Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lail line. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and ...
Read More »Lalong spits fire over Jos killings as Reps accuse FG of complacency, gov orders arrest of Fulani leaders
Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, yesterday spat fire over the recent killings in the state, declaring that he is not taking the matter lying low. He stated this during a stakeholders meeting at Little Rayfield, Government House, Jos following ...
Read More »Imo Speaker, seven other PDP members defect to APC
Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Dr. Chiji Collins (Isiala Mbano Constituency) and seven other PDP lawmakers have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). By the latest development, Collins had defected twice in eight months as he ...
Read More »Tension as Imo REC ignores CP’s order to stop announcement of results
There was tension yesterday at the Imo State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, as Commissioner of Police (CP), Bolaji Fafowora, ordered the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Francis Ezeonu to stop announcing results of a rerun election. Fafowora ...
Read More »Varsity teacher advocates national crime statistics department in police force
Dean, Students Affairs, University of Uyo, Dr. Aniekan Brown, has canvassed a national crime statistics department in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), saying it will ensure accurate budgeting for crime prevention in the country. He made the assertion while fielding ...
Read More »Experts urge regular checkups for early detection of prostrate, breast, cervical cancers
Edo State chapter of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has declared that early detection of breast cancer is necessary to stay alive and urged women to check their breasts regularly for symptoms. President of MWAN in the state, ...
Read More »FCTA begins payment of new minimum wage, clears N4b arrears
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that it has commenced payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage to civil servants of the FCT. Director, FCT Treasury Department, Ismaila Ishiaku, made this known at a media briefing in ...
Read More »Don’t be afraid, do the right thing, Buhari tells auditors, public servants
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged public servants and government officials not to be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing and encouraged them to see audit as a means of improving their performance and not as a ...
Read More »Oba of Benin urges Ganduje to reverse creation of new emirates
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has pleaded with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider reversing the creation of new emirates in the state. The first-class monarch and paramount ruler of Benin Kingdom made the ...
Read More »Bichi, Rano challenge Tofa, others over new emirates
Bichi and Rano emirates in Kano State has raised fresh application challenging the interlocutory injunction filed by Kano Concerned Elders against the new emirate council laws. In their separate applications before Kano Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, the communities sought ...
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