Over 1,000 commercial motorcycle operators (popularly known as okada riders) were arrested in Lagos on Thursday for violating the crash helmet directive, which enforcement commenced nationwide on January 1. Already, the cost of the protective helmets had increased by 100 … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday it deployed operatives to enforce the closure order on The Honda Place (THP) offices in Lagos and Abuja. Operatives took over the offices owned by the Vaswani brothers for failure to … read more
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, told Nigerians to brace up for major adjustments in their life styles in the New Year, saying the world economic recession was such that it would affect every facet of life. Speaking while receiving Governor … read more
The American dollar exchanged for N150 at the black market in Lagos yesterday following the closure of the foreign exchange market to the banks and Bureaux de Change (BDC) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the Christmas and … read more
Four Nigerian civil society organizations have petitioned the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mr. Leandro Despouy, over the recent dismissal from the police of the country’s former anti-graft czar, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. Ribadu was dismissed … read more
Residents of Port Harcourt have hailed the state government’s proposed ban of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada. The Rivers Government had recently proposed a ban on commercial motorcycle operators in Port Harcourt and its environs starting from Dec. … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) reported Monday that one of its dormant wells (BOMU-44) in K-Dere, at Ogoni land, in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region, was gutted by fire when unknown persons tried to syphon crude oil from the … read more
The federal government is to deploy military personnel to the streets of major towns in Oyo State from next month in an effort to stem the rising cases of armed robbery in the state, the state government has said. The … read more
The Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has lamented the shutting down of the nation’s official website – www.nigeria.gov.ng – as a result of the inability of government officials to maintain the national flagship. Akunyili, who spoke at … read more
The long-anticipated sack of embattled former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Comm-ission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, from the Nigeria Police Force happened yesterday when the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mike Okiro, implemented the recommendation of dismissal by … read more