Lai Mohammed reads out riot act to heads of NTA, NOA, FRCN, others

Newly appointed Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed today met with various heads of parastatals in the Ministry of Information. At the meeting, Lai Mohammed blasted them over what he said was their lack of efficiency in their discharge of duties. He said politicizing of issues by the government agencies in the ministry has led to their unprofessional practice in recent times.

READ What Ambode said about Fashola's ministerial appointment

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, says his predecessor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who is now the Minister of Works, Housing and Power, is the key to the rehabilitation of dilapidated infrastructure in the state.

READ Reasons why Jonathan's kinsmen are defecting to back Sylvia's ambition

Governorship candidates of the All Progressive Grand Alliance and nine other political parties in Bayelsa State have thrown their weight behind the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Timipre Sylva.

READ Reasons why Governors can no longer pay N18,000 minimum wage

State governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have said that they can no longer pay the N18,000 minimum wage.

I killed my boss for Xmas money – Guard

A security guard, who was recently arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his boss to death and stealing his belongings, said he committed the dastardly act because he wanted to celebrate Christmas lavishly.

Family abandons mental patient in church after deliverance

A cleric, Iyoha Enahoro, has cried out after family members of a mental patient, John Kakaviya, allegedly abandoned him after a deliverance prayer.

Reasons why judge bars journalists from Davido’s dad’s divorce case

A judge in Osun State, Justice A. O. Oguntade, at the state High Court, Ede, on Thursday barred journalists from covering the divorce proceedings involving millionaire businessman, Deji Adeleke, and his estranged wife, Teju.

Nine soldiers pay fines for taking BRT lane

Nine soldiers who plied the lane designated for the Bus Rapid Transit in Lagos State on Tuesday have paid fines to the state government, PUNCH Metro has learnt.

Highway sweeper knocked to death in Lagos

A highway sweeper working with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority on Wednesday died when a vehicle knocked her off the Third Mainland Bridge to the ground.

Don’t introduce tollgates, Fasehun tells Fashola

The Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has advised the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to avoid controversial projects that would not be beneficial to poor Nigerians.

Boko Haram ranked ahead of ISIS for deadliest terror group

As much of the world remains focused on the Islamic State and its horrific attacks in Paris, another radical band of extremists has, by one account, captured the infamous title of the world’s deadliest terrorist group: Boko Haram.

Boko Haram, the militant group that has tortured Nigeria and its neighbors for years, was responsible for 6,664 deaths last year, more than any other terrorist group in the world, including the Islamic State, which killed 6,073 people in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday tracking terrorist attacks globally.

'I’m not a thief, I have a lot to tell Nigerians' - Dasuki says, denies awarding fictitious contracts

Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki has denied allegations that he awarded fictitious arms procurement contract to the tune of N300 billion while he was in office. In a statement he released this evening, Dasuki said he was not NSA as at when the fictitious contracts were said to have been awarded. His statement in part below

Ugwuanyi lauds Fr. Mbaka over 4,500 job creation

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has commended the Chairman and Spiritual Director of an indigenous company, Aqua Rapha Investment Nigeria Limited, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka for using his company to provide 4,500 jobs for the people of the state.