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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, charged military chiefs to “think out-of-the-box” and be “innovative” in proffering solutions to the security challenges. He gave the charge in a paper to the participants of Course 27 of the National ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government spent over N3.5 trillion of the national budgets on infrastructure in the last three years. He noted that investors’ interest in the country rose by the investment announcements that indicated a ...

The Federal Government has developed a comprehensive list of all health facilities in the country to have one database and avoid situations where there is lack of authentic list for carrying out studies. The Master Facility List (MFL) will also ...

A coalition of 63 women groups have threatened to sue the Federal Government over the constitutionality of the raids targeted against women in Abuja, if government fails to stop the harassment. The groups, which comprise women organisations, scholars, civil society ...

Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Edo State have benefited from Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) training and empowerment programme aimed at reducing poverty among physically challenged persons in the country. State Chairman of Joint National Assembly of Persons With ...

Oyo State House of Assembly has nullified the purported suspension of Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area, Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs. Ojedele Victoria over alleged misconduct. Describing the suspension process as inconclusive, the House also noted that pending ...

Former Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has said Igbo quest for the nation’s presidency in 2023 can only get the support of governors of the zone if one of them was projected as presidential candidate. Nebo stated that the ...

Stakeholders in the food industry have advocated the enactment of adequate policies to ensure food fortification and reduce malnutrition in Nigeria. Speaking at the National Fortification Alliance (NFA) meeting in Ikeja, Lagos, Director, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the ...

The Imo State Police Commissioner, CP Rabiu Ladodo, has launched the police tactical operation codenamed ‘Operation Puff Adder’ in the state. In his address during the event held at the command headquarters in Owerri, the CP disclosed that the exercise ...

Strong indications emerged at the weekend that the presidency has waded into the reported face-off at the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). NCPC’s executive secretary, Reverend Tor Uja, had been at loggerheads with the chairman and members of the governing ...