By Ishaq Zaki The Zamfara Government on Saturday inaugurated the Second Round of Polio Outbreak Response campaign in the state and promised to sustain the extant efforts to maintain its polio-free status. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Zamfara has been having the zero-polio status since October 2024.Continue Reading
The Lagos State Government is to begin enforcement of its Electronic Call-Up (e-Call-Up) system for tankers and other articulated vehicles operating on the Lekki-Epe Corridor with effect from June 16. The government said that the enforcement would be in an effort to enhance logistics coordination and reduce traffic congestion toContinue Reading
By Imelda Osayande The Edo Government has launched a broad initiative aimed at tackling the issue of street children across the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Chief Olabisi Idaomi, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin. IdaomiContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has signed a global consensus on engineering capacity building for the consulting sector at the ongoing Chengdu Forum in China. NSE President, Mrs Margaret Oguntala, said this was done at the Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange, heldContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says he has no regret naming Abuja International Conference Centre after President Bola Tinubu. Wike said this in Abuja on Friday, during the inauguration of the completed 15-kilometre left hand service carriage way of OSEX StageContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will dualise the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Apo to Wassa Junction. Wike stated this in Abuja on Friday, during the inauguration of the completed 15-kilometre left hand service carriage way ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that the road from Apo Mechanic Village to Wassa will be closed to vehicular movement between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister,Continue Reading
By Martins Abochol The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Thursday said it would rehabilitate over 300 households displaced by windstorm in Garba Chede Community of Bali local Government Area in Taraba. Hajia Batulu Isa, Deputy Director, Relief and Mediation of the commission, said this after an assessment visit byContinue Reading
By Imelda Osayande As Nigeria observes the 2025 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, the Edo Government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting children’s rights and enforcing relevant labour laws. Mr Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo, said this in anContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has pledged to take serious actions against illegal mining activities causing damage to rail tracks. The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Kayode Opeifa, gave the warning while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Jebba, on the sidelines of an inspection tourContinue Reading
