A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday watched the video recording of the lifeless body of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, allegedly murdered on 15th June, last year. An undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, and one Adedapo Quadri are standing trial for Ataga’s murder. They were arraigned alongside Ojukwu’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu, who is …

The federal approval recently granted the Lagos State Government to embark on the development of a passenger and cargo airport on the Lekki-Epe axis of the State has been officially presented. On Tuesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the Federal Government’s instrument authorising the state to commence the airport project. Minister for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika presented the document to the …

The list of National Honours Award is resplendent with names of personalities who have paid their dues through impacts on the Nigerian nation and her citizens Senator Tolu Odebiyi who bags Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) couldn’t have missed the list judging by his contributions on the floor of the Senate where he chairs the Federal Capital …

Former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has expressed his condolences to his successor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo over a boat mishap involving 85 persons in the Ogbaru Local Government Area. Thirty passengers in the 85-seater boat have yet to be accounted for when search and rescue were called off as a result of nightfall on Saturday. In a statement …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered 15 parcels of cannabis and 600 grams of tramadol concealed in a sack of crayfish for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, the attempt was thwarted by NDLEA operatives who seized the consignment, and …

Civil society groups in Nigeria and some other citizens have urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the ninth National Assembly to enact a whistleblowing law before leaving office next 29th May; that is 232 days away, including weekends  public holiday and non-legislaive days. In December 2016, the Buhari administration released a whistleblowing policy in line with its sworn fight against corruption. But …

Lagos State Government has sought increased collaboration with the World Bank for the development of its mass housing schemes . During a working visit by a World Bank team to his office, the Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, sought partnership with the bank to ensure that the state government’s vision of housing for all is achieved. The World Bank …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost one of its former national chairmen. Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, who replaced Col. Ahmadu Ali (rtd.) in March 2008, died on Thursday in Canada aged 73. Ogbulafor’s ailment was not made public, but he was said to have been receiving treatment for some time. Born in Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia …

With about four months to the 2023 general elections, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on religious leaders to sensitise their followers against electoral violence and other acts inimical to democracy. At the fifth Greater Nigeria Project conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) held on Friday at the Vineyard Christian Ministries, Ajao Estate, Sanwo-Olu implored the …

A breakdown of the N20.51 trillion Appropriation Bill which President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the National Assembly on Friday shows that the Presidency will spend over N133.7 billion next year, while the National Assembly has an allocation of about N169 billion; and the Judiciary about N150 billion. From the proposed N20.51 trillion – the highest national budget ever – the …