A 37-year-old woman, Mrs. Josephine, has been arrested for allegedly dousing her neighbour, Mrs. Blessing Christopher, 33, with hot water for allegedly greeting her husband. Blessing, a worker with Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), incurred the wrath of Josephine on the night of Tuesday March 26, 2019, at Agbotikuyo, …

BY KAYODE OGUNDELE Tanko Yakasai, elder statesman and political adviser in the second Republic, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) might field Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo or Bola Tinubu, a national leader of APC, in 2023. Speaking with The Interview, Yakasai said the region played a key role in the …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED  The newly elected member of the Ogun state House of Assembly, Hon. (Chief) Mrs. Lateefat Bolanle Ajayi has assured her people of Yewa South local government of fulfilling her electoral promises. Fondly called Olufela, she said this on Thursday March 28, 2019, shortly after she received her …

The former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), reently, resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and also quit partisan and active politics. In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, Otunba Daniel stated that his decision to quit …

The Lagos State Government has warned house owners and developers whose structures have been marked for demolition to remove them forthwith failing which they risk the forfeiture of the properties. While commiserating with the families of the deceased following the collapse of the building at Ita-faji recently, Commissioner for Physical …

BY JOEL MAKINDE The outcome of Ogun State governorship election symbolises different things in the polity. Naturally, the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate in the poll, Prince Dapo Abiodun, considers it an electoral triumph, but it means the opposite to many. The popular opinion about it is …

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, Friday March 22, 2019 announced 3,050 African entrepreneurs, drawn from all 54 African countries, selected to join the 5th cycle of its $100million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The announcement was made at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, following …

BY RASAQ BAMIDELE AND ADESINA IDRIS Despite the fact  that President Buhari has just won a re-election for a second four year term in Nigeria, the clamour for who rules Africa’s most populous nation,  has begun in Ernest It may look inconceivable or a mindless agitation, but the truth is …

A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (£760,000) for the world’s best teacher. Brother Peter has been praised for his achievements in a deprived school with crowded classes and few text books and as an …

A banker has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court 7, Apo, Abuja, how a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Sunday Ehindero, allegedly received interest fraudulently on Nigeria Police funds lodged in a fixed deposit account with the bank. According to a release signed and made available to …