President Muhammadu Buhari has reshuffled his cabinet, less than a year into the end of his tenure. This situation is necessitated by the exit of some Ministers recently to contest in the various primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress leading to next year’s general elections. Eleven ministerial positions are affected in the exercise. Below is the list of the …

Hours after being received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House on Tuesday, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. He died at about 11 pm on Tuesday. He was aged 63. His transition was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by the Group Managing Director of NNPC …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s has been attacked by gunmen in his Dutsinma, near his native home Daura, Katsina State. In a statement late on Tuesday, a presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu said the President was not in the convoy. It was the advance team of the President. Shehu said no one died as operatives of the military, the Department of State Services …

Uphold journalism ethics, media professionals urged Journalists and other media professionals have been admonished not to compromise their safety and security but rather continuously invest in skills development, tool acquisition and usage that enhance data and digital security. This was one of outcome of a two-day media capacity building workshop on organised by International Press Centre (IPC) for Journalists, an …

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has shut the Redeemer’s Nursery and Primary School, Ogba on Monday. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo said the school was yet to complete its registration. A five-year-old pupil of the school, Chidera Eze reportedly drowned during a swimming lesson in the school. According to The PUNCH, Chidera drowned during a swimming lesson organised …

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is optimising its payment procedures for utmost efficiency and taxpayers convenience.  In a statement on Sunday, LIRS Executive Chairman, Mr Ayodele Subair said that the Agency is discontinuing all previously used bill references effective from 1 August 2022 as part of its digitisation process.  As a result, only the Enterprise Tax Solutions (eTax) …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the All Progressives Congress as “a haven for treasury looters” following the alleged connection of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.), with the N1.8 billion recovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a property in Abuja. The party called on President Muhammadu …

…As contractor commences pile laying As part of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation in Lagos State, pilling works have commenced for the Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge. The Opebi- Ojota Link Bridge, which is one of the legacy projects of the Sanwo-Olu administration, is aimed at easing the burden of commuters and decongesting traffic in the Ikeja …

A Federal High Court in Abuja which ordered the release of the biodata of the man at the centre of the human harvesting charges against former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice might have violated the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). Last Friday, Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigeria …

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), a premier non-governmental organisation dedicated to nature conservation and sustainable development the country, is set to host the 20th edition of its annual memorial lecture in honor of Chief Shafi Lawal Edu. The annual event, which holds on Wednesday 6th July at Muson Centre in Lagos, is organised by the NCF to honour the life …