— Queries funding for new 2.38km project By Dayo Johnson Akure The Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, has challenged the Lucky Aiyedatiwa administration to publish detailed project timelines, funding arrangements, procurement processes and implementation milestones for every project approved by the Executive Council. In a statement issued in Akure, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Jolade…
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with teachers and other workers if governments fail to urgently address worsening insecurity and the increasing abduction of pupils, students and education workers across the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, expressed the union’s position in a statement on Wednesday,…
The Lagos State Government has arrested 45 suspected street beggars, including adults and minors, during separate enforcement exercises conducted in parts of the state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed the development on Wednesday through a post on his official X account. According to Wahab, enforcement officials apprehended 22 individuals during…
Aggrieved protesters of the Oyo abduction incident on Wednesday exchanged words with operatives of the Nigeria police in Ibadan, the state capital. In the heated argument, the visibly distressed protesters shouted at the police personnel that they could not calm down when their children were being held in the bush by kidnappers. The protesters demanded unconditional release…
By Vincent Ujumadu The Anambra State Government says it will embark on extensive tax education for residents as part of efforts to increase Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state. The initiative will be implemented by the Ministry of Information and Value Reformation in collaboration with the Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS). Commissioner for Information…
By Vera Anyagafu The Trump administration has outlined a renewed Africa strategy centered on national sovereignty, commercial partnerships, and targeted support for Nigeria, as Washington moves to reshape its engagement on the continent. Senior US officials say the new approach prioritises measurable outcomes and strategic interests over what they described as “moral lectures” in foreign…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed on Wednesday a row with US President Donald Trump, saying they both were aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon. Trump confirmed in an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Post that he had a tense exchange with…
By Uko Etim UYO—The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has crackdown on illegal organisation operating as Private Guard Company (PGC) in Akwa Ibom and arrested 39 suspects. The Akwa Ibom Commandant, NSCDC, Mrs Geraldine Abetianbe, made this known while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Uyo. Abetianbe said that the organisation, named, Uniquely Network…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in US-Israeli attacks and has not been seen in public since assuming office, is alive and increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign…
ABAKALIKI— In what is being described as one of the most comprehensive private developmental interventions in the region this year, the Eleemosy Empowerment & Relief Foundation has officially handed over a newly reconstructed primary school and vital public infrastructure to the Iziola Ndiebor Ishieke Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area. The massive intervention, commissioned over…
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