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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has sworn in a new Statistician - General, Mr. Uduak Effiong Isaac, with a mandate to ensure proper management and coordination of the state's statistical data for general development. The inauguration formed the first part of the State Executive Council meeting held Monday, July 27, 2026 at the ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Forum of Permanent Secretaries compulsorily retired from the Abia State Civil Service on October 31, 2023, has appealed to Governor Alex Otti to pay their outstanding gratuities and other retirement benefits. The retirees made the appeal in a communiqué issued on Monday in Umuahia after their July 2026 meeting. The statement, ...
By Precious Mark The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has said the completion of a modern television studio at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Headquarters in Abuja has placed Nigeria among nations with top-tier broadcasting facilities across the continent. Speaking on Monday after inspecting facilities at the NTA Headquarters and the ongoing ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Federal Government is set to commence repair works on Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on July 28, an advisory by the Lagos State Government has revealed. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Mrs. Bolanle Ogunlola, the repair work ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, on her election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), describing her emergence as a historic milestone for the legal profession. In a statement shared on his official social media page, Sanwo-Olu noted that Badejo-Okusanya's election as only the second ...
...calls for investigation into attack By Ismail Azeez The Osun State APC Governorship Campaign Council has described as misleading and completely unsubstantiated the allegation by the Speaker, State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, that the APC attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters. It would recalled that INEC headquarters in Odo-Otin Local ...
The House of Representatives Committee investigating the alleged operation of a fake presidential agency on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, to produce the Director-General of the agency, Mr. Adeyemi Martin, before it by 12 noon on Wednesday. The committee issued the directive after the Nigeria Police Force confirmed key aspects of ...
The Principal of Esinle Community High School, Mrs. Rachel Alamu, has described the seventh week of her 56-day captivity as the most traumatic, saying intensified military air raids around the kidnappers' camp left the captives fearing for their lives. Mrs. Alamu, who was abducted alongside teachers and pupils from the school in the Oriire Local ...
By Firdaus Jibril The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo has praised the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for using Nigeria’s local content policy to improve lives through community development projects. Ekpo gave the commendation on Saturday while commissioning a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre ...
The Nigeria Police Force, in strategic partnership with the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Nigeria's Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), successfully hosted the final phase of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (C-WMD) Curriculum Development Workshop for its Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Command, at ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a soldier declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over his alleged involvement in the illegal supply of military accoutrements to terrorists and other criminal elements. The suspect, Private Mohammed Yusuf, identified by service number 23NA/84/1939 and attached to the Nigerian Army Ordnance Kits Factory, Lagos, ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged graduating students of Babcock University to embrace innovation, integrity and excellence as they prepare to contribute to national development. The governor gave the charge while delivering the convocation lecture at the university's 2026 undergraduate convocation ceremony held at the University Stadium, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to strengthen consumer protection in the state. The partnership is expected to improve collaboration between both agencies in addressing consumer rights issues, enhancing regulatory compliance and ensuring a fair ...
Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has announced the promotion of 547 employees and the approval of 579 Step Increments following the successful conclusion of its 2025 Performance Appraisal Exercise, reaffirming the Company's unwavering commitment to recognising excellence, rewarding performance and building one of Africa's most admired workplaces. The milestone reflects AEDC's deliberate investment in its ...
By Precious Mark The suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has refuted allegations of a N44 billion financial fraud leveled against her, describing the claims as entirely baseless and politically motivated. Addressing the accusations during a broadcast interview on Monday on AriseNews, the former ...
Dangote Cement Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable business practices, environmental stewardship, and responsible growth across Africa, as the company continues to integrate sustainability into every aspect of its operations. The company's sustainability strategy remains focused on reducing environmental impact, improving energy efficiency, promoting diversity and inclusion, supporting local communities, and creating long-term value ...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old driver, Joel Obadiah, to two months imprisonment for stealing one television set and 34 bags of animal feeds from his employer. Magistrate Abdumajid Oniyangi did not give Obadiah an option of fine, after he pleaded guilty to theft. Oniyangi ordered that the sentence should start ...
Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, South-South Coordinator of APC Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA), says 1.6 million tertiary institution students have benefited from the Federal Government’s National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Okowa stated this on Sunday in Asaba when the national leadership of Working People United (WPU) paid him a courtesy visit. He said NELFUND was among the ...
Kogi state Executive Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has assured the Management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) of his administration's unwavering commitment to strengthen collaboration to enhance water safety and boost Inland transport in the state and country at large. The Governor gave the assurance when the Management of NIWA ably led by ...
Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar has decried that Nigerians are suffering despite an estimated ₦7.98 trillion windfall from high international crude oil prices. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) described the administration’s economic management as contradictory, opaque, and bereft ...
No fewer than 5,513 students across Ogun will benefit from the 2025/2026 edition of the Sen. Solomon Adeola scholarship and bursary scheme. In his address at the third edition of the scheme held in Abeokuta on Sunday, Adeola urged the students to use the funds for school-related expenses, rather than frivolities. Adeola is the Senator ...
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has urged Nigeria to cut production costs or risk losing the African market to more competitive economies under AfCFTA. The Executive Secretary of NSDC, Mr Kamar Bakrin, made the call in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Bakrin spoke while presenting a paper at the technical session of the ...
Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has inaugurated the distribution of 500 trucks of free fertiliser and tractors to 150,000 smallholder farmers. The distribution, launched on Saturday, covers farmers across the state’s 23 local government areas and marks the third consecutive year of the free fertiliser programme. Sani said the initiative remained one of the ...
