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  The Lagos State Government (LASG) says it will come up with a programme aimed at empowering widows of the members of the Armed Force who laid  down their lives to defend and protect  their fatherland . Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu,  said this on Wednesday  during the parade...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the ongoing registration exercise for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 243 centres across the country. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday told the Federal Government that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code named Amotetun, set up by the six Southwest States to combat crimes in the region, has come to stay. NANS said that the “tactical moves by the FG to shut...

  says mother collapsed after receiving news A 30 – year-old man: Mr Olayinka Bernard Adeleye, whose photograph was published as that of the Nigerian – Dauda Onoruoiza who died alongside other 176 passengers in the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 800 crash in Tehran last week said he is...

  Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has responded to the comments attributed to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring ‘Operation Amotekun’ as an illegal outfit. Amotekun, launched  last week Thursday in Ibadan, is a security outfit set up by the six South-West governments to tackle kidnapping...

  The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Wednesday insisted that the South West zone has a right to protect itself against internal and external attacks. Iba Adams issued the declaration in reaction to the statement credited to Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and...

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the decision by the Federal Government of Nigerian (FGN) to declare Amotekun, the security outfit set up by South-West governors, an illegal organisation. On Tuesday, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had said that the...

  An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Sunday Stephen, in Kirikiri Correctional Service for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr P.E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Stephen ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has described the hike in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.5 per cent as an anti-people policy put in place to deliberately stifle businesses in Nigeria. A statement signed by the union’s President, Quadri Olaleye, and the Secretary...

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which declared Senator Hope Uzodinma winner of Imo election. The apex court had on Tuesday removed Gov Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared the All Progressive Congress, APC’s Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of...