Edo govt resists imposition of Sultan of Edo State
EDO STATE Government says the planned coronation of one Idris Addano as the Sultan of Shuwa Arab of Edo State may threaten the peace of the state. A statement signed…
Abba Kyari Vs Hushpuppi: Police Service Commission sets up fresh panel
THE POLICE Service Commission says it has set up an in-house panel to study in detail the documents presented by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which indicted…
EFCC arrests Theodore Orji, son
THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC(, on Thursday, invited former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu for questioning. The ex- governor, who has been…
Presidential committee, SON urge manufacturers to fight importation of sub standard goods
IN THEIR bid to curb the influx of sub standard goods into the country, yhe Presidential Committee on Trade Malpractices, (PCTM) and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday, challenged…
Niger abduction: School sells property to raise N50m ransom
AN ISLAMIC school, Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State has sold some landed properties belonging to the school to raise the ransom for the…
Family reveals cause of Mohammed Fawehinmi’s death
THE family of the late legal luminary Chief Gani Fawehinmi, on Thursday, said their son, Mohammed Fawehinmi died from COVID-19 related complications. Recall that the 52-year-old died in Lagos last…
Iron, steel stakeholders urge FG to indiginise industry
By Paul Eloka INDIGENOUS stakeholders in the iron and steel sector in Nigeria on Thursday, urged the federal government to indigenize iron and steel industries whereby the government owns only…
Don’t compare Nigeria with Afghanistan – Lai Mohammed
THE Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein…
I make N5,000 daily, says banker who turns hawker
AN HND graduate in Kaduna State, Ali Dahiru, says he makes a minimum of N5,000 by hawking bread after he resigned as a contract staff with a bank. He said…
FG seeks vacation order over arrest of Sunday Igboho
THE Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Wednesday, filed an application before an Oyo State High Court praying to vacate the order stopping the arrest and…
