Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has said that his administration will give people with special needs and students of Special Schools in the state the attention they desire. This will culminate in the appointment of a Special Adviser (to…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the World Bank to suspend the disbursement of the $800 million loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The organisation also urged the institution to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory…
Shubham Chaudhuri, the Country Director World Bank for Nigeria, said Africa’s most populous nation has no choice but to borrow to finance its 2023 budget deficit. Chaudhuri disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television on Saturday, monitored by newsmen.…
The Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, of the Nigeria Police, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has denied the release of the suspected murderers of Shehu Shagari College of Education student, Deborah Samuel. The year two Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba for ordering the arrest of Seun Kuti for attacking a police officer on duty. In a video that has gone viral, the “Afrobeat’’ musician wearing…
The Federal Government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each of the inmates at the correctional facilities in the country. Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a…
The National Association of Nigeria Theatre Practitioners (NANTAP), has called on the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to create a sole ministry of tourism and culture upon assumption of office. Mr Israel Eboh, National President of NANTAP, in a statement on…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says the agency is engaging traditional rulers in various states to curb transborder crimes across the country . The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Tony Akuneme, disclosed this to the News…
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has promised to continue his peaceful disposition towards his predecessors and other politically exposed persons in the state. Ikpeazu made this promise on Sunday through a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS),…
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called for collaboration between states and the Federal Government to decongest Correctional Centres across the country. Aregbesola made the call on Saturday while inaugurating the 20-Bed Space COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund Hospital…
