The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Mary Alile Idele, has urged the newly appointed Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, to prioritise the implementation of policies …
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Ondo poll: INEC to hold mock accreditation November 6
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to conduct a mock accreditation of voters ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024. The exercise, set …
Read More »Tinubu seeks Senate’s confirmation of ministerial nominees
President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at the beginning of the plenary on Thursday. The Ministerial nominees as contained …
Read More »Osun gov defends ban on trucks passing Olaiya flyover
The spokesperson for Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has insisted that the ban placed on trucks from passing Olaiya Flyover in Osogbo was precautionary. Rasheed made this known in a …
Read More »Commuters escape death as 5-Star pedestrian bridge collapses in Lagos
Commuters and motorists have escaped death at Five Star Bus Stop, Lagos, after the pedestrian bridge in the area collapsed. There had been signs of distress in the structure of …
Read More »ARDA seeks increased LPG adoption to address clean cooking crisis
Africa’s rapidly growing population, which is projected to rise to 2.5 billion by 2050 and 4.2 billion within the next century, the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) has called …
Read More »Power outage: TCN discovers fault at transmission line, commences repair
The Transmission Company of Nigeria says its linesmen have identified the fault responsible for the power outage on the Ugwuaji-Apir 330-kilovolt (kV) double circuit transmission line. On Tuesday, TCN reported …
Read More »17.5 million Nigerian children are orphaned—SOS Children Village
Data from SOS Children’s Villages has shown that 150 million children are orphaned globally, out of which 17.5 million are in Nigeria, living in vulnerable conditions with little or no …
Read More »Ogun gov approves reconstruction of major roads
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that no part of Ogun State has been left out of the developmental projects of his administration in the 2025-2027 Medium Term …
Read More »Guterres calls for global unity
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called countries around the world to strengthen their commitment to multilateral cooperation in addressing global challenges. Guterres made the call on the …
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