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Visionscape builds 24-hr waste depot to boost Cleaner Lagos Initiative

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

An environmental utility group, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions Limited has completed the construction of a 24-hour waste management depot as part…

66 beneficiaries from FG’s crops processing programme

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

No fewer than 66 persons have benefitted from the Cottage Crops Processing Factory Programme of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…

Voter Registration: 6 additional CVR established centres in Jigawa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jigawa says it has established six additional Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) centres in…

Senator advises ITF on enrollment to achieve scheme objectives

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Sen. Sam Egwu has advised that the enrolment of students into the Students Industrial…

Governments urged to increase allocation to water, sanitation

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

An NGO, Alliance for Hygiene Promotion, has urged all tiers of government to increase budgetary allocation toward the attainment of…

Government to promote health innovations

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) says will increase efforts in promoting inventions and innovations in the health…

Security agencies to intervene in Abia-Cross River boundary dispute

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The House of Representatives has urged the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to urgently commence the demarcation of the boundary between…

Travel Agent Docked Over Visa Fraud

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 32-year-old travel agent, Oladiran Idowu, who allegedly defrauded a man of N450,000 was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja…

Teacher Arrested For Homosexuality

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a 22-year-old teacher, Emmanuel Duke in prison custody for alleged homosexuality.

Nigerian Army Offers Free Medical Check To Badagry Residents

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigerian Army, 243 Battalion, Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday offered free medical check to over 100 residents in the…

Enugu CJ Inaugurates Revenue Court

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Justice Ngozi Emehelu, the Chief Judge of Enugu State, on Wednesday inaugurated a revenue court, built and donated to the…

Eyebrow Shaving Makes You Unattractive– Men Tell Women

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Some men in Abuja have expressed displeasure at women’s distortion of their eyebrows from their natural shape, saying that it…

Thieves Break Into S. Africa’s Police Unit

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Thieves broke into the headquarters of South Africa’s elite ‘Hawks’ police unit in the capital Pretoria early on Wednesday, making…

Ebonyi Trains 190 Members Of Neighbourhood Watch Group

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Ebonyi Government on Wednesday in Abakaliki began a one-week training for the 190 members of the Ebonyi Neighborhood Watch…

Prison Decongestion Bill Underway – Gbajabiamila

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos-APC), on Wednesday said a Bill proposing community service as alternative…

Mother Demands N800,000 Damages For Daughter’s Pregnancy

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A mother, Rhoda Joshua of Karu, has asked a Grade 1 Area Court, Karu, Abuja, to order John Okechukwu, 27,…

2 Remanded Over Possession Of Indian Hemp, Charms

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Two persons were on Wednesday remanded in custody at the Ilesa Prisons by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over the…

FEC honours late Maitama Sule

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Members of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday observed one minute silence in honour of the late elder statesman, Maitama…

INEC Wants Personnel’s Lives Protected

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

INEC says it will not hesitate to stop the ongoing voters’ registration any time it discovered that the lives of…

Police Arraign Scavenger Over Theft, Trespass

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A 28-year-old scavenger, Abubakar Salisu, was on Wednesday arraigned at a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged criminal…

Enugu Govt, EEDC Disagree Over N2.6bn Electricity Debt

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Enugu State Government and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) are embroiled in debt row as each claims that the…

Why I returned N60,000 salary to N-Power – Joshua Daniel

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Mr. Daniel Joshua, the Taraba state-born 31-year old, former N-Power graduate employee says his sound Christian moral upbringing compelled him…

Uja: Doing business with NCPC requires doing right things

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christians Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja, says doing business with the commission requires doing the right…

Minister: Low production, manufacturing to blame for slow economic growth

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr Udoma Udo Udoma, has blamed the slow growth of Nigeria’s economy on weak…

Special courts needed to handle tax issues – Experts

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Mr Ike Odume, a Director in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said there is need for Nigeria to designate…

N40bn bailout provided for MDAs electricity debts

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it had provided N40 billion to settle reconciled outstanding electricity bills of…

Dialogue critical in restructuring agitations – Group

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), has called for national dialogue to address agitations in parts of…

Consul General: Passport challenges faced by Nigerians in S/Africa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, says the mission is tackling passport challenges of Nigerians in that…

NDLEA seizes 700 kgs of illicit drugs in Nasarawa, arrests 42

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nasarawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 42 suspected drug traffickers and seized 700…

EFCC arrests ex-Jigawa Governor Saminu Turaki

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A former governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Turaki, has been arrested by officials of the anti-graft agency, EFCC.

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