By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading anti-corruption organization, has written a petition to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), expressing its concern about the Federal Civil Service Commission employing staff with fake...
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has appealed for patience of motorists due to heavy traffic being experienced from Toll Gate to Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Fashola made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Communications, Mr Hakeem Bello,...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has applauded workers in the state for remaining undaunted and faithful to their jobs in spite of the harsh economic environment. This is contained in a solidarity message to the workers as they mark the 2023 Workers Day. The message was signed by Ortom’s...
The Federal Government has described the opposition attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comment on the 2023 Presidential elections as “shameless sore losers”. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President’s analysis on the reasons for the opposition’s...
The Federal Government has approved the use of Eagle Square for the annual May Day parade for workers in the FCT. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in statement on Saturday in Abuja. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says with the right infrastructure, provision of credit and the necessary exposure, the creative industry in Africa would expand its space significantly. He spoke at the first session of 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend today in Nairobi, Kenya. The panel discussion...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over “the failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections.” According...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Centre for Legal Rights Advancement (CLRA), a non-governmental organization, has decried the practice of all forms of corporal punishment in Nigeria, describing it as a serious violation of Child’s Rights Act 2003 and the International Conventional on the Right of the Child among other...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has explained why it budgeted the sum of 1.2 million dollars in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students from the ongoing war in Sudan . This followed an outcry by concerned Nigerians over the negotiated sum of 1.2 million...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has warmed against conveyance of explosive materials like gas cylinders in passenger vehicles. Biu also warned drivers against excessive speed to avoid crashes while on the road. He gave the warning in a statement...
April 30 delivery of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation Project is set although construction on three of the 43.6km of Section One could not be completed due to heavy rainfall and other factors. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare, made the disclosure on Saturday night...
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ), Osun State Command, has said that 16 persons lost their lives in Friday’s accident that occurred on the Ode-Omu highway. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamesia, confirmed the unfortunate incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
Seyi, Son of Sen. Bola Tinubu the President-elect, has assured Nigerians of a better country and a renewed hope in the incoming administration. He gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja when he joined other supporters and admirers of his father at the Day 34 of the pre-inauguration hangout. The...
A building apartment within the courtyard of the palace Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was at about 11:30pm on Friday engulfed in flames. This is contained in a Press release, signed by the Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Mr Moses Olafare, on Saturday, in Ile-Ife....
The Nigerian Immigration Service says modernising its system, codenamed MoNIS, will tackle migrants smuggling and gender insensitivity. Mr Sadiq Adebowale, Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) of the Service in charge of Ikeja Zone “A” Lagos, said this while declaring open the training organised to boost the capacity of the service personnel...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government two weeks to increase the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). The association made this known on Saturday in a communique issued at the end of the extra-ordinary council meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) held in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkareem Lawan has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for postponing the National Population and Housing Census scheduled for May 2023. He said the postponement became imperative following the displacement of many people from Borno...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the efforts of Hon. Ahmed Usman Jaha, the House of Representatives member representing Damboa, Chibok and Gwoza Federal Constituency of the state . The governor stated this on Saturday at the Multi Purpose Hall of the Government...
A vulcaniser, simply identified as Bolaji, was killed on Saturday after loose stray tyres from an articulated vehicle knocked him down in front of his vulcaniser stand, at Fakunle Area, Osogbo, Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the accident, which occurred at about 7.00 a.m, left...