Yobe government has cautioned newly elected local councils chairmen in the state against unnecessary expenditure, urging them to adhere strictly to budgetary provisions. Alhaji Yerima Mahmud, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, said this while addressing newly…
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Thursday sentenced a 22-year-old sales representative, Dolapo Mohammed, to six months in a Correctional Centre for stealing his employer’s N235,000. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O.Adeyemi, sentenced Mohammed after he pleaded guilty to a charge…
The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), says it is collaborating with some development partners and Sokoto State Government to enrol 5,000 vulnerable persons into a contributory health scheme in the state. The UNICEF Chief of Field Office in…
Yobe government has cautioned newly elected local councils chairmen in the state against unnecessary expenditure, urging them to adhere strictly to budgetary provisions. Alhaji Yerima Mahmud, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, said this while addressing newly…
A Customary Court in Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State, dissolved a 15-month-old marriage of a sales attendant, Stephen Akinseloye, over his wife’s poor cooking and lack of manners. Akinseloye, who lives in Elewura-Challenge area in Ibadan, told the court that…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says development of Medical and Agro-allied Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Ilorin, Kwara would soon commence. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, NEPZA’s Managing Director, made the remark in a statement by Mr Martins Odeh, Head,…
Niger State Government has announced the closure of all secondary schools in the state for two weeks, from March 12 to March 26. A statement from the Ministry of Education signed by the Information Officer, Mr Jibrin Kodo, in Minna…
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), The Connected Development (CODE), says it will expand platforms provided by the Kaduna State Government for women to participate in decision-making process of COVID-19 response. CODE’s Senior Programme Manager, Mrs Lucy Abagi said this when officials…
Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria stood at 17,670, on Wednesday, down from the previous day’s 18,208. The declining number was made known by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the updated data published Wednesday. So far, 139,983 Nigerians…
Mari Osaka, the elder sister of four-time major-winner Naomi Osaka, has retired from tennis at the age of 24, explaining “it was a journey which I didn’t enjoy”. The elder Osaka was ranked 340th in the world, having reached a…
