Author: Teniola Akerele
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In compliance, with the two-day warning strike initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress, the National Electricity Workers Union, on Tuesday morning (today), shut down the head office of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, located on Post Office Road in the metropolitan city. It would be recalled that the National Executive Council of the NLC at […]
As part of efforts to accelerate action on climate adaptation, the President of African Development Bank, Femi Adeshina, on Tuesday, said the finance institution has committed to providing $25bn to climate finance by 2050. He stated this on the second day of the African Climate Summit, being held at The Kenyatta International Convention Centre, […]
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to include families of wounded and fallen soldiers in the national social register and its poverty alleviation programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, made this known during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Monday, in Abuja. […]
The Nigerian Army has denied an attempt to seize land in Osun State over a proposed community intervention project. Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Re: Complaints of Orolu Community, of Orolu LGA over Alleged Proposed Community Intervention Project by the Nigerian Army’ on Tuesday […]
A group of Gabonese officers and soldiers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the regime” and cancelling the results of a recent election. Here is a translation from French of the statement, which was read out by one of the officers on Gabon 24 television channel: “Our beautiful country, Gabon, […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike said on Monday that the ministry will deliver the Millennium Tower project in the next two years. Wike stated this in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Millennium Tower at […]
The National Board for Technical Education says the new online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to acquire a Bachelor’s Degree for one year, with foreign accredited universities, is meant for HND holders who want to pursue an academic career. The NBTE Head of Media Unit, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, offered the clarification in […]
The Delta State Police Command on Tuesday announced that it arrested over 100 gay suspects carrying out a gay wedding ceremony in a hotel in Delta state. In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the state police said it would parade the suspects shortly. “Delta State Command has arrested over […]
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, has declared one Salam Ayodeji, wanted for allegedly threatening Isese adherents in Ilorin Kwara State. It was earlier reported that Ayodeji stormed the shop of a female Isese adherent in Ilorin, to not only bully her but also threaten to wreak havoc should she not leave town […]
The Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, has accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting the statutory Federal Allocation due to the state’s Local Governments in the last two years. Adedayo, in a letter written to former Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Sunday, and obtained by our correspondent alleged that […]
