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Artisans, labourers, others in Ibadan, Oyo State lament negative impact of hike in price of cement on their jobs and businesses

Kano, Katsina residents lament high cost of cement

Some residents of Kano and Katsina States have blamed cement manufacturers over the prevailing scarcity and high cost of cement…
Gov. Mai Mala Buni and new wife, Gumsu Sani Abacha

Yobe Governor, Buni marries Abacha’s daughter as 4th wife

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State on Wednesday married a fourth wife, Gumsu Sani Abacha in the Federal Capital…
Governor Seyi Makinde: says 300,000 Oyo residents to receive HIV test kits

Makinde to provide HIV test kits for Oyo residents

Governor Seyi Makinde has disclosed his administration's plans to provide HIV test kits for 300,000 residents in Oyo state.
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is currently incapacitated and receiving treatment abroad. Akeredolu is understand to be suffering from leukemia and has been off duty for over a month to attend to his health.  But Adamu at a meeting between the national leadership of the party and APC state chairmen, said the governor is incapacitated. “We regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the Governor of Ondo state who we understand has been hospitalised overseas. We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery,” Adamu was quoted as saying by Daily Trust. He also said the list of ministers to serve in the government of President Bola Tinubu was not ready as the president is still consulting wide to get the best team. According to him, Tinubu had just begun "and he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers." He said the nomination of the ministers would come first, adding that "They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President. And Mr President will formally appoint his Ministers and swear them in."

Akeredolu condoles with Usman’s family

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu condoled with the family of retired Colonel Ahmed Usman, a former Military Administrator of Ondo and Oyo…
Energy theft

EEDC gives reason for power outage in Anambra, Abia, Imo

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that power outages being experienced in parts of the South-East are due…
Bello Matawalle: threatened by PDP

Matawalle reinstates D-G on Media Yusuf Idris, others

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the reinstatement of Yusuf Idris as his Director-General on Media.

Edo 2020: Obaseki hails President Buhari

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his immense support and personal commitment to making the…
Obasanjo and OGWAMA CEO Oresanya

Obasanjo praises Abiodun over OGWAMA

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has lauded Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun for establishing the State Waste Management…
Boko Haram commander Inn Kathir surrenders

Boko Haram occupies Damasak, residents flee to Niger

Boko Haram gunmen are now occupying the Borno town of Damasak, two days after they staged a second attack in…

Buhari: I have not forgotten Chibok schoolgirls

The Buhari Presidency has reassured parents and concerned citizens that the missing Chibok schoolgirls remain constantly on the minds of…

17 robbery suspects terrorising Ibeju Lekki arrested

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 17 robbery suspects, with guns and live cartridges recovered from them
Fayose

Fayose: Makinde looks quiet but deadly

The purported truce between former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and Governor Seyi Makinde has been thrown into the…

Lagos vigilante man Rasak shoots Yahaya dead

A Lagos vigilante member, Lukman Rasak has shot one Musa Yahaya dead at Ijora area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Ubiaja prison in Edo: Jailbreak aborted

Another jailbreak in Ubiaja aborted

NSCDC Edo Command, said its men foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the Ubiaja prison in Esan South East…

Lawan pledges support for surveying profession

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday pledged his support for the surveying profession as he was conferred with the Honourary…
Yobe youths beg Senate President Lawan to run for governorship

Senate passes bill to establish National Food Reserve Agency

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to establish the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA).

Buhari mourns ex-military administrator, Ahmed Usman

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of retired Col. Ahmed Usman, a former military administrator…

EFCC arrests 5 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five suspected Internet fraudsters.
Former Ekiti governor Ayo Fayose comes down heavily on PDP, the party on which platform he was elected two times as governor

Fayose opens can of worms: ‘PDP Southwest congress was a scam’ 

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has opened can of worms, saying that the PDP Southwest zonal congress held in…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says federal government must renegotiate with states for solutions to the nation's current economic challenges.

NGO solicits Obaseki’s support for private open grazing bill

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A non-governmental organization, the New Nigeria Initiative (NNI), has solicited the support of Governor Godwin Obaseki of…

CACOL backs Senate’s resolve to probe Federal Mortgage Bank

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Senate in its bid to unravel…
Hon. Wahab Haruna

Yewa border encroachment: Ogun lawmaker assures of permanent solution

An illegal adjustment of pillars at Nigeria's border by Benin Republic officials has led to encroachment into communities in Yewa…
Sanwo-Olu to launch Lagos State's 5-year agricultural development roadmap tomorrow.

Lagos to launch 5-year agricultural development roadmap

The Lagos State Government has said that it would on Thursday, 22nd April 2021 launch a 5-Year Agricultural Development Roadmap…
Borehole

FG, Ogun partner on borehole projects for rural communities

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR), in collaboration with the Ogun State Government, have provided boreholes in 13 communities…
Nigerian Senate

Senate wants NEMA to provide urgent relief to Benue windstorm victims

The Senate, Wednesday, urged the National Emergency Management Agency to, as a matter of urgency, mobilize resources to supply relief…

State House partners with CILRM on staff training

The management of State House has expressed willingness to partner with the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of…
Fraud

Nosa Okoro arraigned for fuel theft in Edo

The police on Wednesday arraigned one Nosa Okoro, 34, before an Ogbeson Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin for allegedly stealing…
PDP

Southwest PDP congress disappoints doomsayers

Mr Jimmy Fatunbi, an observer at the just-concluded People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest delegates’ congress, on Wednesday said that the…
COVID-19 Vaccine

UNICEF urges Nigerians to take second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged those who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca vaccine, to…
NLC says its members arrested and detained during protests will now be paid allowance for the period of time their freedom are curtailed.

Kaduna NLC calls for prayers against mass sack, insecurity

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, has urged Muslims to pray against the mass sack of public sector…