The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, and the Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, NDRBDA, have agreed to partner on the food security project to boost massive agricultural activities to tackle food problem in the region.
MEMBERS of the Divine Heaven Amalgamated Landlords Association, Ifite-Nteje, Oyi local government area of Anambra State, have protested the destruction of their property by suspected youths of the community, who are complaining about the…
NDIGBO have continued to lament the lingering insecurity in the South- East region and tasked the governors in the zone to rise to their responsibilities by coming together to tackle the problem.
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has debunked reports alleging that he has been lobbying the National Assembly to tamper with the Nigeria Police Act 2020 to elongate his tenure and year of service of personnel in the…
Barring last minute's change, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, may shut down universities tomorrow over the non-payment of four months withheld salaries by the government.
By Ozioruva Aliu THE Director General of All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Organisation, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday, said the performances of the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his running…
The Federal Government has approved the exemption of small businesses, manufacturers and farmers from paying withholding tax as a way of reducing the tax burden on businesses.
RESIDENTS of the Iludun community in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, LCDA, yesterday, raised the alarm that the activities along the railway corridor and near Iludun market have claimed at least 10 lives.
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, declared that the state government alone cannot address the housing deficit but promised to bridge the deficit in the state.
THE Ondo State government, yesterday, assured that the 33 Local Council Development Authorities, LCDAs, created by the late governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, would not be scrapped.
THE Ogbomoso Muslim Youth Forum, yesterday, insisted that religious leaders are not placed under traditional rulers as regards the chieftaincy law in Oyo State.
By Ozioruva Aliu EDO State Deputy Governor, Godwins Omobayo has received no fewer than 500 defectors from the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and Labour Party, LP, in his Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, which he said will boost…
Former Edo State House of Assembly aspirant in Etsako East Local Government, Ilugbekhai Inwomoh, has urged people of Edo State to vote Dr Asue Ighodalo, who he described as another Obafemi Awolowo in the September 21 governorship election…
By Ogalah Ibrahim Five policemen lost their lives in an encounter with bandits in Jibia LGA, Katsina State after falling into an ambush. The incident occurred last Sunday while the officers were returning from their duty post in Zandam…
*As two dismissed soldiers, four others arrested for car snatching in Lagos By Evelyn Usman A fleeing robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, 36, who snatched his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was employed as a driver, has been arrested by…
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare July 13 a national day to celebrate the invaluable contribution of Prof. Wole Soyinka to humanity,…
Five police officers attached to the Zone 6 Police Headquarters in Cross River State are currently in custody for allegedly abducting and fraudulently extorting N3 million from their unnamed victim.
Five Benue girls, who were trafficked recently to Cote D’Ivoire by a syndicate in the state have been rescued and awaiting repatriation to the country.
Bandits have killed a lecturer with the Federal University Dutsinma, FUDMA, in Katsina State.Dr. Tiri David was killed in a fresh bandits attack in the early hours of yesterday. The lecturer was the Head of the Department of Agricultural…
Residents of the Ilesa Park area of Osogbo, Osun State, yesterday, were thrown into confusion as factions of Osun Transport Management System, OSTMS, engaged each other in a supremacy battle.
The Legal Aid Council, LACoN, led by Mr Aliyu Abubakar, has visited Keffi prisons, Abuja, where it noted with concern, the issue of juveniles, that is the under-aged, kept with full-grown adults with questionable character. The team also…
Human rights activist and senior lawyer, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, yesterday, said Nigeria’s public debt rose to $91.46 billion (N121.67 trillion), despite its ability to generate $1 trillion in 40 years.
The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, to immediately halt the unfair business practices perpetrated against Air Peace, Dangote and other businesses by certain…
“WE don’t tell people about prices of tomatoes and pepper again because they may fluctuate at any time. Sometimes, we sell at a particular price in the morning and by noon or evening, the price changes.”
By Umar Yusuf Yola—Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state has declared that he is in full support of local government autonomy as been agitated by many Nigerians. “I’m in full support of local government autonomy, but it should be done…
By Elizabeth Adegbesan THE Naira yesterday depreciated in the parallel market to N1,515 per dollar from N1,510 per dollar on Monday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,509.45 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange…