Containerised shops were destroyed on Tuesday following an explosion involving a diesel-laden tanker behind the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta. The explosion occurred just behind the fence separating the Sports Complex from the Ijeja community, triggering panic among nearby residents. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Government has commenced full digitization of civil service operations including biometric attendance systems, e-governance processes, and digital personnel records as part of efforts to entrench professionalism and enhance efficiency in the public service. This was disclosed by the Head of Civil Service,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum delivered a keynote address at the Nigerian Air Force 61st Anniversary seminar tagged: “optimizing civil-military relations in a joint operational environment for enhanced air operation” which was held at the NAF Officers Mess and Suites on Tuesday...
For the first time since February 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has maintained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.5 per cent. CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso announced the decision on Tuesday in Abuja following the 300th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Cardoso said all 12 MPC members...
A stray bullet fired by a policeman has allegedly killed a teenage boy on his way to school in Ibadan on Tuesday. An eyewitness account stated that the incident occurred at the Ibadan airport junction, along Old Ife Road. According to a commercial motorcyclist, Dauda Oseni, the deceased, with...
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has officially taken delivery of a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said that the property was handed over by the...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday awarded N200,000 in costs and dismissed preliminary objections filed by Instagram celebrity, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his son, Folarin Falana (Falz), had filed a N1 billion defamation suit against VDM. Falana...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for outright cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), requesting that a new date be fixed for a fresh UTME examination across the country. In a statement, Caucus leader, Igariwey Iduma Enwo...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, has said that lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. Akpabio said this in an upcoming documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
Secretary, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nuhu Toro, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay all the unions’ entitlement yet to be paid since February. The unions are: Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN); Construction Workers Association; Kaduna zonal Council of PENGASSAN, among others. Toro...
Senate caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of collapse. Minority Leader of the PDP in the Senate, Sen. Abba Moro gave the assurance at a news conference in...
A federal lawmaker from Ebonyi, Chief Chinedu Ogah, has declared that the usage of the Computer Based Technology (CBT) for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) would adversely affect science subjects. Ogah, who represents Ikwo/ Ezza South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, made the declaration on Tuesday...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Ebonyi has described the resit of the 2025 University Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as “inactive”. The group in collaboration with the Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room made the statement during a one-day match to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
Police Command in Katsina State has rescued five abducted passengers from bandits in Faskari Local Government of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, told newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina that the passengers were abducted at Unguwar-Basau on Funtua-Gusau road. He said that: “On May...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Committee has approved N2.6 billion for three waste management projects in the capital city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Chief Felix Obuah, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing journalists after the committee’s meeting, chaired by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. “In today’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, continuing his visit to communities affected by the recent surge in Boko Haram attacks, travelled to Wulgo town on Tuesday. Wulgo, located on the fringes of the Lake Chad, was recently attacked by armed insurgents, forcing troops of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismantled a notorious seven-man gang involved in armed robbery and carjacking. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.in Abuja . SP Adeh said the police operatives neutralised one of the suspects, but arrested...
The Chairman of the House Committee on Pensions, Hussaini Jalo, says plans are underway to amend the Pension Reform Act (PRA), which was last reviewed in 2014. Jalo made the statement at a stakeholders engagement session on the review of the PRA 2014, organised by the House of Representatives...