By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang has expressed optimism that the dualization of the Oku-Iboku road between Cross River and Akwa-Ibom State will be completed. Senator Enang gave the assurance over the weekend during an...
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Residents of Abuja (FCT) on Sunday expressed their opinions concerning the upcoming national population census scheduled for April 2023.. Mr Soboma West, a resident of Lugbe area, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the census is important and requires the support of all Nigerians. “Nigeria as a...
Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), says he will appeal the FCT Election Tribunal judgment nullifying his emergence as winner of the Feb. 12 area council elections. In a statement issued in Abuja, he called on his supporters to remain calm for the needful...
Residents have uncovered a kidnappers’ den opposite The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in the Central Business District, Abuja. The den is located inside thick bush off the expressway Security agents were said to have invaded the hideout and arrested one of the suspected kidnappers. A video taken at the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, on Thursday displayed 55 cartons of tramadol it seized on July 21. Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Apapa Customs Area Controller, while displaying the drug in Lagos, said that it was exported from India and concealed in food flasks. `On July 21, acting...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – BUA Cement has donated projects worth over 275 million naira to host community of Gidan Boka in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The projects which includes fully furnished clinic, school mosque and 170 tonnes of BUA cement, to 68 communities was part...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pulled down trees and shanties at a forest in Pasali along Kuje-Gwagwalada road, suspected to be a haven for bandits and other criminal elements. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Department of Development Control and Sanitation executed the demolition...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to secure lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory (FEC), the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the purchase of operational vehicles and various security equipment to support security agencies in the FCT. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, who...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Monday reopened the Millennium Park, Abuja, which was closed to the public in 2020 as part of the Administration’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID -19. Accompanied by members of the FCT Executive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has resettled the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Konduga LGA into the newly constructed 1000 housing units that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari months ago. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR), Engr Mustapha Gubio relocated...
Unprecedented traffic gridlock has been recorded in Kuje as the Department of Development Control and Sanitation embarked on demolition of illegal structures and shanties in Kuje Area Council, FCT, on Monday. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had earlier warned of plans to remove illegal structures along the Tipper...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have raided a building in the popular VGC Estate in Lagos State and discover amrth laboratory on a property. The raid on the estate was carried out by anti-drug agency on Saturday following an credible intelligence....
Lagos has become a place where real estate is making a significant difference. The sector keeps surviving the bad economy year in and year out. The effect of the pandemic still lingers even after a year and some months. Nonetheless, the real estate business is still standing tall. If...
The Police Command in Lagos State has placed its operatives on red alert over alleged plans to attack the state by suspected terrorists. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the command is not unmindful of intelligence...
The Police Command in Lagos State on Saturday said no INEC official was arrested on Friday in connection with the ongoing Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday , while reacting...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Saturday debunked reports of arrest of its officials over alleged creation of illegal voter enrollment centre. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, made this clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By OlA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed grief over the death of his Senior Special Assistant on Tertiary Education, Youth and Student Affairs, Mr Omotayo Sanyaolu. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, said the death...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, said that thugs did not cart away its voter enrollment machines in Surulere as being reported in some sections of the media. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some online media on Friday, reported that thugs invaded INEC...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has re-invigorated the ‘G7” security operations to secure the territory. The ‘G7’ security operations involve collaboration and partnerships with states that are contiguous to the territory. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Chief Press Secretary to the FCT...
The Lagos State Government has begun payment of compensation to 800 people affected by the right of way of the 32km Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red line project in Ogun State. The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitans Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, made this known in...