•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, will return to the National Assembly later this month after completing her six-month suspension, her lawyer has confirmed. Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, her counsel, Victor Giwa, disclosed that the senator was on vacation in London but ha...
The Public Relations Officer of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Joshua Uwaila on behalf of the management of the hospital, today confirmed the killing of one of its physiotherapists, identified as Dr Alex Ogunniyi. Uwaila said that the management of the hospital has written to the Edo State Police Command and copied the [&hel...
•Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) The newly appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibot-Ete Ibas, has assumed duty. The former Naval Chief arrived at the Government House, Port Harcourt, at noon today, following a formal reception at the airport led by the Rivers State Head of Service George Nwaeke, reports Channels TV. He ...
•An electricity worker At least 59 electricity workers died in the line of duty between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. A report by the commission confirmed that 23 of the workers lost their lives in 55 accidents in the first quarter of […]
•Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari. The federal government, yesterday, announced a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities as it stepped up efforts to tackle rising inflation which had impoverished many Nigerians. The government also expressed its decision to collaborate with states to expand land cultivation across the coun...
Following their inauguration by the Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, members of the fifth board of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) immediately proceeded to the Hajj House headquarters of the commission to assume duty. A statement by NAHCON Assistant Director, Fatima Sanda Usara, sai...
Nigerians are in for more economic hardship induced by inflation as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) exchange rate for clearance of imported goods to N1,356.883 per 1$. Information obtained by this paper from the Customs official website yesterday morning indicated that the exchange rate was adj...
Two Police Inspectors, Sunday Adetoye and Ogunleye Stephen, attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, have been dismissed for offences, which the zone described as armed robbery, official corruption and illegal duty. Their dismissal was ordered by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Mohammed Ali, at the...
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