The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has called on the National Assembly to domesticate the nation’s building code to check the frequent collapse of structures nationwide. Its President, Kenneth Nnabuife-Nduka, submitted that the rampant caving in of houses was due ...
Read More »Edo ranks highest on performance among APC states, TETFund lists varsity for intervention
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has ranked Edo highest in term of performance among states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Its peer review mechanism considered the reforms, initiatives and programmes of the Obaseki administration in arriving at the ...
Read More »Youths, women protest against Obaseki’s suspension of council boss
Economic activities were disrupted for four hours in Auchi and its environs as youths and women protested against the suspension of Chairman of Etsako West Local Council of Edo State, Musa Yakubu, by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Barricading the busy Auchi-Okenne-Abuja ...
Read More »Group decries military invasion of Azagbena
The SING Foundation has condemned the recent invasion of Azagbena Community in Ekeremor Local Council of Bayelsa State by the army. The non-profit and non-governmental organisation, peopled by rights activists and professionals in diverse field, also alleged that the military ...
Read More »Bayelsa Governor Dickson favours principled Ijaw patriot as successor
Ahead the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson has said that his successor should be principled, bold and courageous enough to protect the collective interest of the Ijaw nation at all times. During a media ...
Read More »Unions threaten strike over alleged N4.6b debt at COOU
Labour unions at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, may soon begin industrial action over an alleged debt of N4.6 billion. The unions, including National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff ...
Read More »Nigeria loses 73,504 persons to accidents in three years from 2016 to 2018
No fewer than 73, 504 lives were lost to 3,075 road accidents that occurred in Nigeria between 2016 and 2018. Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Taiwo Salaam, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos to commence ...
Read More »Ogun government to demolish houses harbouring criminals, jail owners as collaborators
Worried by increasing insecurity in its domain, the Ogun State Government has announced drastic measures to combat crimes and secure lives and property of its citizens. To perfect the move Governor Dapo Abiodun stressed that henceforth any property found to ...
Read More »EU tasks ECOWAS sub-region on dangers of delay in electoral reforms
Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ketil Karisen, has alerted the sub-region to the dangers of postponing political reforms. He stressed that such reforms were needed mostly after any ...
Read More »Group takes Buhari to ICC over inaction against alleged genocide by herdsmen, man escapes death in Awka herders attack
The Democracy Vanguard of Nigerians in the Diaspora (DVND) yesterday took President Muhammadu Buhari to the international criminal court (ICC) over his alleged inaction to curtail herdsmen’s killings in the country. In a petition dated July 17, 2019, titled: Acts ...
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