The Lagos State Government has said that it had invested over N2 billion towards the rehabilitation of dumpsites across the state for effective waste management. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who made this known during the unveiling of 102 new compactor trucks and 100 double dino bins at...
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The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, has blamed the crisis in the party on the handiwork of “some political merchants”. Chief Nwobu who disclosed this at a news briefing at the party Secretariat in Awka on Thursday, said the plot was designed...
The pop star is worth $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion), with an estimated $1.4 billion coming from the value of her Fenty Beauty cosmetics company. Rihanna is now officially a billionaire and the wealthiest female musician in the world, according to Forbes. The pop star is worth $1.7 billion (£1.2...
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam has condemned the recent killing and wanton destruction of farmlands in some communities in Riyom and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau. In a statement, The Executive Secretary decried the incessant destruction of crops on farmlands , which...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Police authority in Jigawa State have apprehended a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing his brother’s wife in Miga Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the arrest in a statement, the police spokesman in the state,, ASP Lawan Shiisu, said the suspect was arrested...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops of 8 Division and Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) to intensify operations against bandits marauding in parts of North West, Nigeria. COAS Yahaya gave the charge while addressing troops during his operational tour...
The family of late Nollywood Actress, Rachel Oniga has fixed Aug. 26th and 27th, 2021 for her burial, the diseased son, Mr Tunji Oniga has said. Oniga made this known in a telephone interview with the NAN on Wednesday in Lagos, said that the wake keep would hold Aug....
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday. He said the pangolin scales (196 sacks) weighed 17,137.44 kilograms; elephant tusks, 870.44 kilograms and pangolin...
A member of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Sen. Joy Emordi, on Wednesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media of APC, announced this in a statement issued in Abuja. The statement said the Chairman, APC Caretaker and...
Tinubu was recently rumoured to have passed away during his medical trip abroad. Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, has reacted to the rumour making the rounds on social media about the death of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu was recently rumoured to...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Athahiru Jega has blammed the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari for lacking the political will to the various problems bedeviling Nigeria Professor Jega stated this on Wednesday during his inaugural...
By YUSUF IDEGU, Jos – A sociocultural organisation known as Plateau Our Heritage (POH) has described as irresponsible on the side of the state government, the continouse killings of citizens of the state without any form of defence from government. The group, while reacting to the attacks by unknown...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – More Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and elements of ISWAP and their families, who have hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest have yielded to troops’ heavy artillery and air bombardments and surrendered to troops at Forward Operational Base (FOB) Banki Junction/BOCOBS in Bama,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained no fewer than 50 persons for the 2021 Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (Post-SADTS) in Sokoto. This training, according to NDE is to help beneficiaries identify value addition in the agricultural sector. Post-SADTS is one...
As a background to this piece, it is important to underline before diving into the nitty gritty of this particular intervention that the above title is not mine. It was first used by an English historian Richard Evans, as a title of his 307 paged book published in the...
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) into a courier service, microfinance bank among others. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Tuesday during the unveiling of NIPOST’s N50 revenue stamp for denoting transactions in the country. He...
The Plateau Government on Wednesday launched immunisation of infants with the new Inactivated Polio Vaccine second dose (IPV2) against poliomyelitis and infant mortality. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was unveiled by Dr Gabriel Adah, a Director from the Federal Primary Health Care Development Agency...
The Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) and Nigerian Army Soldiers Wives Association (NASWA), have organised a three-day empowerment training for 150 women members of the associations in Kaduna. The NAOWA Chairperson, 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Hajiya Maimunatu Ali-Keffi declared the training opened on Wednesday at 2 Battalion,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the 12 aides of Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Delivering the ruling on the application filed by the 12 applicants before the court, the presiding Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, said it is clear that no charge...