Babajide Osokoya, a former staff of P.M.News has died in Lagos. His death was announced by his friends on his Facebook page today. They didn’t disclose the cause of death. But he was known to have been battling diabetes. “We…
Mr Femi Yusuf, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, has called for an increase in intelligence gathering to curb high rate of crime in the country. Yusuf made the call on Wednesday in Ilorin, in an interview…
National Identification Number holders are now required to pay N15,000 to correct their dates of birth on the database of the National Identity Management Commission. This was announced by NIMC Regional Coordinator, Mrs Funmi Opesanwo, on Wednesday at the commission’s…
A law firm Ntephe, Smith and Wills (NSW), on Monday called for channeling of gas flare and oil pollution fines to ameliorate adverse effects of oil and gas production on host communities. It advocated a reform that would prioritise giving…
The General Manager, Plateau State Environmental and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), Mr Gabriel Bako, has blamed protest by staff of 17 LGAs for waste accumulation in Jos metropolis. He said the protesters hindered waste disposal trucks from leaving the state government…
By Matthew Denis Kwara State Government has won $16.9m worth of achievements in the 2019/2020 World Bank-supported State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme for results —the highest ever achieved by the state since the initiative began in 2018.…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who updated him on the progress so far in the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande in a statement said…
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned Chinese companies operating in Nigeria to strictly obey the labour laws of the country as well as local customs. Wang who is in Nigeria on a working visit gave the…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in Abia says it has sponsored a bill in the state House of Assembly to enable it to prosecute fakers of products in Mobile Courts. The state Chairman of the commission, Mr…
Six persons were confirmed dead while nine others had various degrees of injuries on Tuesday in a ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Toyota bus around Car Park C on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector…
