…To pay N40,000 each monthly stipend By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved Internship Programme for 4,000 unemployed graduates under the Internship Placement Programme, GIPP, aimed at reducing the rate of unemployment in the state. Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, who spoke during the commencement of the […]

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed eight pharmacies and 432 patent medicine shops in Gombe State for various offences. Dr Elijah Mohammed, the council’s Registrar, disclosed this during a press conference in Gombe on Thursday after week-long enforcement. According to Mohammed, the offences for which the premises were sealed include:  operating without registration […]

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has flagged off the construction of 12 kilometer Awo-Omamma-Okwudor Road in Oru East and Njaba Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement issued on Thursday in Owerri by Uzodinmma’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwike Nwachukwu, the governor said that the road would be completed in 18 months. He […]

By David Odama A six-year-old boy, Okunu Isiah kidnapped alongside his mother last Sunday in Nasarawa, is still in the custody of his kidnappers who are demanding for three million ransom. Okunu, whose father was killed and his mother released by their abductors in the area is yet to see a sign of his freedom […]

By Victoria Ojeme Federal Government has said that it is working with relevant stakeholders to secure United States’ support  for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s bid of becoming the new World Trade Organisation’s Director General. A statement Thursday by Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja said the government wishes to inform Nigerians that […]

Muslim leaders in the South East have urged its faithful in the zone to pray for peaceful coexistence and unity in Nigeria as it marks the 2020 Eid-el Maulud. They made the call separately to celebrate the Eid-el Maulud, marking the birth of Prophet Mohammed. The traditional ruler of the Northern community in Imo, Alhaji […]

*As stakeholders, agitators meet with Senator Omo-Agege in Abuja *I don’t want breach of peace in N’Delta, says Senator Omo-Agege By Emma Amaize THE Federal Government has reportedly started dialogue at Abuja with Niger Delta stakeholders and militants, who, last week, gave it a 21-day ultimatum to recommence hostilities, if government refused to quickly address […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday called for an end to all forms of medical tourism especially by elected and appointed government officials. The NLC also said that with the quantum of resources available to government, Nigeria can afford to build and effectively equip some of the best hospitals […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Thursday said looting of government and private property in the state cut across 14 Local Government Areas, as it commenced return of the looted property  items  to owners who can identify their property Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had granted 72-hour amnesty period to the looters to return […]

Urge him to ensure ongoing reforms,achieve e-voting before 2023 *Want Senate to reconvene for speedy clearance     By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Movement, a youth wing of the apex youth group of the Igbo socio-cultural organization, has lauded the reappointment of Prof. Mahmud Yakubu as the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission for […]

The Kano State government has approved the promotion of 249 civil servants in various ministries, departments and agencies in the state. The Chairman of the state Civil Service Commission, Mr Bello Kiru, made the disclosure in a statement issued at the end of the commission’s meeting on the senior staff promotion exercise, on Thursday in […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has directed that all public and private schools in the state should resume on Monday 2nd of November, 2020. Schools in the state were closed on Monday 26th October 2020 following #EndSARS protest which turned bloody after it was hijacked by hoodlums. ALSO READ: Boko Haram’s […]

By Luminous Jannamike Boko Haram has released a new video showing Rev Polycarp Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos, Plateau State, who reportedly went missing penultimate Monday. The cleric was abducted on October 19, while travelling to Gombe State for a conference. According to an online medium, Sahara […]

The Kwara Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) says it generated the sum of N4.015 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2020. The Executive Chairman of the service, Shade Omoniyi, made the disclosure in a statement made available in Ilorin on Thursday. She said that the amount was in excess of the quarterly projection of N6.5 […]

Former Army spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman (rtd), Thursday said that protesters, who were campaigning against Police brutality at Lekki Tollgate, on the 20 October 2020, were dispersed with blank bullets by soldiers. Usman who disclosed this in an interview with the Arise Tv, maintained that soldiers used blank bullets as against live bullets propagated […]