Sex-for-Grade: Senate intensify moves to curb harassment as Bill passes second reading
The Nigerian Senate has taken further steps towards curbing sexual harassment of students in the tertiary educational institutions across the country.
The Senate, on Wednesday, debated on a Bill for an Act to
prevent, prohibit...
APC loses again as Appeal court sacks senate spokesman
Dayo Adeyeye, a senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District has been sacked by the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna.
The presiding judge, Uzor Anyanwu, in a unanimous judgement on Wednesday, upheld the verdict of...
Oyo Govt. re-awards Moniya-Iseyin road contract, approves additional N2.9bn
The Oyo State Government has approved N9.9 billion for the reconstruction of Moniya-Iseyin road.
Raphael Afonja, the State Commissioner for Works and
Transport, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan shortly after the
state Executive Council...
Osinbajo: Nigeria moving economy away from dependence on oil
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the country is in the process of moving its economy away from dependence on oil.
Spokesman to the VP, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said that
the vice...
Buhari has resolved to curb medical tourism, says minister for health
The minister of state for health, Olororunnimbe Mamora, on Monday, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has resolved to curb medical tourism.
NAN reports that Mamora spoke in Abuja when a team from CPL
Medical Group Limited,...
Fire razes popular Balogun Market in Lagos
A section of the Lagos popular Balogun market caught fire early hours of Tuesday. In footage seen by newsheadline247, the fire outbreak is still razing some parts of the crowded market.
A video showed...
Oniru Throne: Royal rumble as battle for succession tears Abisogun family apart!
Less than 40 days after the death of a first-class monarch in Lagos State, the Oniru of Iruland. His Royal Majesty, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru, serious war has reportedly broken out in Abisogun Ruling...
Ojukwu’s widow blasts Gov Obiano for boycotting husband’s memorial lecture
Bianca Ojukwu, the wife of the late ex-Biafra warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, has chided Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra for boycotting the second memorial lecture of her husband.
She spoke during the annual lecture at the...
No sudden oil billionaires since Buhari became petroleum minister – Ribadu
The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, has said there was no emergence of sudden oil billionaires since President Muhammadu Buhari became minister of petroleum.
President Buhari is the...
Hon Nurudeen Akinpelu gets Ogun Judicial Service Commission appointment
Hon Nurudeen Aina Akinpelu, a two-term honorable member of the Ogun State House of Assembly (2011-2019) has been appointed into the state Judicial Service Commission.
Aina with other new members of the commission who were...