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New Consul-General of the United States (U.S.) Consulate in Lagos, Ms. Claire Pierangelo yesterday promised to collaborate with the Lagos State government on areas of mutual interest. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Pierangelo said ...

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) have lampooned Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Walil Jubril over his stance on the suspended Federal Government’s Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) settlement policy. Jubril had told journalists ...

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to extend the anti-corruption fight to states and local government areas to ensure that its impact is felt at all levels of the polity. They argued that the effect of the fight against corruption ...

Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Anthony Okwuosha, has refuted rumours that the commission would sack workers and slash employees’ salaries. He also said there was no directive from Deputy Governor of the ...

The Good Governance and Leadership Project in Nigeria (GGLPN) has alleged that the Nigerian Police was embarking on media trial in the Taraba Intelligence Response Team (IRT) killings with the motive of influencing the outcome. In compliance with President Muhammadu ...

Family of a police officer, who was killed by soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Taraba State, has demanded justice over the gruesome murder of their son, Inspector Mark Edaile. His immediate elder brother, Andrew Edaile, who made the plea ...

Country Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos, Roland Kayanja, has advocated the development of youth-centred policies to ensure their participation in the formulation and implementation of government’s policies. This, Kayanja said, will tackle youth restiveness, unemployment and enhance the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari promised that his administration would invest more in infrastructure, expressing happiness over the positive results of previous spending. Buhari, who was speaking during the commissioning of the reconstructed Shinkafi-Yandaki-Gafiya-Abdallawa-Dankaba road in Katsina State, noted that “infrastructure is ...

Criminals awaiting execution may have received a lifeline following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a new law. The approval came three months after the dissolution of the Eighth National Assembly, which passed the bill. The new legislation, known as Nigerian ...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of plotting against the 2023 presidential bid of the South East and vowed to resist the move. In a statement yesterday by its ...