The Katsina State Government has urged the Federal Government to hasten action on security measures to enable farmers to access their farmlands.
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The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday, said his successor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, deserved to be chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
The Kogi Government has confirmed four cases of Lassa fever in the 2019 outbreak of the disease in the state.
The Chief Judge, Zamfara, Justice Kulu Mohamed, on Thursday freed 33 inmates from Gusau Medium Security Prison as part of effort to decongest prisons in the state.
Tony Ojukwu, the Secretary, National Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that troops deployed for counter insurgency operations had the right to defend themselves against attacks by terrorists.
The police council on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mohammad Adamu as the Inspector General of Police.
The Police Command in Enugu state has confirmed the arrest of 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra within Nsukka area of the state.
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais, said N470.8 billion was released from 2016 to 2018 for the delivery of its social investment programmes across the country.
Shell Petroleum Development Company on Thursday said it invested over N221.08 million on several infrastructural projects in nine host Etche communities in Rivers.
Austin Peters, a reggae musician, popularly known as “King Wadada” on Wednesday, blamed TV and radio presenters for a decline of reggae music in the country, following their preferred choice for hip hop and Afro music.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday summoned the meeting of the Police Council at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff on Thursday in Abuja, said that emerging internal security threats informed the need by the Nigerian Army to train its personnel on proficiency in indigenous languages.
The Nigerian Communications Commission says the total investment in the Nigerian telecom industry is currently estimated at $70 billion.
The Federal Government has began criminal investigation into alleged misappropriation of two billion dollars worth of Atlas Mara’s Union Back Plc shares owned by 65,000 shareholders, News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has raised an alert that plans are afoot by unscrupulous and anti-democratic elements to contrive skirmishes in the coming weeks aimed at smearing his personality.
The Lagos State Government on Thursday denounced purported claims by some highly placed politicians, owners and drivers of articulated vehicles that the State has permitted them to park under the Marine Bridge, Ijora and other adjoining areas in Apapa.
An FCT High Court, in Maitama, on Thursday, fixed June 17, to rule on the admissibility of some documents sought to be tendered by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in the trial of ex- Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
Senator Bola Ola, a Senator of the 6th Senate, on Thursday said Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State was elected Chairman of Nigeria Governors` Forum because of his intelligence and ability to lead and produce results.
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed June 24 to hear two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits filed by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging the decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe him.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregum of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted a former Acting Director-General of NIMASA, Calistus Obi, charged with N136 million fraud.