By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – After a painstaking independence assessment of developments in the nation’s miming industry, 30 civil society organisations have applauded the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake and the Director General of Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, Engr. Obadiah Simon Nkom, on...
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The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria ( JUSUN ), Osun Chapter, on Wednesday, declared an indefinite strike following tear gas fired at protesting workers by the police . JUSUN chairman, Mr Oluwagbemiga Eludire, who announced the strike, said it was necessary in order to put a stop...
The mutilated body of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka, was on Monday found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate, Abeokuta. Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished a popular ‘panteka’ (scavengers) market at Apo-Dutse, Abuja, and cleared surrounding shanties in the area. Speaking to journalists after the exercise in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, the Director, Development Control, FCTA, said the demolition was the second in...
Justice Edward Asante, the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, said that in spite of the region’s current challenges, democracy remains the best form of government. Asante made this known during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Legislature of the 2nd Ordinary Session of...
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi), has called for electoral reforms to make elections more credible in the country. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Chairperson, Senate Committee on Local Content said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. The lawmaker while recalling her battle and subsequent victory...
President Bola Tinubu has called for regional integration amongst the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at the 2nd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament 2023 in Abuja. Tinubu, who was represented by Deputy Senate President Jibirn Barau at the Legislature of 2023 Second Ordinary Session of the...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru-Bago has expressed shock over the road traffic of an articulated vehicle in which 25 people died. Bago, however, cautioned drivers to desist from conveying passengers in such vehicles and other haulage vehicles. In a statement by Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, the governor described...
The planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire will last a maximum of 10 days, when up to 300 Palestinian prisoners are to be exchanged for up to 100 live hostages from Israel, a report in the Times of Israel on Wednesday said, citing the Israeli Cabinet. After that, the fighting in...
The Gombe State government has signed a N12 billion contract with Triacta Nigeria Limited for a 21-kilometre gully erosion control works in six communities within Gombe metropolis. The contract signing ceremony, which took place in Gombe on Wednesday between the state government and Triacta, was witnessed by Gov....
The Brigade Commander, 3 Mechanized Brigade, Bukavu, Brig.- Gen. Jamiu Are, says the Nigerian Army has recorded zero-cases of banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities within Kano city and its environ. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Are was speaking while receiving the members of...
Ondo state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will soon resolve the face-off between the legislature and a section of the executive arm of government in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there has been a face-off between some members of...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has flagged off Market-Moni, the expanded Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), with initial phase of 1.5 million recipients getting N50,00 each across the country. At the launching held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja on Wednesday, the first lady advised...
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), says it has sacked and demoted a number of staff found to have been involved in tickets racketeering. The NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, said this at the interactive session of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the 2024–2026 Medium-Term...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the closure of Government Senior Science Secondary School, Monguno IDPs camp, to pave way for the rehabilitation of the school and allow the resumption of academic activities. Zulum made the announcement on Tuesday during...
MONROVIA, Liberia, Wednesday, November 22, 2023: On the heels of an emergency meeting of President George Manneh Weah’s cabinet today, there seems to be continuing bitterness within the ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), days after its defeat to main challengers, Joseph N. Baoakai. The special meeting, according to...
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the conflict had gone beyond war to become “terrorism”. Speaking in unscripted remarks at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square shortly after the early...
One person died while seven others sustained injuries on Wednesday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in a lone accident involving a truck carrying livestock and passengers. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe blamed the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, described as “unlawful” the appointment of Federal Character Commission (FCC)’s Chairman, Muheeba Dankaka, and the Secretary, Bello Tukur, from the northern region by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the former president had failed to...
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N195.29 in October 2022 to N630.63 in October 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for October 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. It stated that the October...