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NPC conducts trial census in Ogun

Ahead of April 2023 headcount, the National Population Commission (NPC) has conducted a trial census in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. The exercise, which started in July 20, will end on Saturday. The Executive Chairman of NPC,…

NLC’s protest grounds activities in FCT

By Nicholas Ojo Abuja The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has grounded activities the in Central Area of FCT in continuation of its two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NLC…

Portable reacts as Headies disqualifies him

Popular Singer, Habeeb Okikiola, AKA Portable, has reacted to his disqualification from the Headies Awards. It had been reported that organisers of the Headies Awards disqualified Portable for threatening to kill his co-nominees. Recall that on the 25th of May…

Court remands unemployed man for allegedly raping woman

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Wednesday ordered that an unemployed man, Saidu Hassan, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman. The police charged Hassan, 40, whose residential address was not provided with rape.…

Delta Govt to enforce laws on drains

The Delta State Taskforce on Environment and Sanitation said it was ready to enforce ‘Operation Clean Your Drains’ laws in the state in the bid to control flooding. Mr Sylvester Oromoni, the Chairman in a statement on Wednesday, said that…

Ganduje appoints ex-NAN Deputy Editor-In-Chief as SSA

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appointed a former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Abdullahi Yusuf, as his Senior Special Assistant on Information. This is contained in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary,…