The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (an NGO), has advocated the need for a community-based initiative to promote peacebuilding and sustainable development in Nigeria. The Executive Director of the group, Amb. Sani Bala gave the advice at the…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Sector Skills Council on Construction (SSCC) with the core mandate of tackling the skills and productive needs of the industry. Mrs Boade Akinola, Director, Press and Public Relations Unit, Federal Ministry of Works and…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged the country’s new service chiefs to avoid being dragged into partisanship by unpatriotic politicians. Mr Chris Isiguzo, the National President of NUJ, gave this charge in a statement he signed in Abuja…
A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya Abuja, on Thursday , sentenced a former of vigilance group, Auwalu Abdullahi, to six months imprisonment for allegedly slashing his colleague’s finger. The Judge, Yahaya Sheshi sentenced Auwalu, 28, after he pleaded guilty to…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday in Abuja demolished an illegal private residential building and a filling station under construction inside the National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja. Alhaji Muktar Galadima, Director, FCTA Department of Development Control,…
The Ondo State House of Assembly has tasked road safety authorities in the state to take measures to forestall recurrence of Saturday’s road accident in Akungba Akoko community. Reports said that eight persons lost their lives in the accident which…
A Civil Society Organisation, the Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG), has commended the appointment of Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Its Chairman, Mr Toyin Raheem, who made the…
The police in Zamfara have confirmed the killing of eight persons in Janbako village of Maradun Local Government Area (LGA), of the state by armed bandits on Sunday. The Police Command`s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Muhammad, confirmed the killings…
Seventy-six persons died in 615 fire incidents recorded in Kaduna State in 2020, the Director of the state Fire Service, Mr Paul Aboi, has said. The director said this in Kaduna on Tuesday. He said 139 others were injured in…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 13 persons died, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injury in an accident on Bida/Mokwa road in Niger, on Tuesday. Mr Joel Dagwa, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, confirmed…
