President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the immediate gazetting of his directive declaring June 12 as Democracy Day in honor of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief Moshood Abiola. The President had on Wednesday conferred national honours on Abiola and other heroes of democracy. According to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant ... Read More »

After spending several weeks poring over more than 1000 stories submitted for the Dusty Manuscript Contest, the judges of the competition have selected their top 20 entries. The selected entries are: Devil‘s Pawn byKukoghoIruesiri Samson Home to the hill by Eunice Ekelaka Sambisa by Mohammed, Fatima Aliko The Smell of rain by NneomaOtuegbe Omon by Henri Yeri The Orchid ProtocolOnochie ... Read More »

With 15 candidates in the second stage, Ogun State led the rest of the states in the country as the National Examination Council, NECO released the results of 2018 Cowbellpedia Qualifying Examination results. Rivers State followed with 10 candidates whileOsunState and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja hadfive candidates each. Further breakdown of the results shows that Ambassador College, Ota, Ogun ... Read More »

The draws for the 2018 Principals Cup football competition held at the Corporate Head Office of Guaranty Trust Bank on Thursday 31st May 2018. The season began on April 17, 2018 with zonal preliminaries which featured 594 Teams from 335 Schools in the male and female categories. The competition is open to Schools from the 6 educational districts in Lagos ... Read More »

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day has vindicated age-long agitations by some Nigerians for same.Obasa made the assertion in Lagos in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday.He praised President Muhammadu Buhari for the declaration on Wednesday. “This is because it was ... Read More »

  More suspects in the April 5 bloody robbery in Offa, Kwara State, have been linked with Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police claimed yesterday. Two of the three suspects mentioned by the ring leaders in connection with the crime in which 33 people, including nine policemen, were killed, have been arrested. Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood said five of the ... Read More »

Few weeks after receiving its protest letter, a delegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government,  is currently meeting with the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) faction. The APC delegation led by Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo is currently holding talks with the nPDP delegation led by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, in Akinnola Aguda House. ... Read More »

Says he was on a mission to kill policemen The dismissed Corporal turned leader of the armed robbery gang that attacked commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, Michael Adiku has told detectives why he wasted many lives including those of policemen that day. Adiku, who said he was on a killing spree, told operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IG) ... Read More »

•Lagos economy among strongest in Africa, says cleric Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday attributed the achievements of his administration in the last three years to God’s helping hand. He said the feats attained across the state were divinely inspired. Ambode, who spoke at a special thanksgiving service at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, the capital, on the third anniversary ... Read More »

A 31-year-old man, Christian Chima, who allegedly obtained N1.5 million from a woman on the pretence of solving her spiritual problem, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, who resides in Oluseesi St. in Balogun area of Iju, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, obtaining under false pretences and stealing. The Prosecutor, ... Read More »