The Lagos state police command has announced that the State’s Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni is personally leading the rescue and investigation team following the abduction of 6 students from Model College, Igbonla, Lagos state. According to the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, the suspected Kidnappers early hours of yesterday at about 5.00 am gained entrance …

An Electrician, Joseph Abo on Friday told a Nyanya Customary Court in Abuja that his wife made away with all his properties, including a pair of bathroom slippers. Abo made the claim while responding to a divorce petition filed by his wife, Victoria. “One morning, I had some work to do outside the house. As I left home I thought …

The Kano State Government has earmarked N300 million for the annual Ramadan free feeding programme scheduled to begin on Saturday, May 27. Malam Ibrahim Kankarofi, Chairman of the programme made the disclosure at a meeting with coordinators of the feeding centres at Government House, Kano on Friday. He said the state government had made adequate preparations to ensure the success …

As part of its drive to help deepen the debt capital market, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange has availed its platform for the registration, listing and quotation, and trading of debt securities. Specifically, the OTC Exchange has welcomed another corporate commercial paper (CP) programme registration, the Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited ₦80 billion Commercial Paper Programme (the Rand Merchant Bank CP …

The Federal Government has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. The minister, who did not mention the embassies or missions, said the process for closure was underway and was also subject to the approval of the president. “We do not want to …

The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29 as Public Holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day. Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, congratulated Nigerians for witnessing yet another Democracy Day, which marks the Second Year Anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government. A statement signed by the Director Overseeing the Office …

The Chairman of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc, Larry Ettah has stated that the company is repositioning the business to enable it deliver better returns to stakeholders and improve performance. Ettah, stated this while addressing shareholders at the company’s yearly general meeting held in Lagos. He noted that the Nigerian real estate sector is one of the significant drivers …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has urged Muslim community in the country to be in the look out for the new moon for the month of Ramadan on May 26. Prof. Sambo Wali, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, made the call in a statement in Sokoto on Thursday. He stated that “this …

Photo Caption: From Left: Former Peoples Democratic Party Chairman Lagos State, Chief Olabode George; Guest Lecturer, Ambassador Dapo Fafowora; Provost, Nigerian Institute of Journalist/Chairman of the occasion, Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye and past President, Nigeria Institute of Survey, Mr. Jaiye Ojekere, during the Herbert Macaulay Gold Lecture, with title: ‘Herbert Macaulay and his relevance to the excellence of Lagos‎’, held in …

The Sokoto State Government said it had deleted 13, 415 ghost names from the payrolls of the 23 local councils of the state. The Commissioner for Local Governments and Community Development, Alhaji Mannir Dan-Iya, made the disclosure in Sokoto on Thursday. The commissioner, who briefed newsmen on the activities of the ministry in the last two years, said the ghost …