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The Pro-Unity social service group, Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) has mobilised electricity consumers in the South East to protest “unwholesome activities” of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC). In Awka, Anambra State capital, where the group carried out its mobilisation ...
Read More »Benue recovers N800m from fraudulent deals in SUBEB as Ortom vows to prosecute culprits
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced the recovery of over N800 million from fraudulent deals at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). He vowed to bring all contractors who failed to renovate or build primary schools, after collecting ...
Read More »DPR seals 24 gas outlets, rejects 20 applications for licences in Rivers
The Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Rivers State has sealed 24 illegal gas outlets and rejected over 20 applications for license by gas dealers over failure to meet standard operational requirements. Its Zonal Controller, Bassey Nkanga, disclosed this in ...
Read More »Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade meets Buhari, distances self from Agba Jalingo’s ordeal
Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade, has distanced himself from the plight of Agba Jalingo, who has been held by security agencies for alleged treason. Ayade, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents after a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari ...
Read More »Minsietr gives five-year timeline for completion of water projects as ex-minister laments abandoned road in Anambra
Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has urged management of the ministry and heads of River Basin Development Authorities to prioritise completion of all water projects within five years. Adamu made the call in a communiqué issued in Abuja after ...
Read More »FG begins reconstruction of N79b Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa expressway
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the Federal Government will begin reconstruction of the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa expressway next month. He stated this during an inspection of ongoing federal road projects in Osun State yesterday. The Federal Executive ...
Read More »NSCDC, JAMB to partner on creation of more CBT centres in Akwa Ibom State
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said it will partner with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Akwa Ibom State to ensure that no illegal CBT centres operate in the state. State Commandant of the ...
Read More »Again, herdsmen kill 14, injure five persons in fresh attack on Plateau community
Herdsmen have again, killed 13 persons and injured five others in a fresh attack on Kwatas village, Bokkos district, Bokkos Council Area of Plateau State. The critically injured locals are said to be receiving treatment at the Bokkos General Hospital. ...
Read More »FG to curtail excessive borrowing, tasks FIRS on revenue collection
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that the Federal Government has assured that the 2019 Finance bill recently signed into law by President Muhammed Buhari will curtail government’s excessive borrowing. Mustapha said this when ...
Read More »President Buhari orders air attacks on bandits in Niger State
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) to deploy fighter aircraft for effective air attacks against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers terrorising communities around Dogon Gona forest in Niger State. The President, who described the repeated attacks ...
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