More than 8,000 passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train route have accessed the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) e-ticketing platform three days after into its test running. A statement by Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, Media Assistant to Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to “urgently review the 2021 appropriation legislation to stop the government of President Muhammadu Buhari from selling…
A building on Market Street, off Ijesha, in Surulere, Lagos, housing nine apartments and 12 shops, was on Saturday evening, gutted by fire, caused by a faulty cooking gas valve that exploded, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has said that UBEC was collaborating with states to improve girl child enrollment, particularly in the Northern parts of the country. Bobboyi, who disclosed this on Sunday, in Gafia,…
Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki The crisis in Ezzagu Community in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi state has been blamed on the Special Assistant to the Governor on House of Assembly matters, Hon. Julius Nwokpor who is allegedly being sponsored by…
The Seceratary of Borno Elders Forum, Alhaji Bulama Mali-Gubio, has cautioned youths against the practice of insulting elders on social media. Mali-Gubio gave the advice on Saturday in Maiduguri while speaking at an empowerment programme, organised by the state chapter…
Tobi Adetunji One of the hall marks of last year was the outbreak of the pandemic across the continents of the earth. While it seems the overarching effect of this novel disease is still very much with us, it has…
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Saturday urged parents to uphold moral discipline of children under their care. Tambuwal said this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, when he received the…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commiserated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, over the death of his brother, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abubakar. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director, MURIC said this in a statement in Lagos on Sunday, describing…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Attracted by the exemplary Agricultural practice of the Ogun State Government, a delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Programme (FCT-ADP) as well as the Agric and Rural Development Secretariate (ARDS) has visited Ogun State with…
