Edo: Gov. Okpebholo appoints SSG, Attorney-General, others
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has appointed Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and named Samson Osagie, State Attorney-General and Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, Health Commissioner-designate. In…
Okowa and EFCC: The facts, the fiction, and the fairy tale, by Olisa Ifeajika
We have observed the desperate attempt by some dubious elements and a section of the media to malign His Excellency, Senator, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the immediate past Governor of Delta…
No village under bandits’ control in Kebbi – Deputy Gov.
Nov. 12, 2024 The Kebbi Government has refuted an online media report that bandits have taken control of some villages adjudicating in Sharia Courts and self-appointed traditional rulers in the…
NPC to operate electronic registration in 141 centres in Lagos
Nov. 12, 2024 The National Population Commission (NPC) says it will operate the Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system in 141 centres in Lagos State. The Federal Commissioner,…
Mining: Nigeria must move beyond extraction to unlock sector’s profits—Alake
Nov. 12, 2024 The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has said that Nigeria must move beyond extraction in mining to reap the gains of the sector. Alake…
Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal to revamp gas plant for aluminium smelter
November 12, 2024 Nigeria has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Chinese state-owned engineering firm CNCEC to revamp a gas processing plant crucial for the country’s aluminium production, its Petroleum…
Russian power creeps across West Africa with Equatorial Guinea mission
November 12, 2024 Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources told Reuters, showing Moscow is expanding its footprint…
Gov. Mutfwang dismisses rumours of explosion in Jos, describes alarm as false
Nov. 12, 2024 Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has dismissed rumours of an explosion around the old Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) site, near the Terminus Market in Jos North…
Abuja land grabbing: Timi Frank threatens to expose Wike, friends
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has told told President Bola Tinubu to urgently direct the Minister of FCT,…
LAGESC removes shanties, dislodges illegal occupants beneath Eko bridge
Nov. 12, 2024 The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI effected the removal of 54 illegal shanties which harboured 84 illegal occupants and eight make-shift toilets beneath…