Third Mainland Bridge A National Diploma certificate holder, identified as Lekan Odunare, has reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon in an attempt to commit suicide. It was learnt that the victim, whose body had yet to be recovered, jumped into the lagoon in the Epe area around 10am on Tuesday. In a video circulating on […]

Members of the North/South Alliance during a protest on insecurity in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatuji Obasa UN says 2.9 million people displaced in North, states petition signed by 28,000 A petition seeking a state of emergency in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and other states in the North-West had garnered 28,000 signatures on Change.Org on Wednesday evening […]

Says: ‘I sold my properties, took bank loan to build my Lekki house’, tasks EFCC to verify claim Akande a neophyte, a beneficiary of a struggle he never took part in’ APC ex-leader’s properties in Ila Orangun, Ibadan, Lagos and overseas built through corruption ‘Tinubu, the great philanthropist should also disclose the source of his […]

Northwest Governors’ Forum yesterday urged a collective front against bandits and other criminal elements in the zone. They made the call on a day youths, under the aegis of the “North/South Alliance and Take It Back Movement” staged a protest in Abuja against insecurity in the North. Northeast governors had on Tuesday met in Damaturu, […]

A philanthropist, Kenneth Imansuangbon, has urged well-meaning Nigerians to fight hunger. He noted that it was imperative for highly-placed persons to touch lives with their resources, to give the less endowed a sense of belonging. Imansuangbon, chairman of Pacesetters Group of Schools in Abuja, hails from Ewohimi in Esan Northeast Local Government of Edo State. […]

• Bill seeking women empowerment, gender equality hits wall Senate has approved $5,803,364,553.50 and a grant component of $10 million under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. The approval followed consideration of a report by the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Clifford Ordia, in his presentation, said $2,300,000,000 would […]

Catholic priest joins presidential race on APC platform The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has expressed disappointment at what it described as “the begging posture” of some Igbo leaders and politicians for support for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. Hitherto led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since June this year, the group […]