By Adeyemi Adeleye A Nigerian author and novelist, Gbenga Sokefun, has called on African leaders to beam searchlight on human trafficking of the male child. Sokefun, the author of a fiction, “Adigun”, in a release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos said thatContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame Mr Aliyu Tahir, Managing Director, Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), has commended President Bola Tinubu for signing the 2023 Electricity Act into law. Mrs Ama Umoren, Head, Communication and Protocol, NEMSA in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said Tahir stated this while felicitating with TinubuContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has lauded the country’s founding fathers for their doggedness, patriotism and activism that culminated into Nigeria’s freedom from colonialists 63 years ago. He stated this on Sunday in Abuja in an address to Nigerians on the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. He said that theirContinue Reading
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has said that the state government has reached an agreement with the Federal Government to jointly rehabilitate the federal roads in the state. Otti said this on Saturdayat the Government House, Umuahia, during a media parley organised by the state governmentContinue Reading
Subsidy: FG introduces provisional wage increment Wage By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja, Oct. 1, 2023(NAN) President Bola Tinubu has approved a provisional wage increment for workers in the country as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Tinubu mage this known while addressing Nigerians onContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab on Saturday re-opened the Alayabiagba Market in Boundary, Ajegunle, after adherence to all prescribed sanitation measures by the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Folashade Kadiri, Director, Public Affairs, of Lagos WasteContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Hoteliers in Kwara appealed to Gov. Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq on Saturday to save them from harassment, coercion, intimidation, extortion and unlawful locking up of their facilities by the state’s revenue agency. They alleged that officials of Kwara Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) regularly locked up their hotels without courtContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba The Lagos State government on Saturday began clearing shanties and reclaiming Right of Way (RoW) of the Red Rail project corridor from Agbado, Ogun, to Ebute Metta, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the enforcement team was led by the Commissioner for Physical PlanningContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has called on the Federal Government to diversify the nation’s economy from oil to agriculture revenue earnings. It urged the government to go back to 1960s, where government invested heavily in agriculture and used its earnings to financeContinue Reading
By Ginika Okoye The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it has opened investigation into an alleged healthcare neglect by Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, which led to the death of one Ms Greatness Olorunfemi. FCCPC, in a statement by its Executive Vice Chairman, Mr Babatunde Irukera, on Saturday,Continue Reading
