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#ENDSARS: Sanwo-Olu meets Buhari, presents report on ‘Lagos destruction’
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the #EndSARS unrest in Lagos state.
Read More »FG employing blackmail tactics to force school reopening – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday said the Federal Government was afraid youths might take to the streets in protest against the ongoing industrial action by its members, and thus, was employing blackmail
Read More »CBN secures court nod to freeze #EndSARS promoters’ accounts till 2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has obtained a court order freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters till January 2021.
Read More »Boko Haram started with youth protests – Gov. Zulum warns #EndSARS promoters
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday, warned youths who have been taking part in #EndSARS protests across the country to be careful.
Read More »CJN swears in eight new Justices of Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, on Friday observed that with the swearing-in of eight newly appointed justices, the bench of the Supreme Court is one justice short of its full complement of 21 justices.
Read More »FG needs $656m to complete Lagos-Ibadan rail line, says Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday, said the Federal Government would need $656m to complete work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project.
Read More »INEC spent N2,249 per voter, N189bn in 2019 polls – Report
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) spent the sum of $6.24 or N2,249 for every vote cast in the 2019 general elections, according to a 384-page report released in Abuja on Friday.
Read More »Dry season farming: Enugu gives rural farmers agric inputs
The Enugu State Government has distributed quality agricultural inputs for dry season farming to two thousand poor and vulnerable farmers in the rural areas, under the World Bank-Assisted CARES programme.
Read More »Delta govt attributes cause of mystery deaths to yellow fever
Delta State Government yesterday said it has unraveled the cause of deaths of youths in three communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state.
Read More »Tambuwal launches $13m fertilizer plant
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has laid foundation for the construction of a $13 million fertilizer blending plant by OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited in an industrial layout in the outskirts of the state capital.
Read More »Restructuring will foster unity, says Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised those agitating for secession to rather strive for restructuring of the country in order to foster the much desired unity.
Read More »Camp resumption: NYSC begs state governors to upgrade, expand camp facilities
Ahead of the proposed resumption of Orientation course, the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has pleaded with various State governments to discharge their statutory responsibilities of upgrading
Read More »Again, Jonathan says, ‘nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday repeated what he said in 2015, during his Presidential campaign election. Jonathan who contested against President Muhammadu Buhari and lost, said: “Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood
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