By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has said it would continue to enhance border cooperation with neighboring Niger Republic, particularly in the area of peace and security, economic and infrastructural development. Governor Babagana Zulum stated this on Monday in Maiduguri, while declaring open The Local Bilateral...
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on industries, Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos East), on Monday organised a capacity development training for 1,000 Micro-, Medium- and Small-Enterprises (MSMEs) in Lagos East Senatorial District. Aburi, in a statement by Mr Seye Oladejo, the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The Chairman, Bwari Area Council, Mr John Gabaya, has blamed the fatalities caused by Friday’s fire incident at Kubwa Village market area of Bwari, on negligence by the traders selling their goods by the road side. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident led to...
Lagos State Government said on Friday that bodies recovered from the building that collapsed at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, are ready for identification by families. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, while giving update to newsmen at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building, said the bodies were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The dead body of the developer of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Mr Femi Osibona, was retrieved from the rubbles on Wednesday. A reliable source told newsmen Osibona’s body was among dead bodies exhumed from the collapsed building on Wednesday...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has called on the Federal Government and security agencies for immediate rescue and release of all abducted members and staff of the university. The Chairperson of the branch, Dr Kasim Umar, made the call on Thursday at a...
Tayo Popoola, General Coordinator, Lagos Women Run, on Thursday, said over 400 women had registered for the physical run from different countries, while several others registered for the virtual run. The general coordinator told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the virtual event was a result of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The NNPC Ltd on Wednesday said the gas pipeline that was reported leaking in the early hours of today around Anifowoshe area of Ikeja in Lagos State has been isolated and the general area cordoned off. The Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Garba...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos state, on Wednesday confirmed an attack on its personnel at the Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), during the hearing for inmates. The Lagos state NCoS spokesperson, Mr Olarotimi Oladokun, confirmed the attack in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had received 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has urged security agencies to ensure that the six people abducted by hoodlums from the University of Abuja staff quarters at Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council are rescued from their abductors. The Minister made this...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has set up an independent panel to probe the collapse of the 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi. Members of the panel will be drawn from the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nigeria Society...
The Commissioner of Police in FCT, CP Babaji Sunday, says a combined team of policemen and soldiers have been mobilised to the Staff Quarters of University of Abuja where gunmen abducted four persons on Tuesday. “The police have also dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the main...
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit Taskforce has arrested 50 hoodlums and impounded 204 motorcycles. A statement issued on Sunday by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Head, Public Affairs Unit, said the hoodlums were arrested during raids on black spots. It also said that the taskforce unit had...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of Federal Capital Territory Area Area Councils election slated for February 2022, over 4, 000 party faithful have dumped opposition parties to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwali Area Council of the territory. Receiving the decampees at the weekend to...