The Minister of Works, Engr.David Umahi, has threatened to terminate over 870 billion Naira contracts with five firms handling the Lokoja-Benin Road. Umahi directed the contractors handling sections I-IV of the Lokoja-Benin Road in Kogi and Edo states, to immediately sign the documents on the reviewed contracts or face the termination of their jobs. The…
A coalition of non-profit organizations have called on the government to provide subsidies and exempt menstrual pads from taxes to enhance menstrual hygiene among women and girls nationwide. The group feared that women and girls might go down with avoidable diseases emanating from alternatives to menstrual pad. The organisations had formed a movement tagged “Untax…
The Returning Officer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the April 20 governorship primaries in Ward 10 of Akoko Southwest Local Council area of Ondo State, Alaba Abe, popularly known as ‘Excel’, has been killed by unknown gunmen. The incident took place on Saturday night around 9:00 p.m. in front of the deceased residence in Supare-Akoko…
The former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria would “go down” if governors had such powers. “I won’t support the idea of having a Police Force controlled by the governors. It is not good for Nigeria. “The Inspector-General of Police has said that Nigeria is…
The Abia State Ministry of Environment has frowned at the behavior of some security personnel during its monthly environmental sanitation, advising them against engaging in lawbreaking activities. One such act includes carrying defaulters inside their vehicles during cleanup hours. The state’s Commissioner for Environment, Mr Philomen Ogbonna, gave the advice in Umuahia on Saturday, while…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the fire incident caused by an articulated vehicle conveying petroleum product at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Commiserating with the government and people of Rivers State on this tragedy, which resulted in the…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has confirmed the abduction of Assistant Controller Abdulraman Ibrahim Gelele in Niger State. Gelele, who was attached to the Niger State command of the service, was reportedly kidnapped along Minna-Ilorin Road on April 17, 2024. According to reports, the abductors initially made contact with both Gelele’s family and the NCS…
The defence ministers of China and Iran have agreed on closer cooperation on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO, being held in Kazakhstan. Iran’s Brigadier General, Mohammed-Reza Astiani said: “Improved cooperation and rapprochement on both sides is needed to resolve regional and international security problems.” He spoke after talks with…
The Nigerian Federal Government plans to create 2.5 million jobs through the Labour Employment Enhancement Programme, LEEP. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed this at Thursday’s pre-inaugural ceremony for the LEEP in Abuja. She noted that in a quickly changing global environment, it was crucial to LP provide the…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has expressed dismay over the sudden death of the Adamawa State Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Muhammadu Gidado Bello. Fintiri described Gidado’s death as a rude shock, according to the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, who released a statement on the matter on Friday. The statement said Gidado Bello,…
