In 2012, the Plateau Government banned commercial motorcyclists, popular known as Okada riders, and regulated the operations of commercial tricycles within Jos and Bukuru metropolis. The ban on Okada followed a law passed by the House of Assembly and assented…
The Chief Medical Director, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Dr Shedrack Offiah, said the management had sacked six doctors for abandoning their jobs after collecting their salaries. Offiah disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency…
Ijebu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (IJEBUCCIMA) has unveiled plans to further lift the annual Ojude Oba Cultural Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun to more economically-enviable heights. President of IJEBUCCIMA, Mr Rafiu Oshiyemi, who made this known in Ijebu-Ode…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the governing board of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to enhance the smooth running of its administration. Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who performed the inauguration on…
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the widow of the late political and human rights activist, Yinka Odumakin, has inaugurated a foundation to immortalisae him. Okei-Odumakin, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, said the Oluyinka Odumakin Foundation (OOF) was founded to honour…
…urges Nigerians to repose faith in God The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, says Nigeria as a nation will neither experience any civil war nor break-up, declaring the socioeconomic challenges confronting the country will be eventually surmounted. Abiodun made this…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, organised a roadshow to sensitise Plateau residents on the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Reports state that INEC officials drove in convoy through major streets in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, addressing residents…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday congratulated the former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, as he turns 75. Buhari in his congratulatory message joins members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in congratulating the former Governor on his 75th birthday…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger Sector Command, said on Thursday that seven persons died in an accident that occurred on Lambata-Minna road on Thursday. Mr Musa Mohammed, the state Sector Commander, told the Newsmen in Minna that 2 other…
Two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued by police operatives. They were rescued on Wednesday evening by police operatives in Rijanna area along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.…
