A fire outbreak early Monday morning at a section of the popular Oba Market, Benin, has consumed hundreds of shops and goods worth millions of naira. The incident happened barely few days after the Edo Government had ordered traders to return to the market from various primary schools that served as makeshift markets in the […]
The defection of the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to the People’s Democratic Party ahead of the governorship election has riled some members of the party. Obaseks defected to the PDP after the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) disqualified him from participating its primary on the basis of “defective qualifications”. His defection was heralded by a […]
The scathing remarks made by Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has drawn the ire a pro-North organisation – Kanuri Collective Agenda (KCA). Malami reportedly urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Magu for alleged infractions, […]
A princely sum of N13.642 billion has been released to pay hazard allowances and group life insurance to health workers and federal civil servants, the Federal Government announced on Sunday. The announcement came on a day the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said it was suspending its one-week-old strike for four weeks to give […]
pc The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and police can’t stop the imminent mass defection to the PDP. Reacting to Saturday’s encounter between Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi and the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, in a statement on Sunday. Spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter on Sunday suspended a former Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, for allegedly violating the party’s constitution. Livingstone Wechie, media adviser to Acting Chairman Igo Aguma, said the suspension followed a report of a fact-finding committee. He said: “The committee recommended that Victor Giadom be immediately suspended from […]
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has adopted an Mbaise-born nine-year-old Imo wiz kid singer, Master Joseph Oluomachi Opara. The governor promised to personally sponsor him from primary school to Catholic priesthood. Master Opara made waves in the internet at the weekend with a video of his catholic hymn songs, which marked him out as a […]
Hon Agboola Ajayi, Ondo Deputy Governor who resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress, has said that he would not resign from office. Ajayi spoke on Sunday after he resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress at his Apoi Ward 2, Ese Odo Local Government Area of the State. He stated that […]
The Kaduna State Government has evacuated 35,000 Almajiri children to 17 states and some neighbouring countries. Hajiya Hafsat Baba, Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said that the state equally received more than 1,000 Almajiri […]
Gov. Nasir el-Rufai has approved N200m fund for the Kaduna State Women Empowered Programme (KADSWEP) to support women at the grassroots in their entrepreneurial activities. Hajiya Hafsat Baba, Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Kaduna State, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Baba said that […]