The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Sunday that about 88,000 people were internally displaced in Somalia in the first three months of 2024. The UNHCR said the displacement was mainly caused by conflict or insecurity and the long-term effects of flooding, which occurred between October and December 2023. “Clan conflicts and political…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Osun State Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for the N200 billion Presidential Intervention Fund recently launched for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and manufacturers in the country. Oyintiloye, who stated this on Sunday while addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, equally…
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has called on the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory to implement the 25 per cent upward review of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure and hazard allowance. NANNM also called on the state governments to implement revised call duty allowance in their respective civil services…
A former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has said that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government lacks the requirements to change Nigeria’s economic fortunes. Suswam, also the lawmaker who represented Benue North-East Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, stated this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Newsnight programme earlier in…
Danish shipping and logistics company, A.P Moller-Maersk, has said it will invest $600m to expand existing port infrastructure to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports. This followed closed-door talks between President Bola Tinubu and the company’s Chairman, Mr Robert Maersk Uggla, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said Nigeria’s tech environment is “absorptive and ready” for foreign investments. He said the local investment environment operates on the principle of ‘a willing buyer and willing seller, which ensures seamless access to capital for investors both within and outside the country. This was as he hailed Nigerian youths saying…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered that some of the buildings affected by Saturday’s gas explosion at Ita-Oshin in Abeokuta North Local Government area of the state be evacuated. This is to allow for integrity tests to be carried out on the affected buildings. Abiodun made this known on Sunday during an on-the-spot assessment…
The Ondo State Police Command on Sunday said it had begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mr Alaba Abe, one of the ward campaign coordinators of the state Governor Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa during the last primary of the party. Abe, who was also known as Excel, was reportedly assassinated by…
A former Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant in the 2023 general elections, Sam Ohuabunwa, has said the events in the last year have suggested that President Bola Tinubu was right in removing the contentious fuel subsidy regime. The immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria made the statement when he was featured as…
The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has disclosed that the Ministry of Education has set up a seven-man committee to probe the bullying incident in Lead British International School, Abuja. As seen in two viral videos over the internet late Monday, a female student (names withheld) was seen bullying her female colleague (names…
Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC. Among those named in the weekend order are French newspaper Le Monde, British publication The Guardian, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and French broadcaster TV5 Monde. They were suspended for reporting on a…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has won all the chairmanship seats in the 33 local government areas of the state. The local government election was conducted on Saturday by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission. The OYSIEC, Isiaka Olagunju (SAN), who announced the results of the poll on Sunday at the OYSIEC’s…
