The Federal Government said on Monday that no fewer than 1,375 irregular migrants were arrested while the border drill code-named, “Exercise Swift Response,” lasted. Our correspondent reports that the border drill held between Aug. 20, 2019 and Dec. 17, 2020.…
Magistrates in Cross River on Monday blocked the entrance to the governor’s office in Calabar to protest 24 months unpaid salaries. The magistrates assembled at the governor’s office from the 18 local government areas of the state. They wielded placards…
The Federal Government has said its 774,000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will commence on Wednesday. The programme is designed to engage 1,000 artisans from each local government in public works for three months at N20,000 each per month. The…
…Police is going ahead with investigation-Oyeyemi, Ogun PPRO By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A new twist was on Monday added to the allegation of sexual harassment against Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun as his accuser, the 16-year-old girl,…
By Moses Adeniyi Questions as to whether Lagosians made the right choice or not in 2019 at the polls of the gubernatorial contest of Lagos State has come to better light with clear equations. The practical evaluations of the governance…
…Africa’s largest entrepreneurial intervention leads way on Covid-19 economic recovery …TEF targets over 3,000 SMEs …Dedicated focus in 2021 on female entrepreneurs The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, opened applications on its TEFConnect…
…LG poll, 1,000 housing units for workers in pipeline The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has promised to work harder to ensure a safe, secure and prosperous Ekiti State in 2021 where all residents will feel better impact…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government and cement manufacturers had agreed on a discount for the government’s Social Housing Scheme, being implemented under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). “They have agreed to give cement for this project…
…FG makes NIN compulsory for SIM cards replacement By Ogaga Ariemu, Abuja Federal Government has lifted its suspension on Subscriber Identification Module(SIM) cards replacement for telecommunications subscribers. Also Federal Government ordered that National Identity Number(NIN) be made compulsory for telecoms…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government has suspended workers mentioned in extortion at enrolment centres of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Nigerian NewsDirect learnt that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, ordered the immediate suspension…
