senate

Breaking: Senate Passes N8.906 Trillion budget for 2019

Senate on Tuesday passed N8.906 trillion budget for the 2019 budget appropriation as the Lawmakers earmarked N10 billion to ameliorate the suffering of people of Zamfara...

Zainab-Aliyu

Breaking: Drug trafficking: Detained Zainab Aliyu released in Saudi Arabia

Nigeria Mission in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said that the detained Zainab Habib has been released. Zainab was falsely accused of drug peddling in Saudi Arabia and was...

Umaru-Tanko-Al-makura

Tribunal: Al-Makura wants Sen. Adokwe’s petition thrown out

Mubarak Adekilekun, Counsel to Governor Umaru Al-Makyra of Nasarawa State has filed an application urging the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition...

Lagos

Updated: Four feared dead in Lagos train accident

  Four persons – three men and a woman – were yesterday killed when an Abule Egba-bound train crushed a tricycle at Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb. It was learnt...

cambridge

Cambridge University to investigate links to African slave trade

One of Britain’s top universities announced a two-year inquiry into its links to the African slave trade on Tuesday, promising to uncover how the institution may have...

Reps

Updated: Reps to investigate killing of nine boys brigade in Gombe

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to investigate the death of boys brigade members during Easter procession in Gombe. This followed a motion under...

China

China’s Guangdong offers 144-hour visa-free transit

Guangdong Province in southern China has announced 144-hour visa-free period for nationals from 53 countries transiting through the area, beginning from Wednesday. The...

Woman steals he-goat

Two in court for selling fake tickets to motorcyclists

Two unemployed men Michael Moses, 21, and Habeeb Awori, 20, were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ajegunle Magistrates’ Court, Apapa, for alleged sale of fake operation...

Okorocha

Protest against establishment of new university misleading, unwarranted- Okorocha

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has described the ongoing protest by Ohaji/Egbema youth over the establishment of University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at the...

INEC materials

Oyo Guber: Tribunal orders INEC to allow Makinde inspect election materials

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State on Tuesday ordered the  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Governor-elect, Seyi...