The Federal Executive Council has approved another loan of over one hundred and twenty-four million US dollars. The latest loan is to be obtained from the African Development Bank and the African Growing Together Fund. The money is meant to be used by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for water projects in Nigeria. The Ministry’s spokesperson,…
The Abia State Government has stopped the planned extortion of fifteen thousand naira from each student of the Abia State University. This followed a directive by the Management of ABSU for students of the university to pay fifteen thousand naira for what it calls Covid-19 Pandemic Prevention Fee. The Management had further directed that students must show…
The Independent National Electoral Commission is undecided when to reschedule the pending bye-elections in different parts of the country. This is because of the damage to local government offices and facilities of INEC, including in areas where the bye-elections are meant to hold. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, FESTUS OKOYE, said the…
The Nigerian Defence has confirmed the killing of twenty-two suspected insurgents and bandits in military operations in the past five days. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General JOHN ENENCHE, made this known during a media briefing at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Major General ENENCHE said troops of Operation Lafiya Dole engaged some terrorists and…
A section of the Oando Petrol Tank Farm at Marine Beach area of Apapa in Lagos has been destroyed by fire. The scale of the fire is said to be small, and emergency responders were immediately moved in to contain the spread. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, FEMI-OKE OSAYINTOLU, confirmed the incident…
It appears that security operatives in Lagos State have been making random arrest of people in parts of the metropolis. Lasgidi FM’s CHUCHUEMEKA OBIOMA observed a scene of such incident around Orile-Iganmu area on Wednesday evening, where a young man was handcuffed and thrown into a military patrol truck. Some eyewitness said they had also seen security…