The Lagos State Government on Monday ordered the reopening of Mile 12 International Market after it was sealed on Friday. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market was reopened after a thorough assessment, covering various aspects of environmental compliance, waste management practices, and …
Read More »FG institutes committee on border protection
The Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has set up a 13-man committee to conduct a need assessment on the nation’s borders. The members of the committee are drawn from officials from the Ministry; Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service, Border Community Development Agency, …
Read More »FG, others train 2,180 unemployed Ondo youths in agric-business
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development/Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in Niger Delta Project have trained no fewer than 2,180 unemployed youths in Ondo State since 2020. The gesture was part of the efforts to encourage youths to go into agriculture for abundant provision of …
Read More »Police arrest Bauchi housewife for allegedly killing step-daughter
An 18-year-old pregnant housewife has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday. He said …
Read More »Court convicts crypto trader for fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The anti-graft agency made this known via an official statement on its website, efcc.gov.ng on Monday. According to the statement, Success was convicted on a …
Read More »Atiku seeks Supreme Court’s leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday night, sought the leave of the Supreme Court to bring in fresh evidence to prove that President Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The documents Atiku sought to tender are the academic records …
Read More »I missed garri, egusi when I first arrived in Europe – Matthew
Super Eagles B and FC Zurich midfielder, Ifeanyi Matthew, opens up on his journey from the domestic league to Europe and how he the ‘Naija spirit’ helped him resist bullies in Norway, in this interview with JOHNNY EDWARD How did your football career begin? I started playing football at a …
Read More »23 soldiers missing in Indian flood
The Indian army has said 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. The army in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed thst the personnel and some vehicles submerged under the flood. “Due to sudden …
Read More »NULGE set for nationwide strike, says president
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr Ambali Olatunji, has expressed the readiness of his union to join the nationwide strike on Tuesday. The Nigeria Labour Congress has earlier declared to embark on an indefinite strike beginning on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, following the hardship …
Read More »Don’t lose hope, Akpabio urges Nigerians
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate President while acknowledging current challenges in the polity, said that there were many landmark achievements in the …
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