Metro
1 Jul 2023
To sustain eco-friendly transportation in the country, an indigenous firm, Possible EVS has concluded plans to launch Nigeria’s first fleet of electric taxis.
1 Jul 2023
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has commiserated with the family and associates of Pa Fohun Abiola, who was until his death, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun Central Senatorial District.
1 Jul 2023
The Administrator, Grace Schools, Lagos, Mrs. Olatokunbo Edun has underscored the need to deepen the cultural exchange between Nigeria and China. This is because of the enormous benefits derivable from promoting cross-cultural exchanges between both countries.
1 Jul 2023
To ensure an inclusive, efficient, sustainable, and affordable healthcare service for Nigerians, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIS) organised a stakeholders’ meeting to deliberate ways to mitigate the challenges of universal health coverage in the country.
1 Jul 2023
President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has urged pilgrims from Nigeria to seek for peace, stability and developmental growth of Nigeria as the 2023 Hajj exercise winds down.
1 Jul 2023
Former Lawmaker, who represented Oshodi/Isolo ll in Lagos State Constituency in the 9th Assembly, Jude Chukwuemeka Omobowale ldimogu, has called on Nigerians to love one another, live in peace and pray for the newly elected leaders of the nation.
1 Jul 2023
Worried by the ambiguity of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) (VAPP) Act, especially on how it affects widows, the Rose of Sharon Foundation (RoSF) has called for the Act to be more specific and an increased penalty for defaulters.
1 Jul 2023
Luck ran out of rail line vandals as Troops of 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, arrested 12 suspects at Angwan Yara in Keana Local Council of Nasarawa State.[
30 Jun 2023
Acting deputy director, Army public relations in Nasarawa Joseph Afolasade, has said troops of the 4 special forces rejected a N5 million bribe offered by suspected rail track vandals after arrest. Afolasade disclosed this on Friday at a press briefing in Doma area in Nasarawa. The 12 suspected rail track vandals in were arrested in…
30 Jun 2023
Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, said his government will announce palliatives to cushion the impact of the removal of subsidy. This was disclosed in a release signed by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the governor. This comes barely a month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy in his inaugural speech on…
30 Jun 2023
The National Universities Commission's (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) has been rejected by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU's national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a statement, said the curriculum is a threat to the quality of university education and will erode the power of university Senates. Osodeke describes NUC control…
30 Jun 2023
The national leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced that it's National Vice President, Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido, is missing. MACBAN spokesman Muhammad Nura Abdullahi made the disclosure in a statement on Friday. “We wish to bring to the notice of the general public and the security agencies that…
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The Lagos State Government said its food security initiative is fully on track. Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotosho said with the Ounje Eko intervention programme (discount weekly market), the food security initiative of the state is solid. READ ALSO: Lagos requires N50b…
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The Federal Government has charged stakeholders in the automotive sector on the realisation of made-in-Nigeria vehicles for economic growth and development. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Anite, said this on Thursday in Abuja, during a Dialogue on Automotive Component Manufacturing in Nigeria. According to Anite, the country has the consumer base…
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The Lagos State Government said it will test run the Redline Rail from Agbado to Iddo next week. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotoso said that for two months, various interest groups and stakeholders will be invited to take a ride on…
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Police in Lagos State have intercepted some bags of substances, suspected to be Indian Hemp, at a Jetty in Ojo area of Lagos and arrested a suspect.
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Nigerian Army troops have successfully repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra.
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Police operatives in Katsina have foiled an attack on Sabuwa town, headquarters of Sabuwa local government area of the state, neutralising one suspected bandit.
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Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is working to put Nigeria on a solid economic pedestal.
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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Thursday concluded a seven-day campaign tour of the 18 local government areas of the state ahead of the Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
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Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.