FG to train 10,000 Ogoni youths on alternative livelihoods, increases areas of training
August 12, 2022 The Federal Government has increased the number of Ogoni youths benefiting from its various livelihood Programmes from 5,000 to 10,000. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, announced…
Police foils kidnap attempt, nabs 3 suspects in Osun
August 12, 2022 Osun Police Command on Thursday said it arrested three suspected kidnappers while trying to abduct a business women, Mrs. Falilat Oyetunji, popularly called “Ero Arike”, in Iragbiji…
Census: Nigeria needs new data set to drive implementation of revised National Policy on Population, other policies
August 12, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said deployment of digital technology in the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will ensure effectiveness and more accuracy in the…
Soludo suspends LG chairman over circumstances surrounding wife’s death
August 12, 2022 Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has suspended Mr. Mbazulike Iloka, Transition Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, over the hazy circumstances surrounding the death of his…
LASG DISBANDS M.O.T ENFORCEMENT TEAM
August 12, 2022 The Lagos Ministry of Transportation has placed an indefinite ban on the operations of its enforcement team tagged M.O.T Taskforce. The Special Adviser to the Governor on…
Girl Child Education: 8,475 schoolgirls in Kaduna get N102.4m CCT intervention
August 12, 2022 The Kaduna State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, on Thursday began disbursement of N102.4 million Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to…
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 517 new cases, highest in the month of August
August 12, 2022 …Total number of infections now 262,402 Abuja, Aug 11, 2022 (NAN) Akwa Ibom is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
Online newspaper rewards Police officer for returning missing dollars in Katsina
August 12, 2022 An online newspaper, Katsina City News, on Thursday rewarded a police officer, Nura Mande, who returned missing 800 dollars belonging to a female pilgrim in Katsina State,…
SANWO-OLU VISITS AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY PLANT JOINTLY SET UP WITH LAGOS GOVT
August 11, 2022 …Governor also in Mushin to inspect State-owned leather production factory A vehicle assembly plant being jointly set up by Lagos State Government and CIG Motor is getting…
NCoS, security agencies collaborate to track fleeing Kuje prison inmates, others
August 11, 2022 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said it was working with security and intelligence agencies to track and arrest all prisoners who escaped from Kuje and other correctional…