House of Reps orders NERC, DisCos to reverse Band A tariff hike
Drama as Reps arrest WAEC officials during probe The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the distribution companies (DisCos) to reverse the tariff…
Kano to domesticate policy on women’s welfare
Kano State government has unveiled plan to domesticate national policy on Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) with a view to restoring dignity and reducing economic deprivation among women folk in the…
Nigeria working to overtake world economies, says Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria is not just catching up with the rest of the world, but also poised to overtaking them in terms of economy and technology.…
Just In: SGF, NSA, ministers meet over proposed nationwide protest
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, met with ministers on Wednesday to discuss the proposed nationwide protest against economic hardship by Nigerian youths. The meeting…
Court remands Rivers’ monarch over cybercrime charge
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded Eze Risi Ohia-Emeri Abali of Rebisi, Cyprian Amadi-Worenwu, in the Port Harcourt 6 HOURS AGO METRO
Court strikes out N95.5m suit against businessman
The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has struck out the N95.5 million suit filed by the police against an independent oil marketer, Bode Abamoda Omojuyigbe. Omojuyigbe, 50, was…
Kaduna courts jail four internet fraudsters
Justices R.M. Aikawa and Darius Khobo of the Federal High Court and State High Court, respectively, sitting in Kaduna, have convicted and sentenced the quartet of Anthony Chukwu, a.k.a. Carmelita…
Lagos most wanted drug baron, Temo, arrested in Mushin
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested the most wanted drug lord in Lagos State, Sulaiman Jimoh, popularly known as Temo. NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, revealed…
Club to complete cervical cancer centre in Lagos The Presid
The President, Rotary Club of Isolo, under the newly created Rotary International District 9111, Tokunboh Allison, has pledged to complete the Cervical Cancer Centre at Isolo General Hospital to treat…
FG, others intensify fight against mother-to-child disease transmission
The National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Control Programme (NASCP) of the Federal Ministry of Health has intensified the fight to eradicate and prevent mother-to-child Human…