The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said he has received a directive from President Bola Tinubu to allocate lands to judges and officials in other arms of the Federal Government. Wike made this known during a meeting with Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, on Thursday,…
The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has stated that the Nigerian Government asked his government to hands off when 35 decomposing bodies were found in the Anambra River in 2013. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, recently stated that over 80 decomposing corpses, including 20 headless ones, as well as countless skeletons were discovered…
The Jigawa government says it has spent N500 million on providing improved latrines in schools, hospitals, markets, and motor parks across the state. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Hannungiwa, said this on Wednesday, Nov 1, in Dutse. He said the government had adopted proactive measures to ensure the sustainability of its leading…
The Senate on Thursday approved the N2.176 trillion 2023 supplementary budget transmitted to the parliament by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday. The budget was approved following the adoption of a report by the Appropriations Committee, presented by the chairman, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (Ogun West) during plenary. President Tinubu had, in a letter read…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero has narrated his ordeal in police custody after he was arrested in Owerri, Imo State. Ajaero said God must have taken extra time to create him due to the beating he received while in police custody. Recall that some miscreants disrupted the NLC’s protest in Owerri,…
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 17 youths in Nguro Kayayya, a community under Kusur Damakarwa Ward in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, over ‘failure to pay tax.’ t According to Daily Trust, the insurgents stormed the village around 10pm on Monday, October 30, 2023, gathered the residents in one place, and executed…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat today November 1 by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination. The NLC is leading a statewide protest and strike in Owerri…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old home help, Joy Afekafe, a prime suspect in the killing of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Funmilola Sherifat Adefolalu. GIOTV had reported how Adefolalu, a lecturer in Niger State, was found dead in her home in the Gbaiko area of Minna, the…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the Nigerian government of shielding controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, because of his religious standing. The CAN Chairman in Adamawa State, Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, who doubled as the Catholic bishop of Yola diocese, stated this, adding that authorities in Nigeria were playing double…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied a report suggesting that it plans to redenominate the country’s legal tender, the Naira, with effect from January 2024. The rebuttal followed the wide circulation of a text message suggesting that the Bank plans to redenominate the Naira. In a release signed by the Director of…