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The Oyo State government has said the sum of N8,633,996,464 was earmarked for palliatives by the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery committee in the state. The commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this during a press briefing after the executive council meeting on Wednesday. The Commissioner said Local Government Areas in the State, […]
The Nigerian Army has denied an attempt to seize land in Osun State over a proposed community intervention project. Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Re: Complaints of Orolu Community, of Orolu LGA over Alleged Proposed Community Intervention Project by the Nigerian Army’ on Tuesday […]
Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has charged the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola to come up with measures to decongest passport collection centres, saying the President Bola Tinubu administration will not tolerate excuses and endless queues at Passport Offices. The minister also charged heads of the service arms of the ministry […]
The Federal Government has announced N825.819m as compensation for indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory community affected by the construction of the 4.2km second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Indigenes of the affected community will also get “12 immediate employment from the Ministry of Aviation and its agencies as the case may be, […]
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday. Ochonogor, a student of Applied and Industrial Chemistry, reportedly committed the offence at 10, Osahon Street, Ogheghe Quarters, off Sapele Road, Benin City. […]
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon on Wednesday to announce they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The soldiers who introduced themselves as members of the CTRI (The […]
A group of Gabonese officers and soldiers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the regime” and cancelling the results of a recent election. Here is a translation from French of the statement, which was read out by one of the officers on Gabon 24 television channel: “Our beautiful country, Gabon, […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike said on Monday that the ministry will deliver the Millennium Tower project in the next two years. Wike stated this in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Millennium Tower at […]
The National Board for Technical Education says the new online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to acquire a Bachelor’s Degree for one year, with foreign accredited universities, is meant for HND holders who want to pursue an academic career. The NBTE Head of Media Unit, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, offered the clarification in […]
The Delta State Police Command on Tuesday announced that it arrested over 100 gay suspects carrying out a gay wedding ceremony in a hotel in Delta state. In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the state police said it would parade the suspects shortly. “Delta State Command has arrested over […]
