Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has finally decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Amaechi also accused APC of colluding with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hijack the 2027 elections. He stated this in an interview following the unveiling of the interim executive of the African …
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The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), formerly Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, has dismissed three lecturers for sexual harassment. The affected lecturers are Mr. Nurudeen Hassan from the Mass Communication Department, and Mr. Kareem Arigbabu and Mr. Olayinka Uthman, both from the Arts and Design Department. According to …
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Justice Taiwo Olatokun of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has dismissed a suit filed by Mr. Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, seeking to nullify the legal advice issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, which cleared music artistes Naira Marley, …
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Bitumen Development Commission, marking a significant legislative step towards harnessing the country’s vast bitumen resources. Its passage followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, which conducted a review of the …
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The organised labour in Ogun has called for the suspension of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) over N82 billion unremitted pension deductions in the state. Speaking on behalf on their behalf at a news conference in Abeokuta on Wednesday, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun Chairman, Ademola Hameed-Benco, announced the position. He …
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will meet with the chairmen of FCT area councils, leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The meeting, according to a statement issued by NANS on Wednesday, July …
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The Magistrates’ Court III, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, on Wednesday, remanded a 19-year-old man in a correctional centre for allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi. The Magistrate, Atiku Abubakar, refused to listen to the defendant’s plea. He ordered that the defendant be remanded in …
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A truck has crushed a police inspector, Afolabi Adeola, at a checkpoint on the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. Reports said that the incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025. The truck, said to have been loaded with 900 bags of cement, was reportedly approaching the checkpoint …
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Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Gregory Obi has received a 48-hour ultimatum to formally resign his membership of the Labour Party having formally joined the coalition party. Labour Party, while reiterating its disinterestedness in joining the coalition, said that the members of the coalition are power mongers …
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The presidential standard bearer of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has officially dumped the LP. He had thrown his significant weight behind the 2027 Opposition Coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu. The coalition has just adopted African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its new platform. Obi …
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