The Senate is proposing the return of tolls on federal roads and the setting aside of 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by mass transit passengers for inter-state trips to generate funds for the rehabilitation and maintenance of roads Read more
The first time I came across Hadiza Bala Usman’s name was on TV three years ago. When over 280 female students were kidnapped from their secondary school in (Chibok) Borno State in April 2014, she started the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign Read more
Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Thursday unveiled the ultra modern emergency operations complex at the Sokoto State Specialist Hospital, Sokoto. The complex, established by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at the cost of N161 million, will provide 24 hours emergency services to patients Read more
Acting President ‘Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will visit Cross River State today to commission several milestone projects undertaken by the state government. Prof. Osinbajo will be received at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport by the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Read more
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged Charles Okah and his co-accused from Count 187 of the charges preferred against them over the Independence Day bombing in 2010. The defendants are standing trial on Read more
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has given the Lagos state government the go ahead to reconstruct the road linking Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Oshodi in the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Tunji Bello, secretary to the state Read more
As part of an effort to alleviate the hardship faced by commuters in the state, the Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday flagged off a N257million Maigida Soludero Mass Transit Scheme. Speaking during the flag off ceremony in Read more
Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital. Trouble Read more
Over 10 persons were feared killed and several others injured when naval personnel and police men clashed in Calabar, Cross River State Akim Police Station opposite a military Barracks. A policeman, who escaped death by the whiskers, told Daily Sun Read more
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the board of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council. The 36-member Council, to be chaired by Mr. Osinbajo himself, comprises representatives of the public and private sectors as well as a seven-member Read more