For the vulnerable persons in Niger State, May 9 would remain memorable in their lives. It was the day both the Federal and Niger State governments remembered them for good and made available to them palliatives to cushion their hardship. reports that the hardship being experienced by the vulnerable persons is a fallout of the…
The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation revealed, on Tuesday, that a total of 662 reports of domestic and sexual violence were received by the ministry in one year. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Bolaji Dada, stated this in Ikeja during a ministerial briefing in commemoration of the first anniversary of…
The Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, Emmanuel Audu, has said the state government will continue to support the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation in its interventions in the agricultural sector. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Audu was speaking during the foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration which was held recently in…
The popular Osogbo-based Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, on Tuesday, demanded recognition for the African Traditional Religion, saying such official recognition from the government has been long overdue. Elebuibon spoke in Osogbo, at the official unveiling of a N200m Idin Ileke Temple, a place of worship by traditionalists located in the Atelewo Area of Osogbo….
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, nullified tenure extension for chairmen of the 23 local government areas in the state. The court declared invalid the Local Government Law No.2 of 2024, which extended the tenure of local government chairmen by six months after the expiration of their tenure as invalid….
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “B” Command, Kaduna, said, on Tuesday, that it intercepted two consignments of donkey meat and bones valued at N3bn. It said the donkey meat and bones were part of the illegal items it seized in the zone between April 17 and May 17, 2024. The Customs FOU…
Stakeholders at a two-day workshop in Gombe have harped on the need to ensure accountability, integrity, and transparency in public and civil services. reports that the engagement was organised by Accountability Lab in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation to expand the coast of integrity icons in the state. Speaking in an interview…
The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Tuesday, called for urgent action as it said the hard times faced by the average Nigerian citizen were becoming unbearable. While calling on Nigerians to pray for divine intervention, the group warned that Nigeria was gradually drifting into chaos as a result of the fuel subsidy removal….
The Federal Government will soon establish the Agricultural and Energy Technical Institute in Aboh, Delta State, as the bill for an Act to establish the institute passed the second reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwani Federal Constituency, Delta State, Nnamdi Ezechi, the proposed law seeks to amend the Agricultural…
The workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest in Enugu and threatened to drag the state government to court for demolishing their offices and staff quarters. The workers then gave a seven-day ultimatum to the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to negotiate with them on how the demolished structures would…
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill seeking to increase the retirement age of policemen from 60 to 65 years. In the alternative, the bill seeks to raise the service year of a policeman from 35 to 40 years. If it becomes a law, a policeman in the country will…
Men of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, on Tuesday, morning apprehended a V6 200 horsepower engine speedboat carrying unquantified illegally-refined crude oil stored in sacks. Tantita Security Co-ordinator for Ugbodede and Iffiekporo Communities, Samson Uwatse, said the boat was intercepted at the Ogunu Creek, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State. Speaking to journalists…
