed many residents running for safety after the explosion and the accompany fire. The fire from the pipeline explosion...
Read MoreA gas explosion rocked Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Oniru Victoria Island, Lagos State with three people injured, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). “On getting to the scene of the incident, a gas cylinder was said to have exploded within the vicinity of the hotel,” LASEMA said in a statement...
Read MoreAbout 100 fake professors are currently in the services of some Nigerian universities, according to a report by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Prof Abubakar Rasheed, NUC Executive Secretary made this disclosure in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin. The commission has already published the details of the fake professors on its website...
Read MoreA Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is empowered by the law to recruit constables into the force contrary to the claims by the Police Service Commission (PSC). In a ruling on the case brought by the PSC, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the claims of the commission...
Read MoreTony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), established by the chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) to empowering young African entrepreneurs said it will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme from January 1, 2020. According to a statement by Heirs Holdings Ltd, another subsidiary company of Elumelu, applicants should apply...
Read MorePresident Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday asked the Senate to approve a $30 billion external borrowing plan to enable his government raises needed money to finance some critical infrastructural projects in the country. The loan request was initially presented to the eight Senate led by Senator Bukola Saraki but was not approved due to political...
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