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Eko onibaje!! Lagosians Spend ‘over N3bn’ on Food Every Day Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, on Thursday said every day, food consumption in the state gulps over N3 billion. Ambode said this at the maiden edition of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, over the Tuesday killings in his state. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential…

Embattled Ondo state Peoples Democratic party candidate, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim has congratulated the US President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump. Ibrahim on his social media account also pleaded with Prophet TB Joshua over his 'fake'…

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday rewarded 18 outstanding public servants, with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode urging the state workers to raise the bar of performance and be role models for other public servants in the country. The…

About four months after it disengaged about 200 of its workers, Skye Bank Plc has retrenched about 50 members of staff, including those in outsourced and auxiliary functions. Although the number of the affected non-core employees…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday called its first prosecution witness before a Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial of an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, who is being…

here was a breach of the peace at the Isale-Oyo Community High School, Oyo Town, after some pupils of the school reportedly set ablaze some classrooms over mass failure in their examinations. It was learnt that the aggrieved students…

The Edo State Government on Thursday said it has suspended the Onojie of Uromi, His Royal Highness Anselm O Aidenojie, from office for seven days over alleged assault. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor,…

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, on Tuesday lamented the state of oriental camps across the nation. The DG spoke about the obsolete, dilapidated and grossly inadequate…

State governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Monday expressed their displeasure on how they were being sidelined in the choice of those being given federal appointments in their states by President…

At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon’s two main cities, a hospital source in the capital Yaounde said Saturday, giving a new toll the day after the accident. Almost 600 people were injured…

The currently detained former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro has implicated Governor Ayodele Fayose in the probe of the N4.745billion wired to a company by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA). The…

According to FFK, his wife was arrested in Ekiti earlier today. Below is what he wrote on the development This govt is sick and cowardly and so are the EFCC. If you have a problem with me face me and leave my family alone. My wife…

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has denied reports that he’s planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fayose also described the APC as a collapsing house which will soon be voted out of power. “It is only a mad…

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State  has sacked his entire cabinet. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this  was  contained in a statement issued in Uyo, the state capital, on Saturday, by the Secretary to the State…

AT least one person was reported killed while 10 people were injured in a renewed Shiite and youths’ violence in Kaduna State. This was coming barely four days after youths killed three members of the Shiite sect at Zango road, Tudun…

Governor Ayodele Fayose has commissioned the one kilometre dual carriage road and street light projects initiated by his administration in Ikole and Omuo towns in Ekiti State. The commissioning was part of activities to commemorate…

The 33 Local Government Areas in Oyo State will begin the payment of arrears of entitlements to retirees in the state immediately. The pensioners had on Monday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to address unpaid…

Obasanjo has accused many state governors of defrauding and stealing funds belonging to the Local Government Areas. Obasanjo said this at a conference in Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.…

The Department of State Service, DSS has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide raid of their residents at the weekend. The judges, according to DSS sources were released on self-recognition but are to report at the…