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Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan-Ali has called for stronger collaborations between the security forces and the Nigerian media in the war against insurgency. The minister, who made the call at a national conference on Civil-Military relations and the Media in Kaduna state, believes that, the ongoing fight against insurgency armed banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling, […]
Federal Government has vowed to improve primary healthcare delivery for Nigerians, in a bid to make it easily accessible across the country. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) made the pledge during the first quarter review meeting of the agency held in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital. In his remarks, […]
Cup holders Nigeria have begun the race towards a successful defence of their Africa U23 title in Tunisia on Wednesday when they take on their Libyan counterparts in a first round, first leg encounter of the qualification series. Wednesday’s encounter, which kicks off at 3:00 pm Tunisia time (same as in Nigeria), on the artificial […]
The Lagos State Government has called on the owners of structures marked for demolition to rebuild them immediately. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the government noted that those who fail to comply with the directive risk forfeiture of such building. It disclosed that 149 distressed and defective buildings have been marked for demolition […]
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has raised an alarm over what he described as new tricks employed by human traffickers. Okah-Donli who was speaking during an interactive meeting with the Edo State Task Force against trafficking in Benin City lamented that the menace […]
24 hours after admitting in evidence the statement of the late Justin Erukaa, the Personal Assistant to Sen Musiliu Obanikoro, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has heard the testimony of the former Minister of State for Defence, on how Erukaa died. Senator Obanikoro said: “Erukaa left Lagos a day before Sallah about two years ago, […]
The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2019 Appropriate Bill for second reading. Following the passage of the bill, it has now been sent to relevant Appropriation Subcommittees of the Senate for the budget defence and presentation by Ministers and other Heads of Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government. Speaking at the end of […]
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to commence the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country before the May Day Celebration. Acting President of NLC, NAJEEM YASINsaid this in an interview with journalists in Abuja. He commended the Senate for approving the minimum wage bill of […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has declined assent to two bills passed by the National Assembly, citing discrepancies with global best practices and duplication of duties of already existing agencies. The bills are the Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill, and the Nigerian Aeronautic Research Rescue Bill. The President conveyed his decision to decline […]
Maurizio Sarri admitted he is worried about his Chelsea team’s “mentality” after they fell to a 2-0 defeat at Everton that severely damages their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League. Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson, converting his own saved penalty, scored the second-half goals at Goodison Park on Sunday that halted Chelsea’s recent […]
