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Hope of some stakeholders who expected the border to be re-opened as the first phase of the Ex Swifts exercise expired today have been dashed, as the Federal Government insists that there is no timeline to closure of the land ...

Cross River State government said it has donated 100 hectares of land and N800 million to Cameroonian refugees taking refuge in the state. The House of Assembly Speaker, Eteng Williams, disclosed this yesterday during the Humanitarian Development Nexus meeting between ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA), has called on Nigerians to participate in the fight against corruption in the country. During a town hall meeting in Ikeja, Lagos, one of the facilitators, ...

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has sworn in Chief Kesta Ogualili, Alhaji Yusuf Alao and 24 others as his special advisers. Ogualili from Dunukofia Council of Anambra State and Alao from Ogbomosho Council of Oyo have lived in Borno ...

Abia State government has agreed with labour to pay N30,100 as minimum wage in the state. The agreement was signed by the Head of Service, Sir Onyii Wamah; Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Aham Uko; and Chief of Staff to the ...

Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has said that the only way to resolve the contemporary real estate crises in the country is the intervention of government and the private sector. The real estate experts said that development ...

For the second time in two months, the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele to appear before it over an unpaid $53 million garnishee order in favour of Joe Agi (SAN) and ...

The Delta State government has reiterated its determination to end open defecation next year, as the United Nations (UN) has put a deadline for open defecation-free world on 2030. However, experts have warned that the country’s health challenges were being aggravated ...

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Council of Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspected smugglers and seized 2,053 bags of rice weighing 50kg each from them. Parading the suspects yesterday in Ibaka, the Commanding Officer, FOB, ...

Swears in Ekpenyong as representative of A’Ibom North West The Senate has charged the Federal Ministry of Aviation on the need for proper surveillance of all persons arriving from China, especially Chinese citizens from Nigeria who traveled for the Chinese ...