Nigeria
10 Jan
About 30 farmers from Itokin Epe community in Lagos, yesterday, staged a protest at the House of Assembly against alleged invasion of their farmlands by some military officers.
10 Jan
President, lnstitute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Dr Innocent Okwuosa, has called for more empowerment schemes for youths in oil producing communities in the country to tackle youths’ restiveness and guaranteed better future for them.
10 Jan
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stepped up its war on counterfeit drugs and unwholesome food products.
10 Jan
Federal Government has destroyed elephant ivory products, weighing approximately 2,436.15 kilogrammes valued at $9.9 billion in its efforts to tackle illegal ivory trade.
10 Jan
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday said the soldier that engaged Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a war of words over his colleague arrested for plying one-way has been arrested.
10 Jan
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, ordered a 60 per cent reduction in his travel expenses and number of officials on his entourage to any state and trips abroad.
10 Jan
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has empowered about 11,885 start-up businesses in the last four years with an assurance of more attention to the micro-enterprises in driving economic development of the state.
10 Jan
Abia State Police Commissioner has arraigned Eze Arochukwu, Kanu Idei, at an Umuahia Magistrate Court, but was granted bail on self-recognition by the same court, yesterday.
10 Jan
Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Oliver Agundu, has told the Commissioner of Police (CP), Okoro Alawari, that next month’s by-election in the state has heightened security concerns.
10 Jan
Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has renewed his call for the transition of the programme into a Social Intervention Programme (SIP).
10 Jan
Delta State Government, yesterday, presented Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) for 3,747 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy, for its forward operation base in Escravos, Warri Southwest Local Council of the state.
10 Jan
The Federal Government is set to establish a world-class fashion hub in Makurdi, Benue State, in the next 90 days.