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…As Wase condoles with victims of Plateau flood disaster By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has urged youth in the country to shun religious violence and resist the temptation of killing innocent people in for religious sake. Femi Gbajabiamila The speaker who spoke at the National Christian and Muslim…
…commissions Pontoon, Waiting Shield in Ndokwa By Festus Ahon ASABA-SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, said the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is determined to create sustainable economic development across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State. Okowa Oborevwori at Iyamu Community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area during the Commissioning…
An accident involving the convoy of Zamfara state Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle has claimed the lives of two police personnel attached to the governor. Matawalle Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Press Affairs to the governor, confirmed the incident in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Gusau….
Oyo State government has called on people living close to flood-prone areas to vacate pending the period the present heavy rains would recede to avoid loss of lives and valuable properties to the flood. This came as Ekiti State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources Gbenga Agbeyo warned people against erecting structures on waterways to…
… Says freedom over By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibahim Pantami has charged all heads of parastatals under his ministry to perform or get sacked. Pantami gave the directive on Thursday when the Director of the National Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa led the management team of the…
Suspected robbers have destroyed property and carted away valuables belonging to public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State, following the inability of the schools’ management to pay for the services of security guards. There are 324 secondary schools and 1,576 public primary schools in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde, had, while deliverying his inaugural…
THE Director, Federal Highways, Southwest, Mr. Funsho Adebiyi, yesterday appealed for patience and understanding of road users and residents along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as massive reconstruction continues on the highway. Adebiyi, during an inspection of the highway, said there was the need to sensitise motorists on upcoming major diversions on sections between Berger and Kara…
By Owei Lakemfa THE Group of Seven, G7, the club of the richest countries in the world, met Monday in France to discuss their affairs and peep into the affairs of other countries. Like the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, and Canada wined, dined and decided the fate of the world, they…
Nany residents of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, and Ikere Ekiti, headquarters of Ikere Local Government, have been rendered homeless, following a heavy rainstorm that left property worth millions destroyed. The rainstorm, which began around 8p.m. on Tuesday and fell intermittently throughout the night until 6a.m. on Wednesday, was accompanied by violent whirlwind. Some of the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has cleared six more aspirants to contest the party’s governorship primary scheduled for tomorrow in Lokoja. This brings to ten, the number of aspirants out of the 16 that purchased nomination forms, who will contest the election. It also approved the disqualification of six others. The…