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Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has been commended for establishing the Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) for proper sanitation of the state, which will lead to a cleaner environment. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave the commendation when he played host to OGWAMA Management Team who were on a working …

The Lagos State government said it would upgrade 56 roads and reconstruct drains, street lightings, Massey Children Hospital as part of the ongoing Action Area Plan to reconstruct/upgrade roads and other infrastructure in the state. Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, said this …

‘I can’t simply afford to give my children what they really need in terms of food,’ said Feyintola Bolaji, a mother of three in her 50s based in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Ibadan. Food inflation in Nigeria rose to 22.95 percent in March, caused by wide-ranging price increases across items …

Former president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria Bello Shagari has declared his ambition to contest for the chairmanship seat of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC),, Newsextra24 reports. Mr Shagari declared his ambition in a tweet on Friday. He wrote: “I spent the last couple of years in …

Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, on Friday, lamented that the Federal Government had yet to rebuild the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, which was destroyed seven years ago by Boko Haram insurgents, Newspremises reports. Ndume, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee …

Saturday, April 17, 2021 By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi This is a difficult column to write because although scores of people have importuned me to intervene in the controversy regarding Communication and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami’s utterances before he came into government, my wife, who knows Pantami …

The Katsina State Government have approved the employment of dogs by the security personnel deployed to secure the state’s boarding schools. This move, according to the Katsina State Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi is to complement the efforts of the security personnel attached to each boarding schools. “We …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed “deep sorrow” over a fire incident at a primary school in Niamey, Niger Republic, which killed more than 20 children. President Buhari, in a message to President Mohammed Bazoum, the government and people of Nigeria’s northern neighbour, described the fire incident that led to the …

The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described northern Nigeria as one of the safest places for Igbos to live in and do their trades. The chairman of the group in the 19 northern states, Augustine Amaechi, yesterday in Abuja, stated that the region has accommodated Igbos beyond measures, …

There were indications on on Friday that the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has waded into the succession crisis that is rocking Warri Kingdom in Delta State. The Nation authoritatively gathered that the Benin monarch met with one of the key players in the crisis, the …