The residents of Assakio and Ashige communities in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have cried out for help from the state government following a recent heavy rainfall which collapsed the bridge linking the both communities. A peasant farmer who is a resident in the Ashige community, Musa Yahuza, told our correspondent…
The Gombe State Government has marked the last Saturday of every month as environmental sanitation across its 11 Local Government Areas. reports that the statewide monthly sanitation exercise was declared in line with Governor Muhammadu Yahaya’s bid to ensure hygiene across communities in order to mitigate communicable diseases. Disclosing this in a statement obtained by…
Indeed, these are difficult times for the associates and friends of the Maidalan Gombe, Alhaji Ahmad Shehu, following the loss of his six family members in a tragic road accident along the Gombe-Azare highway. findings reveal that a burst tyre contributed to the death of the six family members. The deceased persons were the immediate…
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the fourth Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been conferred with the traditional title of ‘Tafidan Jega’, by the Jega Emirate Council of Kebbi State.checks show that while the former EFCC chairman was honoured with the ‘Tafidan Jega’ title, his uncle, Alhaji Ibrahim Yahaya Bawa, a former Executive Director,…
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has disclosed that the removal of structures on the drainage systems is to prevent perennial flooding in the areas. The PUNCH reports that the state government had on Monday commenced the removal of contravening structures under the System 1 Drainage Channel Midstream (Odo Iya Alaro) Ojota…
The Chairman of the Isale Eko Descendants Union, Adeniji Kazeem (SAN), has sympathised with the victims of the fire incident at Dosumu Market on Lagos Island last week. A Tuesday statement notes that Kazeem made the remark on Sunday when he and members of the union visited the site of the fire incident to have…
Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday, set up a fact-finding committee to probe all finances, loans and contract projects awarded during the administration of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The probe by the state Assembly comes weeks after the incumbent Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, lamented that El-Rufai left him a huge debt…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a probe into a violent clash between two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. The two NANS factions, in a trending video on X, formerly Twitter, engaged in a bloody clash that left one severely injured in the…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to agricultural reforms aimed at bolstering production and improving soil management practices. Shettima spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of an agricultural initiative tagged ‘Soil Values’. In 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said 26.5 million Nigerians might face a food crisis between…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a probe into a violent clash between two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. The two NANS factions, in a trending video on X, formerly Twitter, engaged in a bloody clash that left one severely injured in the…
The National Examinations Council has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. NECO’s acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the postponement was due to low enrolment. Sani said the Common Entrance…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to agricultural reforms aimed at bolstering production and improving soil management practices. Shettima spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of an agricultural initiative tagged ‘Soil Values’. In 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said 26.5 million Nigerians might face a food crisis between…
