Following the alleged plot by suspected arsonists to burn down the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, security operatives have taken over the office premises. gathered that men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army and other security outfits were spotted with theirContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Ms Adepoju disclosed the development to staff of the NIS during the Comptroller General’s parade on Wednesday, adding that the date for decoration would soon be announced.Continue Reading
Panic gripped residents of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, on Wednesday when a refurbished government bus conveying workers and students crashed after experiencing brake failure. The incident occurred around 2:35 PM along the Capital/Estate/Dele-Yes-Sir road in Osogbo. Eyewitnesses told our reporter that the bus, christened ‘Imole De Bus,’ wasContinue Reading
A news analysis by Ismail Abdulaziz,News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja: On assumption of office, it was clear that the new administration of President Bola Tinubu intends to rejig the nation’s ailing economy to make it robust enough to engender development and growth of the country. Few months intoContinue Reading
Abuja: A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of school children during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directedContinue Reading
Enugu: Mr Ogbonna Idike, the former Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State, has debunked insinuations of his involvement in arson and destruction of houses in Ikolo community in Igbo-Etiti council area. Idike told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the insinuations that he was involvedContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal (Flowerbudnews): The Chairman of ECOWAS Inter-ministerial Committee On Social Protection, Dr. Betta Edu has enjoined Member States to address Humanitarian And Poverty Challenges In West Africa using newly adopted regional social protection framework. Dr. Edu, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation alsoContinue Reading
No fewer than 25 lives were lost while 15 others were seriously injured in a petrol tanker fire on Tuesday in Kwara State. The incident occurred due to an accident at Peke village along the Oko-Olowo area on the Ilorin/Bode-Saadu/Jebba express road. The accident involved a petrol tankerContinue Reading
The Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye, said he will not challenge the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress before the state election petition tribunal. The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the APC candidate, Usman Ododo, winner ofContinue Reading
