Nigeria
11 Jan
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’, has said it arrested 136 smugglers in the Southwest zone in 2023, in connection with 1,119 seizures worth N10.4 billion.
11 Jan
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, said that the state government would be very committed to issues of security, just as it would not spare anything to keep Lagos State safe for residents, visitors and businesses.
11 Jan
The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, decried increasing insecurity in the country, wondering if the kidnappers, arsonists and marauders who terrorise Nigeria are more powerful than the Nigerian Army and the nation as a whole.
11 Jan
Lagos State Government, yesterday, commended the efforts of IA-Foundation in reducing the number of out-of-school children in the state and Nigeria at large.
11 Jan
No fewer than 17,464 graduating students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) will bow out as the institution produces 379 First Class graduates at its 54th convocation.
11 Jan
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has told the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, to stop creating the impression that the Igbo people are beggars who line up around government houses to collect bags of rice and remnants of foodstuffs.
11 Jan
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he sought President Bola Tinubu's support towards completion of the moribund Ibom Deep Sea Port and oil palm projects in the state.
11 Jan
The South East leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock over the suspension of the paramount ruler of Neni Community, His Royal Highness Damian Ezeani, by Anambra State government for conferring a chieftaincy title...
11 Jan
The factional President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, said it was time for Ogoni people to move away from poverty and begin to taste developments, saying that continuous agitations for over 30 years has not improved the lives of the people.
11 Jan
The federal government has taken over three commercial banks – Union, Polaris and Keystone – following the dissolution of their management and boards by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday.
11 Jan
Foropa, a fishing community along the Atlantic coastline in Southern Ijaw Local Council of Bayelsa, has raised an alarm concerning a ‘mystery’ oil spill that has left the coastline polluted.
11 Jan
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Organised Private Sector (OPS) have urged the government to extend urgent cost-cutting measures to all levels of government for it to have a significant impact across board.
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says his administration has provided a matching fund of N100 million to scale up food and nutrition interventions in the state.
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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…