By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 2022 floods have impacted no fewer than 16,000 families, while 6,000 farmers lost various seedlings and farm produce in Lagos State, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) The Lagos Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the advice by the World Bank to the Federal Government to increase petrol prices to N750 per litre . Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this on Friday in Abuja in a statement, titled,”World Bank’s N750 per litre for premium motor...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has launched the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Emblem Appeal Week with 10 million naira donation of the state government, political appointees and other critical stakeholders. Speaking on Thursday at the formal launching of the activities in...
The Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) on Friday embarked on a rally to sensitise students of a secondary school and university as well as traders against irregular migration and smuggling of migrants. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mrs Caroline Adepoju, warned students and traders during the rally held...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has presented 2024 budget of N311, 388, 525, 661. 96 to the state House of Assembly and dedicated the largest portion of the budget to educational sector, with 43,208,278, 849. 29 at (13. 9 percent.) The budget proposal,...
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, has said universities and other tertiary institutions should not abuse their exemption from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Fulata said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, commending President Bola Tinubu...
A former Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed shock over the death of former governor of Anambra, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Abaribe, in a statement on Friday by his Media Adviser, Mr Uchenna Awom, described Ezeife’s demise as “the great fall of an Iroko tree in...
The Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most Rev. Emmanuel Badejo on Friday in Ibadan urged Christian faithful not to make merry during Christmas without helping indigent people. Badejo gave the advice in his Christmas message entitled: No real Christmas in conflict and on empty stomachs.’’ Badejo stated that the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Mr. Lauren De Boeck has said that IOM in 2023 had played a crucial role in addressing the shelter needs of 71,666 individuals affected by conflicts and environmental hazards. Mr. Boeck said emergency,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Ezeife family, the people, and the government of Anambra State on the passing of Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, former governor of the state. Chief Ezeife, Okwadike of Igbo-Ukwu, was governor of Anambra from 1992...
The former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has said the current challenges bedeviling Nigeria can never be solved by the political class alone but through the organised private sector. Nebo, who is the Vice Chancellor, University of the Niger, Anambra State, stated this in a Christmas Message...
A Paediatric Cardiologist, Prof. Samuel Omokhodion, on Friday, urged medical practitioners not to ‘japa’ (run out of the country) because others is doing so. Rather, he said that they should be concerned with working harder and developing their values. Omokhodion stated this at the closing of the 60th...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has said there is a high level of corruption in all spheres of sectors, especially in the three arms of government and the private sector in the last two years. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria,...
The media team of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed reports that he collapsed on Thursday at the colloquium to mark his 61st birthday in Abuja. Reports had claimed that the former Akwa Ibom governor collapsed during the event and had to be rushed to the National Hospital....
A former governor of Anambra, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife is dead. Ezeife was 85 years old. Chief Nwakaire Ezeife, who announced the passage of the elder statesman on behalf the family, said he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, On behalf of the Ezeife Dynasty of...
The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs has urged the Minister of Police Affairs and Inspector General of Police to take the necessary steps to improve the security situation in the country. The committee, co-chaired by Sen. Abdulhamid Madori and Rep. Abubakar Yalleman, said...
As the Yuletide season approaches, residents of Kaduna state preparing for Christmas have lamented the high cost of food items and transportation. To celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, Christian faithful across the globe celebrate Christmas on December 25 annually with friends and families. Some of the residents...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has said the transitional justice project has made a significant impact in the past decade of the post Boko haram insurgency era in Borno State, “We have measured the community...
Ogun Kajola Dry Port in Ogun will create at least 40,000 jobs, Commissioner For Transportation, Mr Olugbenga Dairo, said in Abeokuta on Thursday. The Federal Government recently gave approval to Ogun to develop the dry port. Dairo said the port would enhance internally-generated revenue of the state. He...