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Alhaji Al-Mustapha Abubakar, Head, Local Government Administration, Mani Local Government of Katsina has pledged to improve access to potable water for remote communities. Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mani that some…

Enugu State Government has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Oruku Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state following the crisis that claimed the lives of two community leaders. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chidi…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration  (FCTA) had disbursed a total sum of N3,825,254,760.45 billion to the six Area Councils and other stakeholders, as their share of statutory allocation for January 2021. The FCT Minister of…

The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, on Thursday received a new aircraft brought by Allied Air at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the country. The modern aircraft…

The leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching staff unions of universities has announced the suspension of its three-week old strike with effect from midnight Feb 26. JAC non-teaching staff comprises the Senior Staff…

Mr. Adamu Mustapha, National Auditor of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied accusing the National Chairman of the party, Mr. Uche Secondus of financial impropriety. Mustapha said this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in…

The Federal Government has described as a welcome development the rising price of crude oil in the global market, saying, “this is a good omen for Nigeria”. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, made…

A High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties allegedly illegally acquired by immediate past governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The court presided over by Justice…

Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram faction, has claimed responsibility for the Tuesday attack on Maiduguri, Borno State capital, which involved an assault team and volleys of mortars and rockets.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the first indigenous Managing Director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), Elder Nath Okoro, on his 90th birthday. In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,…