Al-Makura dissolves local government councils
Al-Makura Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has dissolved the management of all local government councils in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed, the state...
View ArticleTwo trapped, die In underground fuel tank in Lagos
Tragedy struck in the early hours of yesterday when two workers of Fagbems Filling Station, Ojodu, Lagos, got trapped and died in an underground petrol tank. The two victims, Adekunle Ipaye and the...
View ArticleKogi to rejig basic education for efficiency
The Kogi State government has reiterated its determination to make basic education its top priority. The Secretary to the state government, Dr. Arike Ayoade Folashade, said this during the swearing in...
View ArticleOgun agrees with labour to pay Workers
There were strong indications, yesterday, that the disagreement between the Ogun State government and the state workers may soon come to an end. The workers had on Wednesday, March 16 suspended...
View ArticleLocal Governments benefit from rural electrification
Power Bali and Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State have benefitted from rural electrification projects, worth several millions of naira, courtesy of the state government. Like Bali, where several...
View ArticlePDP berates Aregbesola over LCDAs
The creation of 31 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) by the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has been described as fake, which might further plunge the state into abject poverty. This is the...
View ArticleLagos Rehabilitates 13 Council Roads
The Lagos State Public Works (LSPWC) has embarked on massive rehabilitation of 13 roads in Surulere Local Government area, while targeting one more week for the completion of Ile-Epo, along the...
View ArticleAnother Kano market on fire
Traders scampering to rescue their wares as fire razed Sabon Gari market in Kano…yesterday. 300 shops destroyed, 3 Shop owners collapsed, First Bank burnt. It was another black Saturday yesterday in...
View ArticleOndo, BEDEC reach agreement to end blackout in communities
PHOTO: jiji To end the blackout being experienced in some local councils in the Southern Senatorial District and Idanre in the Central Senatorial District of Ondo State, the state government has...
View ArticleLAPO to empower 1000 rural women
PHOTO:blog.concern-universal.org The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a non-governmental organisation said it has decided to empower at least 1000 rural women in Enugu State this year, to enable...
View Article100 community-based skill acquisition graduates to get start-up capital
One hundred beneficiaries of the first phase of the community based skills acquisition programme in Abia State have been assured of getting the necessary start-up equipment and capital, courtesy of the...
View ArticleFayose lambasts DSS, gives car to detained lawmaker
Ayodele Fayose Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose yesterday said that the Directorate of State Security (DSS) only succeeded in tarnishing its own image by attempting to coerce members of the state...
View ArticleHarvest of fires in Kano…
Burnt Sabon Gari Market …on Saturday PHOTO: GOOGLE.COM 3,800 shops destroyed at Sabon Gari, says NEMA • Police arrest 100 for looting • Kaduna Electricity Company denies responsibility It was a gloomy...
View ArticleWife detained as suspect over missing husband
ibemesi It’s been nearly 40 days of misery for Mrs. Bridget Ibemesi, who is yet to see her husband, Mr. Raphael Chukwudi Ibemesi, a truck driver with Chrisnak Ventures. She last saw her husband, dead...
View ArticleNSCDC rounds up cable theft gang
The suspects A suspected dealer in stolen communications cables, fingered to be the kingpin behind missing communication cables, Gideon Ioenes, has been apprehended by men of the Nigeria Security and...
View ArticlePains for traders as Agege Local Council demolishes Ashade Market
The demolished market Demolition of markets in Lagos has become the trend in recent times, especially by the local councils and development areas. The latest to dealt the bitter pill are traders at...
View ArticleMasari urges people of Katsina to be patient with President Buhari
Aminu Bello Masari Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Monday called on the people of the state to exercise patience with the ongoing change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari in the country. He...
View ArticleMeat consumers lament unhealthy abattoir environment in Kuje
Meat consumers in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday raised alarm over the deplorable state of infrastructure and unhealthy operational environment of the council’s...
View ArticleBan on planting of maize, tall crops in residential areas still in force,...
agriculture Mr Christopher Batai, the General Manager, Plateau State Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) has said that the law banning the planting of maize and tall crops in...
View ArticleNDLEA discovers letter laden with heroin in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had intercepted a letter laden with heroin in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed in Lagos by the agency’s spokesman, Mr...
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