National
22 Dec
The Edo House of Assembly on Friday passed the state 2024 budget of N342.8 billion.
22 Dec
The Abia State government said it has discovered that some doctors who left the state for greener pastures abroad are still collecting salaries. Governor Alex Otti made the announcement on Thursday at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia during the State Council on Health. Otti revealed that the ongoing digitalization of the state's civil service…
22 Dec
The police command in Ebonyi on Friday said it recorded no fewer than 300 cases and arrested more
22 Dec
The BAT Vanguard yesterday threw its weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for wading into the face-off between Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor, Mr Nyesom Wike. Led by Mr Olusola Olofin, the group explained in a statement that President Tinubu's insistence on peace and tranquilly in Rivers State was in the…
22 Dec
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 50 percent reduction in the prices of interstate transportation fares. Obi reacting to the development on Friday said on X that the move from the Tinubu-led Federal Government to help the masses is…
22 Dec
In a bid to ensure the well-being of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has called on the authorities to tackle the ravaging effects of gully erosion in Yenagoa, Obogoro, Famgbe, Ikolo and other communities within and around the Ikoli River in Bayelsa State. These decisions followed adopting a motion sponsored by Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe…
22 Dec
A one-storey building with a penthouse collapsed in the early hours of Friday morning, trapping two adult women and a baby inside. Rescue efforts are ongoing, but the cause of the collapse remains unknown. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the incident in a statement, stating they received a distress call at 9:00…
22 Dec
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Friday flagged off the renovation of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, as part of government’s commitment to revamping the education sector in the area. The project is part of the NG-CARES programme of the World Bank to towards rehabilitating existing facilities through public works. According to…
22 Dec
Youths from the South Eastern part of the country, under the auspices of the Ohanaeze Youths Movement (OYM), on Friday came down hard on the Special Investigator on the Central Bank of Nigeria and Related Entities, Jim Obazee, for his report which was leaked to some media houses in Abuja on Thursday. In the report,…
22 Dec
One of Nigeria’s leading airlines, Air Peace, said it was set to resume direct flight connectivity to Guangzhou-China on Dec. 28.
22 Dec
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu state. Justice Mohammed Garba, who delivered the lead judgement described as mere allegation the statement that Mbah did not posses the National Youth Service Corp certificate..
22 Dec
The Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) had commended the Federal Government’s initiative in subsidising 50 per cent of transportation fares for commuters during the yuletide along 22 major routes across the country.
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Police in Lagos State have arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, for alleged unlawful possession of two locally-made pistols in the Maroko area of the state.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. The adjournment, set for April 23, 2024, was prompted by the pursuit of substituted service and the possible arraignment of Bello for…
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NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over alleged harassment and attack on northerners conducting their legitimate businesses in southern Nigeria by criminal elements in the past three months. NEF clarifies that it had never engaged in any discussion regarding the politics of 2027 or decided on whom to support or not to…
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KANO Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has concluded plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement of power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano State. The Head, Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, stated, yesterday, that the network expansion and power generation were some of the company's major plans to improve power supply…
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FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South in the 8th National Assembly, has passed on at 58 years of age. Ibrahim, who died about 4.30am, yesterday, at an Abuja hospital, has been buried according to Islamic rites in a Muslim cemetery, Osere, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased was, reportedly,…
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Two of Africa's leading professional coaching bodies, the Life Coaches Association of Nigeria (LCAN) and the African Board of Consultants, Coaches and Coaching Psychologists (ABCCCP) have announced a landmark partnership to propel the coaching profession across the continent. This strategic alliance is poised to redefine standards, ethics, and professional development for coaches throughout Africa, setting…
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In recognition of the recent gains made in the fight against oil theft in the country, the National Probity and Value for Nation building Organisation (NPVNBO) has lauded Tantita Pipeline Surveillance and Security Company for its role in complementing the military’s effort to secure the country’s critical assets. The group spoke against the backdrop of…
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A caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lent its support to Umar Damagum to continue as the acting national chairman. The PDP has been embroiled in a leadership tussle, with members urging the resignation of the Damagum-led National Executive Committee (NEC). Damagun will, however, maintain his position as the party's acting national chairman…
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The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty .