The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has stated it would not approve oil service companies with no proven capacity to execute projects. This was as the Executive Secretary of …
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Makinde presents staff to Onifiditi, demands action against banditry
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, presented the staff of office to the Onifiditi of Fiditi, in the Afijio Local Government Area, Oba Adekola-Oyelere. At a ceremony held at …
Read More »N423bn theft: Kaduna protesters ask ICPC to arrest El-Rufai
A group, the Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance, on Wednesday, formally submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission against ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai. The …
Read More »FG meets SSANU, NASU today to avert strike
The Federal Government will today (Thursday) meet the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions. The meeting to be held at …
Read More »Adeleke’s suspended aide denies diverting 70 bags of Sallah rice
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of his Senior Special Assistant on Civil Societies, Mr. Emmanuel Adebisi. Adebisi’s suspension was announced in a statement by the …
Read More »Bandits demand N300m to free Kaduna judge, kill eldest son
Bandits have killed the eldest son of a judge of the Kaduna State Customary Court, identified as Janet Galadima, while demanding N300m ransom to free the judge and her three …
Read More »States can’t pay minimum wage without increased allocation – Oyebanji
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, said governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, are not against approval of a living wage for Nigerian workers. …
Read More »UNIBEN students protesting poor electricity barricade Benin-Ore highway
Vehicular movement was hampered and commuters were stranded on Wednesday as students of the University of Benin blocked the Benin/Ore Highway in protest over a power outage in the institution’s …
Read More »NSCDC female official remanded for duping job seekers N12.4m
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mrs Tosin Olagunju, be remanded in Suleja prison, Niger …
Read More »Court remands Ondo cyclist for allegedly killing 71-year-old dad
An Ondo State Magistrates Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, has ordered the remand of a commercial motorcycle, Blessing Akinmade, for allegedly killing a 71-year-old farmer, Toyo Olanipekun. The …
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