The Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, Mr Dennis Guwor, has presented the eighth assembly’s first-anniversary scorecard, saying it passed nine bills. The speaker disclosed this in Asaba on …
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Tinubu names Abuja highway after Soyinka
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named a highway in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President, Bayo Onanuga, who …
Read More »PASAN reopens National Assembly gates as NLC, TUC suspend strike
The gates of the National Assembly, which were previously locked in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) strike for a new minimum wage, have …
Read More »Malnourishment in Northern Nigeria’s children at catastrophic levels – MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Tuesday said that its inpatient facilities in the northern part of the country have experienced an extraordinary increase in admissions of severely malnourished children with …
Read More »Military strikes destroy terrorist enclave in Kaduna, Katsina
Military authorities have stated that air strikes by the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch on terrorists’ enclave in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State have yielded the …
Read More »Tanker explosion rocks Port Harcourt
A tanker carrying what is believed to be Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exploded at the Obiri-Ikwerre Flyover along the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Tuesday …
Read More »Strike: Nigerian Airspace remains open – NAMA
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has assured the general public and airline operators that the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has not affected the Nigerian airspace. …
Read More »FG offers ₦1bn credit facilities to businesses at 9% interest rate
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that the Federal Government is offering credit facilities to businesses, including manufacturers, up to ₦1 billion …
Read More »Demand for separate Trust Fund non-negotiable, Bayelsa communities tell Shell
The seven protesting communities occupying Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Estuary Area (EA) in Bayelsa say their demand for a separate Host Community Development Trust is not negotiable. The communities …
Read More »Ogun landlord dies after death threats by tenant over unpaid rent
A landlord in Ogun State, Benjamin Apeh, reportedly died following an argument with his tenant over unpaid rent at Arigbagbu village, Sotubo, in the Sagamu Local Government Area (LGA) of …
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