The sum of N18.1 billion has been approved by the federal executive council (FEC) for the development of infrastructure at the nation’s free trade and economic zones. This was announced on Wednesday by the information minister, Lai Mohammed whileaddressing state house correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja. Mohammed said the affected zones include…
Armed robbers on Wednesday invaded two new generation banks in Apomu in the Isokan Local Government Area and Ikire, headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State. No fewer than five residents were reportedly shot during the attacks on the bank and the police station. It was learnt that the armed robbers numbering about…
The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale, has strongly condemned the agitation for the creation of Yoruba Nation and argued that suffering awaits the Southwest should it break away from Nigeria. The monarch argued that the Southwest region was not ripe to be a nation and that the growing calls for secession should be…
Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers. Herzog will succeed Reuven Rivlin as the latter’s term ends on July 9. Eighty-seven lawmakers voted for Herzog, while 27 voted for Peretz. He will officially replace outgoing…
The Federal Government has kicked against Twitter that on Wednesday deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet that spoke of treating people in the “language they understand.” The Presidency questioned the role of Twitter in the secessionist agitation in the South-East following the social media’s deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari evoking…
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday launched Osun Youth Policy Document to develop and empower the young people and put them at the centre of the development of the State. The newly-unveiled Youth Policy Document which has four components 4Es—Youth Empowerment, Youth Engagement, Youth Entrepreneurship and Youth Education was developed…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has released 14,468 passports for applicants in Lagos State to collect. The Lagos Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mr Sunday Fagbamigbe, confirmed the figure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos. Fagbamigbe said the figure covered applicants in the three passport offices…
Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening genocide against the people of Igbo-dominated South-East. Recall that Buhari had on Tuesday after a security briefing about the attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the South East, categorically threatened to deal with those who, according to him, want to destroy…
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has stated that some people are taking advantage of the federal government’s respect for human rights and rule of law to commit insurgency. This was stated by the minister for justice while speaking during a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme on Tuesday. Malami warned that the Buhari administration…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to forthwith, stop reminding the Igbo speaking people of Nigeria how he(Buhari) participated in the progrom that left over three million people dead. HURIWA carpeted Buhari, accusing him of excessive penchant for always robbing soap into the eyes of Igbo speaking Nigerians…
