The Lagos State Government has introduced Electronic Physical Planning Permit System to allow building approval to be obtained in just 10 minutes. The Special Adviser, e-GIS and Urban. Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde, made the disclosure during a ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second...
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Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has announced the complete withdrawal of the military from the Okuama community in the state. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference at the Government House, in Asaba, implying that the displaced people of Okuama are now...
S The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday. Sirika, a minister in the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Abubakar Dandare, a Registrar of the Upper Sharia Court in Gusau , Zamfara for alleged forgery and misappropriation of dead man’s N3.8 million. The EFCC Counsel, Mr Peter Attah, told the court that Dandare committed the offence on...
The House of Representatives has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the untimely death of a four-year old Miguel Ovoke, a pupil at Brickhall School in Abuja. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers)...
By PROFESSOR USMAN A. TAR The Borno State Government has been battling with the problems of teachers’ recruitment, remuneration and retention. Over the years, unscrupulous employment practices, particularly by Local Education Authorities, have resulted in the engagement of persons who were not qualified into the teaching profession contrary...
A journalist with Vanguard Newspaper, Ms Victoria Ojeme has appealed to the authorities to protect her from the hands of faceless, unscrupulous and callous individuals who have continued to send threatening messages to her over the alarm she raised about the senseless killing of her kinsmen in a bloody...
The Federal Government has said the bribery allegation by Binance is a diversionary strategy to run away from their wrong doings. The Minister of of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji-Mohammed Idris made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim on Wednesday in...
R’ South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described as “treasonous” a campaign advertisement by an opposition party that depicts a burning national flag, as antagonism between political parties rose three weeks before an election. The campaign advertisement released on Monday by the Democratic Alliance uses the burning flag as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice Chairman of Marte LGC of Borno State, Alhaji Mustapha Mohamed, has appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum to impress on the Nigerian military and Multi Joint National Task Force (MNJTF) to liberate Kirnewa town of Marte LGC to enable the residents of the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the circumstances that led to the escape of Mr Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive of a crypto currency exchange company, Binance. The House has also summoned the National Security Adviser, Mr Nuhu Ribadu, to explain what led to the escape of...
Contrary to media reports that a vessel, MT Prestigious, v allegedly used for crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, which operatives of the Nigerian Navy recently took into custody, has not been released, PRNigeria has gathered. A group named the Niger Delta Renaissance Network had accused the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Leaders of Ethnic Nationalities, Professional Bodies and Critical Stakeholders from the Niger Delta Region, have applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for its massive electrification of rural communities through the Light Up the Niger Delta project. The National Chairman of Pan Niger...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The District Head of the New Marte town, BaMai Lawan Musunema has said that in spite of the security challenges bedeviling the LGA, UNICEF in partnership with some partners were able to carry out mandatory services for children and women in New Marte...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Wednesday said his administration has offset over N50bn loan inherited even as he said money is being saved for the future of the state Governor Sule, who disclosed this when he addressed critical stakeholders of the...
The Department of Development Control, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council of the FCT Administration, has demolished shanties illegally built on a road corridor in Wuse Zone 3. The Coordinator of the Council, Mr Felix Obuah, told journalists after the exercise in Abuja on Wednesday, that the move was part...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vocational Skills Development Department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) today flagged off three months Basic National Open Apprenticeship Training (B-NOAS) for 20 unemployed youths in Sokoto State. Stating importance of the training in his welcome address, the Sokoto NDE Head...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned that Nigeria would be shut down if their demands to ameliorate nationwide economic hardship are not met. The students are kicking against what they described as “skyrocketing prices of essential commodities” nationwide. The...
As the weather condition gets harsher with the temperature going as high as 40 degrees Celsius sometimes, many women in Abuja have abandoned their wigs and opt for low cut hair. For some of them, wigs remain fashion items that should be seasonal and so they can do...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Managing Director, Benue Investment and Property Company, (BIPC) Dr. Raymond Asemakaha has said that a new brand of beer that would be brewed by the company would hit the market first week of December this year. Dr. Asemakaha, who disclosed this...