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30 May 2024
Head of Enforcement, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Olusoji Olaopa, has led attacks on another journalist, marking the second incident in seven months. On November 16, 2023, Olaopa ordered a Vanguard journalist to be beaten by a police officer and dragged from the scene of a storey building collapse at 34 Oloto Street, Borno…
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Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr. Samuel Udeh, handed over a large sum of money left behind by a passenger in one of their parks within Owerri Municipality to the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma. Udeh, accompanied by other management team members of the union, handed over…
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President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and the people of Enugu State following a tragic fuel tanker explosion on Saturday that claimed at least 18 lives and left several others injured. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. A fuel tanker carrying fuel lost control…
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Determined to continue its advocacy aimed at improving the quality of infrastructure in public universities across the country for enhanced teaching and learning, a non-governmental organization (NGO), Education Advancement Initiative (EAI), has called for the immediate release of N600 billion this year as revitalisation fund for the public universities in Nigeria. To this end, the…
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Stakeholders in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, at the weekend disclosed that the recent violent cult clashes in the ancient town were being aided by politicians patronising gangsterism for political gains. The stakeholders, who converged on the community during a security summit organised by the Owo Youths Forum, stressed…
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Delta State government has urged public servants, contractors, and other relevant bodies that carry out procurement activities to operate within the confines of the law, or face the consequences. Addressing journalists shortly after holding a crucial inaugural meeting on Thursday in Asaba, the State capital, Chairman of the Delta State Public Procurement Council, Mr. David…
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Five members of the Compliance Monitoring and Sensitization Implementation Progress Team have reportedly been held hostage for over two hours by top management staff of Sterling Exploration and Energy Petroleum Company (SEEPCO) in their Kwale office, Ndokwa West council of Delta State. The Guardian learnt that the monitoring team, responsible for the implementation of the…
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has dislodged 10 illegally-parked tankers around the Dangote Refinery and across the Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Special Adviser to the State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director…
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A World Bank-financed project, Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) and Yobe Government have disbursed $2.525m as revolving fund to 101 communities in the state to boost agricultural development. Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State made this known at the presentation of cheques to the beneficiaries on Saturday in Damaturu. Buni said that the…
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The price of tomatoes has crashed in Lagos and some other parts of the country to what farmers attributed to the glut being experienced at the moment due to the harvest season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a tomato glut is a situation where there is an excess of tomatoes, often leading…
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Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko -- a 70-year-old former collective farm boss -- has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Speaking after casting his vote in the capital Minsk, the self-avowed "dictator" dismissed critics of…