Metro
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…
30 Jun 2023
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands in the country. The Commission also commended the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for adhering to its latest Policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation. According to PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission however expects…
30 Jun 2023
The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has split the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism into two. Makinde said this in a newsletter said the government has identified tourism as one of the major drivers of Oyo State's economic expansion agenda. "As you already know, Tourism is one of the sectors that we will be…
30 Jun 2023
Senior Military Officers in Nigeria have been given a deadline of Monday, July 3, 2023 by the Defence Headquarters to tender their resignation. The Defence Headquarters thereafter directed all Senior officers with seniority on commission above Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 39 to proceed on voluntary retirement. The notice of resignation was issued in an…
30 Jun 2023
Delta State House of Assembly has granted a request from Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for a credit facility of N40 billion from Zenith Bank Plc to offset backlog of pensions owed retired primary school teachers and local government employees in the state. In a request letter to the House, Oborevwori explained that the credit facility was…
30 Jun 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that it wasted taxpayers' money after failing to upload the 2023 presidential election results on its Result Viewing Portal (iReV). In March, INEC admitted that there were some glitches in the transfer of presidential and National Assembly results into the iReV portal, rather than sabotage or…
30 Jun 2023
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (retd), has officially pulled out of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Irabor was appointed CDS in January 2021 and retired alongside others on June 19, following the appointment of new service chiefs by President Bola Tinubu. He bowed out at a ceremony held at the…
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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has warned newly-registered companies against paying certain fees to obtain tax identification number (TIN) amongst others. The management of CAC gave this warning in a statement on its X handle on Friday. CAC said it noticed email messages sent to directors of newly-registered companies. READ ALSO: CAC targets registration of…
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Sansani town, the headquarters of Sansani chiefdom in Gassol local government area of Taraba state, has been thrown into a state of mourning as unidentified gunmen carried out a brazen attack, claiming the life of monarch Abdulmutalib Jankada. Sources close to the matter said the attack occurred on Thursday inside the monarch's palace at about…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised concern over "orchestrated internal and external conspiracies malicious aero-politics, imperialistic intrigues, and discrimination" to frustrate Air Peace operations internationally. In a statement on Friday signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze Ndigbo noted at the plenary of their National Executive Committee (NEC), that such a plot was not healthy…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed money laundering charges against former Attorney-General Mohammed Adoke. Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled on Friday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to present a strong enough case (prima facie case) against Adoke. EFCC alleged that Adoke sometime in August 2013 in Abuja accepted a cash…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has teamed up with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to meet up with the FIRS's projected N1.9trillion tax from the public sector. ICPC Chairman Dr. Musa Aliyu Adamu at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Abuja assured the FIRS that the…
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Federal Character Commission (FCC), expressed its disappointment with the absence of the Chief Executives of supervisory bodies from federal tertiary institutions during a meeting with the commission. The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and National Universities Commission (NUC) with…
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The Kwara Government has said it will target about 1.5 million children between zero and five years of age, for polio vaccination across the 16 Local Government Area of the State.
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says his administration has provided a matching fund of N100 million to scale up food and nutrition interventions in the state.
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Senator Ede Dafinone, the lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army Staff for their instrumental roles in securing the release of His Royal Majesty, King Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, the monarch of Ewu-Urhobo…
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Officers from the Ikotun Police Division, Lagos State have rescued three children who had been locked in a room for days by their grandmother. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, stated that an investigation is ongoing on the matter. Hundeyin disclosed that the children have been kept safe while the grandmother…