A bill seeking the establishment of a National Youth Welfare Scheme Fund scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill was co-sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas …
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Edo poll: APC asks Ighodalo’s deputy to resign as SSG
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday called for the resignation of the running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Osarodion Ogie. According to the APC, Ogie …
Read More »FG offers free CNG conversion for commercial vehicles
The Federal Government, on Thursday, declared that the conversion of petrol and diesel-powered commercial vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas is going to be free of charge. It declared …
Read More »FG plans N110bn youth enterprise clusters
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to establish a Presidential Initiative on Youth Enterprise Clusters that will cost N110 billion. He stated this on Thursday …
Read More »Police probe alleged phone robbery by cops in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command said it has identified the officers allegedly fingered in a viral video of telephone theft in a community in Otuocha Local Government Area of the …
Read More »FG to train 500,000 Nigerians through GSM village model
The Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology has adopted the GSM village apprenticeship model to train about 500,000 Nigerians within two years. The Director General for the National Centre …
Read More »NDDC begins repair of East-West Road, demands cooperation
The Niger Delta Development Commission said it has commenced emergency repairs of the failed sections of the East West-Road between Ahoada and Ula-Okobo town in Ahoada West Local Government Area …
Read More »Suspected cultists kill vigilante in Rivers community
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot dead a member of a local security outfit simply identified as Prince, in the Igwuruta community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers …
Read More »Supreme Court judgment on LG autonomy, a setback – Ibori
A former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has said that the Supreme Court judgment that granted full autonomy to local governments dealt “a severe setback on the principles of …
Read More »Army destroys over 30 illegal refineries in Abia
The Nigeria Army, under the 82 Division, on Thursday, destroyed over 33 illegal refineries in Obuaku and Imo Rivers in the Ipu West communities of Ukwa West Local Government Area …
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