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Friday, December 27, 2024
Federal government agencies in the Presidency have held consultations for the 2021 budget. According to a statement by the State House Deputy Director of Information, Attah Esa, the permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, led the 2021 budget bilateral meeting between Government Agencies under the Presidency and officials of...
Just like some other African countries, Nigeria has indicated plans to completely phase out the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in sachets, small volume glass and PET bottles. Justifying its decision, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government said uncontrolled access and availability of high concentration alcohol in sachet and...
Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigations into the viral video showing a man seemingly wearing a Nigeria Police “uniform” vaping  Shisha. https://youtu.be/5VNAVYhY5L8 The viral video showing a man seemingly wearing a Nigerian Police Uniform vaping "Shisa" https://echotitbits.com/kogi-set-to-tap-into-lawmas-strategies-to-establish-robust-waste-management-system/ The police, in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the investigation...
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has pledged technical support to Kogi State in its efforts to establish a robust waste management system. LAWMA Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahim Odumboni, gave this indication while receiving Kogi State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Victor Adewale Omofaiye, and his team, who were...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the organised labour would at appropriate time come out with a position on the recent increases in prices of various essential commodities, including fuel and electricity. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...
Lagos State Police Command Friday declined any further comments on the alleged illegal detention of late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola's two sons, Kassim and Aliyu, who were arrested and detained over the September 2 robbery incident which took place at the residence of late politician in Ikeja. They were said...
Prof. Florence Banku Obi has emerged as the first female Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar. Obi, an educationist, beat 12 other candidates to clinch the plum job to succeed Prof. Zana Akpagu as the 11th Vice Chancellor at the institution. The institution's Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro Chancellor,...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has summoned for the third time, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Dr. Obadiah Mailafia. Malaifa, a banker turned politician and Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2019 election, has been in and out of interrogation rooms...
The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9 billion to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all Medical Health Workers in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, during the meeting between the Federal Government and the...
Inaugurates National Steering Committee Agenda 2050 Succeeds Vision 20:2020 Says New Development Plan Will Lift 100 Million Nigerians Out Poverty By 2030 President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated the National Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050 and Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP)...