Recall: Why I refused to accept INEC’s service – Dino Melaye

A senator, Dino Melaye, on Monday gave reasons why he has refused to accept the service of petition from the electoral commission, INEC, for his recall.

Mr. Melaye stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Monday.Read More

NRC begins Apapa-Ebute Meta train service to decongest port

The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Monday announced the introduction of a 24-hour daily freight train shuttle between the Apapa Port and Ebute Meta, Lagos to decongest the seaport and ease traffic around the Apapa axis.Read More

FG to reintroduce tolls on federal highways

The Federal Government on Monday said it would reintroduce tolling on the nation’s highways to raise the much needed funds to maintain the roads.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, stated this while addressing members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, who visited him in his office in Abuja.Read More

Lagos Reads Riot Act To Residents Over Hoax Emergency Calls

Lagos State government has threatened to prosecute residents who make hoax telephone calls to its emergency lines.

The commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, Mr Oluseye Oladejo,  dangled the axe at the weekend in a press briefing on the state government emergency disaster preparedness summit themed, ‘Promoting and sustaining integrated response to emergencies within the golden hour’.Read more

Gov. Ambode donates 120 5KVA generaing sets to power police stations

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Monday, handed over 120 new 5KVA generating sets to the Lagos State Police Command to power all police formations across the State, with a pledge of continuous support to security agencies to ensure optimal performance.Read more 

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria Central Bank endangers economy as bank illegally funnels huge cash to fund ‘broke Federal Govt.’

A massive and clearly illegal multi-source funding of the federal government by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could drag the Nigerian economy to its knees, experts familiar with domestic monetary conditions and current happenings at the CBN have warned.Read More