Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwa yesterday commissioned the 1.88 kilometres reconstructed Mariam Babangida Way in Asaba, Oshimili South Council and the 7.5 kilometres Ogwashi-Uku/Ubulu-Unor Road in Aniocha South Council Area of Delta State. Tambuwa, who accompanied Governor Ifeanyi Okowa ...
Read More »Appointment of Akin Ricketts as NPA Chairman further divides APC in Cross River State
Crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State still lingers, as the party remains divided over the emergence of Chief Akin Ricketts as Chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA). A communiqué released by the state chapter ...
Read More »ICPC to begin second phase of constituency projects tracking nationwide
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that it will commence the second phase of Constituency Projects Tracking Group Initiatives (CPTG). Chairman of the Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, who was represented by Commissioner for Cross ...
Read More »Health commissioner urges residents to practice social distancing as LASU postpones convocation
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has urged residents of the state to reduce all forms of public and social gatherings as part of preventive measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease in the state. He gave the ...
Read More »Lagos declares index case negative, suspends Easter edition of Eko farmers’ market
Assembly tasks Sanwo-Olu on prevention of spread The Lagos State government has declared that the first index case of coronavirus recorded in Nigeria has tested negative. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said the Italian who had been receiving treatment ...
Read More »Don seeks courses on counter insurgency operations to tackle terrorism
Vice Chancellor of the Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Professor Lawrence Ezemonye has canvassed collaboration and offering of courses on counter-insurgency operations to check insecurity in the country saying, “Security affair is not a one-man affair.” He made the call at ...
Read More »Dying fishes sparks fears of oil spill in Bayelsa communities as environmentalist seeks investigation
Residents and fishermen along Foropa, Santana communities of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa State have expressed fears over a possible oil spill from a vandalised pipeline after sighting dead fishes on the shorelines. This followed safety concerns in the maritime ...
Read More »Labour gives Rivers State govt seven days ultimatum over new national minimum wage
Workers have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Rivers State government to resolve the issues concerning the implementation of the new national minimum wage or risk industrial action. A source in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) told journalists that the ...
Read More »Presidency orders clinical finishing of B’Haram, adopts options
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military to clinically finish the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the North East to restore peace in the region. Inaugurating the National Humanitarian Coordination Committee (NHCC) at the State House, Abuja, the President ...
Read More »Marketers laud fuel price slash, seek compensation as PPPRA rolls out new pricing template April 1
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has welcomed the government’s decision to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125 per litre. In a statement yesterday in Lagos by its state chairman, Akin Akinrinade, the union, ...
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