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No fewer than 1,200 artisans have been rendered jobless in Yaba, Lagos, following the inferno which ravaged the tailoring section of the popular Tejuoso Market. The artisans, who specialise in fabric works, were rendered jobless as over 1,600 industrial, weaving and straight sewing machines were destroyed in the mid-afternoon fire outbreak on Tuesday. Lagos State Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management …

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts alleged that some of those appointed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), are working against the anti-corruption campaign of his regime. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, stated that the lawmakers reject the reduction of the proposed capital budget of the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation from …

A female police inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele has accused the Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, of Odemu Divisional headquarters, Osun state, of assaulting her for refusing his intimate relationship proposal. The inspector had in a video that went viral on social media, alleged that the DCO, one ASP Ajayi Matthew, descended on her after refusing several advances from him, saying that Ajayi …

staring at the cloudy sky above the slumbering Rimni hamlet in the Zurmi area of Zamfara State, Haruna Ibrahim sat on stone rubble. His eyes were tinged with blood, a result of battering and cries after he dared to look terrorists in the face in an encounter. When asked to describe his experience, he frowned his face and scanned around to …

The Federal Government owes contractors about N11.16tn for the construction of various highways across the country and certificates of completion. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), who made this disclosure while defending the proposed budget of his ministry in the 2023 Appropriation Bill, said his ministry had currently awarded 1,642 highway contracts for 1,632 projects at a …

As the 2023 general election inches closer,  the Federal High Court has set up a special task force of Judges for expeditious hearing and determination of all pre-election cases pending before it. A circular letter issued by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho said that the task force became necessary to designate a team of Judges following …

The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has tasked the government in Nigeria to provide enabling environment for media practitioners in the country. The monarch made the call on Wednesday while hosting executive members of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and  Press Week Committee, who paid him a courtesy visit in his palace …

Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has disclosed that the Federal Government owes contractors about N11.16tn for the construction of various highways across the country and certificates of completion. Fashola who made this disclosure while defending the proposed budget of his ministry in the 2023 Appropriation Bill, said his ministry had currently awarded 1,642 highway contracts for …

Transactions on the e-Naira platform has risen to N8 billion, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed. Addressing participants of the 28th Annual Executive Seminar of the organization, in Abuja, this morning, he said that the CBN digital currency was a huge success and has attracted other countries who now seek the bank’s …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Tuesday announced it has signed a settlement and exit agreement with Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) to exit its four major oil mining blocks in the country. With this agreement, according to NNPC Limited, Addax has ceased to be the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) contractor for the Oil Mining Leases (OML) 123/124 and OMLs …