A Structural Engineer, Mr Muritala Olawale, has narrated how Fourscore Heights altered a four storey building plan to 21-storey building which collapsed on Nov. 1 at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Olawale, Managing Director of Prowess Engineering, made the revelation while responding to questions from Mr Akin George, counsel for Lagos State Government. According to Olawale’s […]

Afenifere was established in Ige’s Ibadan home in 1993 Some Afenifere leaders tried to obliterate every memory that Afenifere began from Ige’s home Awolowo wanted Yoruba cultural group to be distinct from political parties MY Participations, the autobiography of former Governor of Osun State, and Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was “imposed” on the Federal Government. It said it would meet on Thursday to review many pronouncements made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Federal […]

Lagos State government has closed its case against star actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, who is facing trial at an Ikeja Special Offences Court over allegations of defilement. Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Lagos State Director of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), made this known on Wednesday after the cross-examination of the sixth prosecution […]

Bandits have killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau. He represents the Giwa West Constituency. The Speaker, Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, said Gadagau’s body was discovered at a morgue in Kaduna on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Speaker’s Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani, the lawmaker […]

New salary takes effect January 2022 THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved a 20 per cent upward review of salary for the police force with effect from January 2022. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual council meeting presided over […]

• AfDB approves $210m fresh loan for Nigeria’s agro-industrial processing projects • DMO: FG must adopt significant revenue drive to reduce rising debt, fresh borrowings • Senators are specialists in loans approval without scrutiny, says Sani Nigeria’s total public debt as of September, third quarter of 2021, is N38.005 trillion, the Debt Management Office (DMO), […]