Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Mrs Biodun Olujimi, has said it would be wrong and amount to abridgement of fundamental rights, for the governorship position to be an exclusive preserve of…
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Kaduna Announces Transition to 4-Day Working Week for Workers, Gives Reasons
The Kaduna government has announced it will begin a transition to a four-day working week in the state from December 1. The state government says public servants, except those in schools and…
Oyetola Wins 2021 Nigerian NewsDirect’s ‘Best Governor, Man of the Year’
…says award in recognition of his purposeful leadership, all inclusive-participatory governance …’This is a challenge to do more for our people’ – Oyetola The management of Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper has announced Osun…
Breaking: Three Killed As Armed Robbers Raid Bank In Ekiti
Armed robbers on Monday raided a commercial bank in Aramoko Ekiti, the headquarters of the Ekiti West Local government area of Ekiti State, killing at least three people and injuring others. VAM…
Woman excretes 80 pellets of Cocaine at Abuja airport
Adisa Afusat Olayinka, a self-proclaimed businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Ekiti Govt Approves Disbursement Of Another N115million Car Loans To Civil Servants
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the disbursement of another N115million as car loan to Civil Servants in the State. The State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Hon. Akin…
Breaking: Lagos Governor’s Special Aide Is Dead
Ayo Williams, a aide to Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is dead. Williams was the Senior Special Assistant on Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) Enforcement. Scores of individuals have assaulted the hospital “Willy”…
Breaking: Gunmen kill two Nigerian police officers, burn their bodies
Two police officers have been reportedly killed following an attack by gunmen in Anambra state. In a statement on Sunday, Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra command spokesperson, said the slain officers were travelling with…
FUTA appoints first set of Emeritus Professors
By Adejayan Gbenga Gsong Authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, on Saturday, November 27, 2021, announced the appointment of the institution’s first set of Emeritus Professors. It was…
Ibadan to Lagos Gridlock: FG declares diversion’ll last six days, motorists, commuters groan
By Deji Lambo Chaos broke out on Sunday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc partially shut down Magboro and Warewa, Ogun State ends of the highway. …