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Borno State government on Wednesday said 1,300 houses standing on waterways and river banks in the state capital, Maiduguri have been marked for demolition. Parts of the state capital in the last two months since the commencement have…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state on Wednesday said state governors will not be responsible for the funding of the Community Policing of the Federal Government, being championed by the Inspector General of Police. Akeredolu…

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG) has suspended its planned nationwide strike scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, August 27. The decision to shelve the industrial action was sequel to the resolve of the Chevron…

Embattled former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday apologized for referring to a journalist, Eyo Charles, as “stupid”. This came barely 24-hours after the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) had condemned his verbal attack…

About two months after they were appointed, President Muhmmadu Buhari on Wednesday, inaugurated 12 new permanent secretaries for the federal civil service. They were inaugurated at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja,…

The Access Bank branch on Adetokunbo Ademola Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos was on Wednesday afternoon razed by a rampaging inferno. Eyewitness account has it that the fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car on the…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in Hon. Lawrence Ogieva and Hon. Alex Oleije as the Commissioners for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, and Environment and Sustainability respectively. The governor also swore-in…

‎ The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) spends about N2m to destroy a container load of Tramadol, ‎Director General of the agency, Mrs Mojisola Adeyeye, said‎ on Tuesday. Adeyeye, who spoke at a virtual…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 252 new COVID-19 infections in the country. With the latest number of cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total 52, 800 cases so far. The breakdown of the figure…

‎A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has reportedly resigned from the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos. Mailafia ‎was hitherto a directing staff…