The Lagos State Government has sealed off Landcraft Industries Nigeria and Word of Light Christ Ministry (Camp of Light), for noise and environmental pollution-related offences. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known in a statement released on his handle on Wednesday. Wahab said Landcraft Industries Nigeria, situated at Odogunyan, […]
For the second time in 15 months, the family of a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd), has donated an ultramodern girls hostel to the University of Benin. In her remarks at the inauguration of the hostel on Wednesday, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Lilian Salami, said the edifice, […]
A Deputy Inspector General of Police, Bello Makwashi, on Wednesday, charged the Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba, alongside other senior officers to sustain efforts toward ensuring public safety, robust intelligence gathering, and proactive measures to address emerging security challenges. Makwashi, who is the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Department of Logistics and Supply, […]
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has directed the chairman of the state civil service commission to refund all administrative fees currently being charged in relation to the ongoing recruitment into the state’s civil service. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta, the […]
The Edo State government, on Wednesday, said it received some trucks of rice from the Federal Government early this year but described them as a drop in the ocean. “Twenty trucks of rice? We are close to seven million people in Edo State. How does that help?”Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, queried on […]
The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday, said Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician said this at the Wilson and Yinka Badejo Memorial Lecture […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has confirmed that its national office in Abuja was invaded by security operatives, believed to be from the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday night. According to a statement by NLC spokesperson Benson Upah, late on Wednesday, the operatives arrested the security guards, forcing them to […]
The first female President of the Student Union Government, University of Calabar, Blessing Alims, has explained why she appointed 50 individuals for advisory roles in her administration. Alims, who recently gained the attention of netizens after being announced the President in the university’s 49-year history, announced the appointment of the aides in a viral letter […]
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has claimed that a video showing the president appealing to Nigerians to be patient with his government is old. PUNCH Online, however, reported that the State House shared the video on X.com on Wednesday, passing it as new. The video was posted […]
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has partnered with the Nigerian Air Force to provide affordable housing for its personnel. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar, to the Ministry in Abuja. This was […]
