States will collect VAT, ban open grazing – Southern governors insist
SOUTHERN Governors Forum on Thursday, said it is within their purview to collect the Value Added Tax, VAT. This was disclosed in Enugu. The governors were reacting to the row…
Onuesoke condemns high cost of cooking gas
FORMER Delta State Gubernatorial Aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has condemned the skyrocketed price of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) known as cooking gas saying it has gone beyond the reach of…
EFCC reacts as chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa collapses
THE Economic and Financial Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday, reacted to the slump of its chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, saying he is hale and hearty. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media…
Lagos appoints Prof. Ibiyemi Bello as LASU VC
PROFESSOR Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, wife of Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Tunji Bello, has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU). She becomes the ninth LASU VC…
Lagos pegs entry age for secondary school at 12, violators to pay N50.000
THE Lagos State Government has pegged entry age into both public and private secondary schools in the state at 12 years beginning from the next academic session. The state government…
Police reject N.5m bribe, arrest robbery suspect
AN ANTI- CRIME patrol team of the Area 'J' Command, Elemoro has arrested an armed robbery suspect and a suspected cultist with a locally-made double barrel gun and three…
Caleb University reacts to reports on student’s disappearance
THE Management of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, has reacted to reports on the disappearance of one of its students, John Oluwanifemi Olajide. Oluwanifemi, according to his father, a financial consultant,…
UNIBEN students force VC to reverse closure order
STUDENTS of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday, trooped to the institution in their thousands and prevailed on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami, to reverse the Senate's earlier order closing…
Oyetola signs Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law
OSUN State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has signed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law to prevent killings, environmental degradation caused by open rearing and grazing of livestock.. The Bill was passed…
Worshipper runs mad while attempting to steal in church
THE General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has narrated how a worshipper who tried to steal during a Shiloh programme…
