Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to economic revitalisation through poverty reduction. The VP stated this on Wednesday while inaugurating the corporate headquarters of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, in Abuja.
The Niger State Government has declared a seven-day public holiday for civil servants in the state. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made the declaration at the end-of-year cake cutting with all members of the State Executive Council in Minna, the state capital. The governor
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved N100,000 to be paid to all civil servants as Christmas bonus. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has gone
The Imo State Government says it has renewed the campaign against the use of illicit drugs, narcotics, and other harmful substances in the state. The Special Adviser to Gov. Hope Uzodimma on Narcotics and Illicit Drugs Monitoring, Chief Ezechukwu Ogbonna, disclosed this at
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has remanded two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for allegedly plotting and killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will “immediately” withdraw all its international employees from Ethiopia following an assault on its workers by government security forces, the institution says. Last month, AfDB filed a formal complaint with Ethiopia’s authorities. AfDB detailed the physical assault and
Residents of Guinea’s capital Conakry are facing rising fuel prices after a fatal explosion in the West African nation’s main oil depot. The blast rocked the downtown Kaloum district on Monday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 200 and displacing dozens.
A 52-year-old man stabbed his wife 15 times with a sword before beheading her, in a village of Faljagadh, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, near the capital Delhi. The irate husband identified as Dharamveer allegedly killed his wife, Sundari in a
A member of the Niger State House of Assembly, Yakubu Abdulmalik Bala, has dumped the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmaker, who represents Katcha Constituency, defected on the floor of the House on Wednesday. Simply raising
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos has lost a legal battle in London against an application to freeze up to £580m ($735m) of her assets. Angolan telecoms operator Unitel is suing her over loans made to Dutch company Unitel International Holdings (UIH) in 2012