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At last, FG sacks NDDC Interim Administrator, appoints Audu-Ohwavborua Acting Managing Director
Following the sack of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua as...
Effective policing of Nigeria’s borders only through technology — Customs CG
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, has said the only way Nigeria can protect its borders...
Breaking: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss quits barely 40 days in office
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has resigned barely a month and some days of her inauguration. She announced her resignation outside Downing...
Four days after new Ekiti Governor was sworn in, State Assembly Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, dies
Barely four days after a new governor was inaugurated in Ekiti, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Funminiyi Afuye, has...
Flooding: FG denies agreement with Cameroon on dam construction
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Wednesday refuted claims that Nigeria and Cameroon had reached an agreement to build a dam...
Mayhem at Alaba international market, Lagos, as over 50 persons injured
There was bloody violence at the popular Alaba international market, Lagos, on Wednesday as traders clashed with hoodlums popularly referred to ‘agberos’ ....
Flood disasters: Expert chides urban planners for not carrying out proper surveys before land allocation
The Executive Director, Development Specs Academy, Abuja, Dr. Okey Ikechukwu, has blamed urban planners for the massive flooding currently ravaging several parts of...
FG provides N470bn for varsity revitalisation, upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries
The Federal Government says it has provided N470 billion special fund for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The Minister of...
Rising criminalities among Chinese nationals: China opens police stations in Nigeria, 20 countries
In its effort to tackle the increasing rate of criminal activities of its citizens abroad, the Chinese Government has opened police stations in...
Amid difficulties, Buhari’s administration has delivered on APC promises, Tinubu says
The All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has delivered on the promises of the...
INEC reads riot act to parties, supporters, eschew violent attacks, focus on issues
Following the recent violent clashes in the ongoing campaigns in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties...
Flood disaster: Bayelsa Govt. gives workers 7-day break
Worried by the flood-induced hardships being experienced by the people, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has given civil servants a one-...
Osinbajo at Ministerial retreat, decries dearth of synergy in fiscal, monetary policies
Lack of synergy between fiscal and monetary policies is the major cause of unnecessary drawbacks in the nation’s economic performance and planning, Vice-President...
Algeria dumps colonial French language, introduces English into schools
The decision to shift the language of instruction from French to English in Algeria has caused a drift between the conservatives who agree...
Publish names of oil thieves in two weeks or face legal action, SERAP tells Buhari
Worried by the mindless and unrestrained plundering and theft of the country’s oil, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President...
Ex-Aviation Minister Chidoka loses family member, 54, to negligent, uncaring FG’s hospital medical personnel in Abuja
….the doctor, on sighting Apostle Paul Egbon, pronounced him dead in the car and asked the wife to take the coprse to the...
