There was pandemonium in Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday after a lorry crushed a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada rider, dragging his motorcycle for some distance before it could stop. The accident occurred at the Magazine Junction, close to Federal…
Buhari orders payment of soldiers, police, others on IPPS platform (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the armed forces, police and paramilitary’s officials to be enrolled in the Integrated Personnel and Payment System (IPPS). The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this at an interactive session with the Nuhu Danburam-led…
Lawyers storm out of Lagos Land Use Charge public hearing (SUN)
Lawyers at the ongoing public hearing on proposed amendment to the Land Use Charge in Lagos at the state’s House of Assembly, Ikeja, have stormed out of the complex demanding for the postponement of the process. Chairman of the Ikeja…
Super Falcons get 40,000 Euros for France friendly (SUN)
The Super Falcons have received 40,000 Euros from the France FA to cushion their expenses for an April 6 friendly in Le Mans, SCORENigeria has specially gathered. The Falcons will be expected to purchase their return flight tickets to this…
Amaechi ignores presidential directive on NPA, NIMASA dollar charges (SUN)
Despite a presidential directive to Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to suspend further collection of petroleum products imports charges in dollars, Daily Sun findings have revealed the two agencies have continued to disregard…
The PDP apology: 7 sins Secondus should confess (Vanguard)
Yesterday’s plea for forgiveness by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, profuse as it was, however, did not mark out the sins of the former ruling party in its 16 years in power. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP…
22 houses: My probe by presidential panel illegal, says Ekweremadu (Punch)
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the ex parte application filed by the Federal Government seeking the forfeiture of his 22 “undeclared” houses in Nigeria and abroad. In a motion he filed…
APC: Tinubu absent as Buhari, national caucus meet (SUN)
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was absent at an All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is a prelude to today’s National Executive Committee…
Dapchi: Northern Christians demand Leah Sharibu’s release (Punch)
The leadership of the Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians in Kaduna on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do all within his power to rescue Miss Leah Sharibu, the only Christian girl yet to be released by Boko Haram after…