The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded a rise in Lassa fever cases in week 39 of 2024, with Ondo and Edo states reporting nine new confirmed cases. …
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Lagos lawmaker empowers 1,144 market women
Member representing Lagos Island II Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Kayode Akiolu, has empowered over 1,144 market women in his constituency with grinding machines. Akiolu made this known in…
Breaking: Subsidised rice sales begin in Ogun
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, unveiled the sale of Federal Government subsidised rice in the state. The governor disclosed that his administration will soon begin implementing the sale…
JUST IN: Kano gov donates N100m to textile market fire victims
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has donated N100 million to victims of the recent fire disaster at Kantin Kwari Textile Market. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday…
You are ‘TPain’ — Atiku slams Tinubu over fuel subsidy crisis
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the fuel subsidy crisis, referring to him as “TPain” in a tweet on Thursday. Atiku attributed the current economic…
JUST IN: NDLEA drops controversial visa clearance requirement for married women
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced a review of its visa clearance procedures. A controversial requirement, which mandated married women to submit an approval letter from their husbands as…
NNPC owes us almost N15bn—IPMAN laments
The National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Garima, has stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited owes petroleum marketers almost N15bn. Garima stated this on Thursday when…
VDM to Falana: I’ll cooperate to fish out those threatening you
Fearless social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as Verydarkman (VDM) has voiced his innocence of the messages by some faceless individuals threatening to burn down the office and kill a…
FG: S’Korean investors planning four Nigerian refineries
A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State…
Enugu: NOA begins sensitisation on new national anthem
The National Orientation Agency on Tuesday, unveiled in Enugu, a sensitisation and public enlightenment campaign on Nigeria’s new national anthem and national values charter. Addressing journalists on the need for the…