By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Jigawa state government has earmarked the sum of N5.9 billion for the construction of 1,500 housing units in the state. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by the…
A 5-man robbery gang specialised in robbing hotels and Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). State Commandant of the NSCDC, Charles Brown, who paraded the suspects…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has distributed N100 million to over 10,000 families who were affected by flooding in the state. Water discharge from the Lagbdo Dam in Cameroon Republic cause flooding every year, preventing residents from travelling to…
By Isaac Olusesi Don’t hold your breath for it. The airline operators in Nigeria had, a few days ago, alleged that marketers were hoarding aviation fuel and caused artificial scarcity of the product as the jingle bells with lyrics, sound…
The House of Representatives has called for the adoption of the Chinese Yuan as an official foreign exchange reserve currency with other internationally recognised currencies to protect the naira from further depreciation. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of…
By Sodiq Adelakun In a recent development, a 43-year-old man named Martins Olanrewaju has been handed an 18-month prison sentence by the Yaba Magistrates’ Court. Olanrewaju was found guilty of stealing a sum of N820,000 belonging to his landlady’s brother.…
…Demands supply of fuel, funds to pay to cleaners, security The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in reaction to transportation slash and free train service declared by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, has said while the development is good for the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU’s) protracted running battle with the Federal Government of Nigeria seems to have been over for now, with the recent removal of ASUU members from the contentious Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).…
…Clampdown on digital money lenders results in significant drop in complaints The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) announced that it generated N56 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023 and remitted N22.4 billion to the Federal Government.…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested 273 suspects in Kogi State between January and December, 2023. The agency also seized 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in the state during the period. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made…
