The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted that about 15 states across the country will experience heavy rainfall in the next three days. The agency also forecasts strong winds in at least 18 states from Friday, October 6 to Sunday, October 8.The latest weather prediction was contained in the latest edition ...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Thursday said he sacrificed his monthly security vote for the development of the state.Speaking at the First Interactive Session with the people of the state in Osogbo, he said the N600 million is a huge sum of money but decided to channel it into ...
The newly confirmed minister from Kaduna state, Abbas Balarabe, has given reasons why he slumped during his screening before the Senate. The minister explained that he had suffered from exhaustion while preparing for his screening for a ministerial role.The minister after he was resuscitated explained that he got the news ...
A Special Court Martial set up by the Nigerian Army has found the former Group Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Major General Umar Muazu Mohammed guilty of 14 of 18 count charges which are all contrary to service laws. The charges include stealing, forgery, ...
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Wednesday handed over 2,640kg of substance, suspected to be cannabis sativa worth N200 million, to the Nigerian Drug Law Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, handed over the exhibits to NDLEA officials at NNS BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos.Oguntuga said ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, during an interactive section with religious leaders and faith based organisations. Effanga said that INEC ...
In what appears to be a preemptive move against destabilization, the Senate leadership on Tuesday pushed through an amendment to its standing rules.Under the amended rule, only ranking members can stand for elections and be voted into the office of President and Deputy President of the Senate. This is coming ...
The UN’s health agency on Monday recommended an additional malaria vaccine for children, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives by plugging a huge supply and demand gap.Nearly half a million children in the African region die every year from the disease, which is caused by a parasite carried ...
After about five hours of horse trading between the organised labour and the federal government team on the proposed indefinite strike slated to commence October 3, labour has suspended the strike for 30 days. Before the agreement was reached, the organised labour had threatened to pull out of the meeting ...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, declaring PDP’s David Ombugadu as the winner. Delivering the judgment virtually, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, declared Emmanuel Ombugadu of the PDP as the lawfully elected governor of Nasarawa State. Justice Chiemelie ...
