•FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike Thirty-four embassies in Abuja risk being closed down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration over unpaid ground rents spanning 11 years. It was however learnt that the opposition Peoples Democratic, Federal Inland Revenue Service and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, who were...
A group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed displeasure with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over the sudden closure of the runway at Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) in Enugu. FAAN announced the closure of the airport to pave the way for the rehabilitation of the runway, reports The Guardian. •Poor state of Enugu Airport ...
•Dikko Umar Radda Katsina State governor, Dikko Umar Radda, has directed the immediate closure and revocation of registration and licenses of all private health training institutions operating in the state. This directive issued today followed the recent findings by the State Ministry of Health about the operations of numerous unregistered pri...
•Abba Yusuf Governor Kabiru Abba Yusuf of Kano State has directed the Accountant-General of the state to close the bank accounts of all ministries, departments and agencies with immediate effect. The governor gave the directive at the ongoing meeting with the Chairman of the Kano State Internal Revenue Service and heads of MDAs at the [&hellip...
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua in Yobe State Maimuna Waziri has directed the closure of academic activities in the school following a fire incident that ripped through a female hostel, killing one. A statement from the school’s registrar Abubakar Mamudo quoted the vice-chancellor as asking all students to vacate the camp...
•Third Mainland Bridge The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon tomorrow Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos yesterday. She [&he...
•Obaseki and Shaibu Edo State Government House Chapel, located within the Government House, yesterday, became a subject of discourse, following allegations that Governor Godwin Obaseki has shut down the chapel in the Government House, evicting the priest. The worry by members of the Christian community, particularly the Catholic faith, is that...
•3rd Mainland Bridge The Lagos State Government has reiterated the federal government’s plan to temporarily close the Third Mainland Bridge from Tuesday next week. A statement by Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the Commissioner of Transport, Lagos, said that the bridge would be shut at 11a.m from January 9, 2024. Osiyemi explained that the Federal Ministry...
Scores of middle and low line workers in Kano State have been thrown into the saturated labour market as Shoprite, one of Nigeria’s leading retail stores, announced its exit from Kano State. It was gathered that the decision to quit the famed commercial capital of Northern Nigeria may not be unconnected to unfavorable market dynamics, [&hellip...
•Border post Commercial activities in border communities of Katsina, Sokoto, Borno and Zamfara states have collapsed following the decision of the Federal Government to close all the country’s borders with the Niger Republic in the wake of the military takeover of power in the Francophone country on August 3. Checks on the border communities i...

