Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to his counterpart in Kano State, Abba Yusuf, over the killings of 16 Kano-bound travellers last Friday. Okpebholo arrived the Kano State Government House at noon and was received by Yusuf and other government officials. The 16 travellers...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said the government will remove from office any traditional ruler that fails to sustain peace in their community. Adeleke, in a statement by his Media Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Monday, said that action would be taken against traditional rulers of Ifon and...
By JOY ADARA Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of Mrs Kemi Nandap’s tenure as Comptroller-General(C-G) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) until Dec. 31, 2026. Nandap, who began her career in the Nigeria Immigration Service on Oct. 9, 1989, was appointed C-G on March 1,...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Three officials of the Lagos, State House of Assembly arrested for assaulting officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) during the recent leadership crisis that rocked the legislative house have apologized to the Service. The Assembly, in a letter dated February 14, 2025,...
The Job Creation and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Secretariat (Office of the Vice-President) has said over 60, 000 small business enterprenuers across the country so far, applied for the 2025 MSMEs award. Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, said this...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Federal Government has announced the closure of the Independence Bridge (Marina bound) starting April 1 for essential maintenance and rehabilitation works. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Mrs. Kesha explained that...
Ebonyi State Police Command has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Mile 50 Layout, Abakaliki, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, told reporters on Monday that officers also recovered the vehicle of the victim, Nneka Onyibe. According to Ukandu, on March 30 at about 8:30 pm,...
The Labour Party (LP), Governorship candidate in Enugu State during the 2023 election, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, dumps party for PDP The Labour Party (LP), Governorship candidate in Enugu State during the 2023 election, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria (CSSLN) on Monday condemned the lynching of 16 travellers accused of possessing dane guns (local firearms). The Chairman of CSSLN, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, recalled that the victims were killed by a mob in Uromi, Edo, on March 28, following allegations...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, has donated food items and 12 cows to inmates of Custodial Centres in the state to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Kano Command, CSC Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa on Monday in...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Katsina, Alhaji Abdulaziz Maituraka, has declared that the party will form governments at both the state and national levels in the 2027 general elections. Speaking while hosting Katsina’s newly elected council chairman, Malam Isah Miqdad, and his councillors on Monday, Maituraka, who...
Delta State Government has assured that the one billion Naira soft loan it approved for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state would be ready soon. Executive Assistant to Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori on Public Enlightenment (Projects and Policies), Mr Olisa Ifeajika, disclosed this while clarifying certain issues...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has pardoned 10 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in the state. The NCoS spokesman in the state, CSC Sani Jahun, disclosed this in a statement in Dutse, on Monday. Jahun said the inmates were pardoned by the...
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods from Nigeria and other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member-nations. The development comes as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they said in a...
The Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered ₦5 billion in October 2023 to facilitate the governor’s impeachment. Mr. Ehie disclosed this on Monday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He claimed to have...
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono, says the recently-held TETFund National Research Fair/Exhibition aligns with its aspiration to use technology to spur national economic growth. Echono, said this during an an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He...
Alfa Designs Nigeria, a leading oil and gas company, is set to begin conversion of diesel engine vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Research Engineer for Alfa Designs, Mubarak Abdul, made this public in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Abdul said...
BY AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Federal legislator, Ahmed Manir in a series of empowerment projects to his people has shared 13 cars to constituents amidst fanfare and jubilation from party supporters. The car keys were handed to beneficiaries selected from across Lere Federal Constituency in a ceremony attended by...
Some Lagos residents have called on the state government to make potable water accessible to reduce the huge amount of money spent in buying water. They disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, against the World Water Day celebrated annually...