The Abuja Environmental Protection Board says total compliance to environmental rules is key to ending open defecation in Nigeria.
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It also re-assured tax payers in Nigeria that their resources would be judiciously utilized in this endeavour.
Kehinde Adedoye, the Independent Corrupt Practise and Other Related Offences Commission Prosecutor, had told the court that the defendant had on September 16, 2017 unlawfully demanded sexual benefits for marks from Monica Osagie.
In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday, DStv subscribers pleaded with the Federal Government to enact a law to compel MultiChoice to introduce “pay-as-you-view billing’’ system.
The school was shut down early on Monday, following the lingering crisis over the wearing of Hijab by female Muslim students in the school.
Senator Suleiman Nazif, Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria after an oversight function of the committee in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Federated Foodstuff Dealers Association of Nigeria has warned of a looming food scarcity if the activities of ‘official and unofficial touts’ along Nigerian roads are not checked by appropriate authorities.
Dr Eustaquilo Quibato, the Ambassador of Angola to Nigeria, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
The confirmation was made to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau, on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, who also said that the victims were being debriefed by the command in Gusau.
Four staff members of Independent National Electoral Commission, an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed.
Fire has gutted about 156 shops at the timber and furniture section of Nkwo Ngwa market in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia, leaving many families in grief for their losses.
Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja that local content could be developed with direct engagement of indigenous engineers by Nigerian governments.
The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Bilkisu Oniyangi, gave the warning in Ilorin on Sunday.
As the trial of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for alleged use of N1.3 billion from the National Security Adviser’s office to fund his election in 2014 is set to begin at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, an Abuja-based Civil Society group has said the trial will be questionable without the arraignment of former Minister of Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro; and his sons, Gbolahan and Babajide.
As part of its Ember Months campaign, the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps), has embarked on road safety campaign in churches.
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday said the State has over the years emerged as a viable gateway for honest and genuine businessmen and women to invest and make good return on their investments.
Social Workers across the country on Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, elected new national officers to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Dr Muktari Aminu-Kano, raised the alarm in Lagos on Sunday.
The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday that 70 of the shops were razed down completely.
Speaking during the funeral service by Jehovah’s Witness, a member of the congregation, Joseph Owolabi, extolled the virtues of the deceased, who passed on at the age of 84, saying she devoted her life to the service of God and humanity