Nigeria
23 Jan
The Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has urged the state government to collaborate
23 Jan
Mixed reactions have trailed last weekend’s demolition of buildings at the Centenary City, Obeagu, Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Local Council.
23 Jan
Media professionals have continued to express satisfaction with recent court ruling nullifying provisions of Broadcasting Code empowering National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcasters.
23 Jan
President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, yesterday, submitted that President Bola Tinubu administration
23 Jan
Civil Society Organisations (CSO), in Rivers State, have threatened to sue Governor Siminalayi Fubara if he relates with the Martins Amaewhule-led state House of Assembly.
23 Jan
Northern senators have rejected the planned relocation of some federal agencies from Abuja to Lagos just as they alleged lopsidedness in the distribution and allocation of resources in the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget against the North.
23 Jan
A Coalition of over 50 civil society organisations (CSOs) across the country and beyond has raised concern over the state of Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASC), while calling on the Federal Government to revive it.
23 Jan
Kano State Government has said preparation to digitalise activities of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) is at an advanced stage. It also disclosed moves to establish a data centre that will facilitate Internet penetration across major settlements in the state.
23 Jan
Resident Doctors at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital (Parklane) said they would embark on indefinite strike from January 31 over abysmal shortage of doctors, insecurity and poor sponsorship of residency programmes.
23 Jan
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has presented the report of last Tuesday's explosion in Ibadan to President Bola Tinubu. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju
23 Jan
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 30-year-old woman, Oluwabunmi Ajayi, who was seen dropping her five-month-old baby, Imole Anifowose, into a river in Sagamu.
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Officers from the Ikotun Police Division, Lagos State have rescued three children who had been locked in a room for days by their grandmother. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, stated that an investigation is ongoing on the matter. Hundeyin disclosed that the children have been kept safe while the grandmother…
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A Volvo truck (unregistered) carrying loads of food items overturned in the Ojota area of Lagos on Friday, leaving its occupants with serious injuries.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by seven senior advocates of Nigeria against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and others over the alleged unlawful appointment of judges in Kogi.
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At least 23 people have been killed in an attack by bandits on the Anguwar Danko community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, according to a community leader. The attack, which occurred Wednesday night, has yet to be confirmed by Kaduna State Police authorities. A leader in the community, Zubairu Abdulrahuf, told…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on a watchlist. Immigration took this step after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared Bello wanted. NIS placed Bello on the watchlist in a circular dated April 18 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, DS Umar, for…
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The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) says it is targeting over 2.8 million children for the second round of polio outbreak response immunisation in the state.
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The Nigerian Army, on Friday morning, released the monarch, Prince Clement Ikolo Ogenerukevwe, declared wanted a few weeks ago over the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama, Delta State. It specifically said although it has not exonerated anybody regarding the incident but decided to release the monarch after the intervention of a highly-placed personality…
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The Lagos State Government said its food security initiative is fully on track. Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotosho said with the Ounje Eko intervention programme (discount weekly market), the food security initiative of the state is solid. READ ALSO: Lagos requires N50b…
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The Federal Government has charged stakeholders in the automotive sector on the realisation of made-in-Nigeria vehicles for economic growth and development. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Anite, said this on Thursday in Abuja, during a Dialogue on Automotive Component Manufacturing in Nigeria. According to Anite, the country has the consumer base…
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The Lagos State Government said it will test run the Redline Rail from Agbado to Iddo next week. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotoso said that for two months, various interest groups and stakeholders will be invited to take a ride on…