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…Inaugurates 6. 05km upgraded Ijede Itamaga-Ewu Elepe Road Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, presented various cheques worth N500 million to owners of properties demolished to give way for the construction of the ongoing Igbogbo-Igbe Road Expansion Road project. . Among the affected property owners who received the cheques in life: the Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly called …

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (NJC) on Wednesday suspended its nationwide strike which paralysed the Nigerian courts for over two months. Members of the union had embarked on the strike on April 6 to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The 64-day-old strike is the longest industrial action the Nigerian judiciary, as a whole, …

Mr Yahaya was recently appointed chief of army staff following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru, the former army chief, in a plane crash. Farouk Yahaya was appointed as Nigeria’s army chief ahead of dozens of his superiors because he has experience fighting Boko Haram in the North-east, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Mr Yahaya was recently appointed chief of army …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he recently directed two South-west governors to tackle insecurity in their states. He said they campaigned to be voted into office and should not expect someone else to do their jobs for them. The president stated this Thursday while featuring on ‘Good Morning Show’ on ARISE News Channel, a broadcast arm of THISDAY. THISDAY

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the disbursement of loans and credit facilities by the Federal Government in the agriculture sector since 2009. The period under reviews covers the administrations of the late Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan as well as the present regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The resolution was sequel to …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he has given the military and police a marching order to be ruthless on bandits in the North-west and North-central zones. The president stated this in an interview on Arise TV, aired Thursday morning and monitored by PREMIUM TIMES. The president’s comment comes amidst the rise in the activities of bandits in some states in the …

Nigeria’s Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, and others are set to meet on Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Abuja on the state of the nation. The meeting would be held under the backing of Interfaith Initiatives for …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday claimed the #EndSARS protests against police brutality that took place in the country last October were aimed at ousting him from office. Buhari blamed the protests on the dwindling inflow of foreign direct investment to the country. He insisted that Nigeria’s army of young people that participated in the protests have made it unattractive to …

Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, said on Wednesday. Abdulaziz, who is also the acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, said the four countries were collaborating to make the power purchase from Nigeria …