Panic As Fire Breaks Out At Private Telecom Outfit In Abuja
In Gana Street, Abuja, a private telecommunications company has caught fire, and emergency personnel are fighting to contain the situation. The Nigerian Television Authority reports that the inferno also razed down a building housing a local eatery in the area. According to the report, emergency responders are currently battling to curb the inferno. Government officials in the FCT are yet to issue...
FG Releases First Volunteer Database
The National Policy on Inclusive Volunteering blueprint and Nigeria's National Volunteer Database have been released by the Federal Government. The database, launched through the Nigerian National Volunteer Service under the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in collaboration with Natview Technology, aims to make volunteerism a central element of Nigeria’s sustainable development efforts. According to a statement...
Minister Reveals Plan To Revolutionize The Oil Sector
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources has unveiled a plan to tackle obstacles and capitalize on opportunities in Nigeria's petroleum sector. A statement on Saturday by the Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister, Nneamaka Okafor, revealed that Lokpobiri presented the plan at the Cross Industry Group meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, while addressing a gathering of Nigeria’s...
Indigenous Arraigned Minors Will Return To Kano – Gov Yusuf
The Gov. of Kano has said that his government will make efforts to repatriate minors who were detained due to the #EndBadGovernance protest. The Daily Post recalls that protesters arrested during the protests, including minors, were arraigned on Friday. It was gathered that those arrested were from Abuja, Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano. They have been charged with terrorism, arson, and...
FG Distributes Funds For Pensioners’ Entitlements And NASU Payments
Funds have been made available by the federal government to pay the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities' (NASU) withheld salaries. Mr. Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. According to Mokwa, the Federal Government also released funds for payment of benefits...
#EndBadGovernance: AGF Takes Over Prosecution Of Teenage Children Accused Of Attempt To Overthrow Tinubu
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has taken over the case of the #EndBadGovernance protesters arraigned in the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday. The protesters, 75 in number between the ages of 12 and 15, were charged with 10 counts of terrorism, an attempt to overthrow the government, and alleged mutiny over their...
Ondo Commence Implementation Of N73,000 Minimum Wage
The governor of Ondo State said on Friday that the state government would start paying its civil servants a minimum wage of N73,000 in November. It was gathered that the Federal Government commenced payment of the N70,000 new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of federal civil service in September. Aiyedatiwa made the announcement during the...
Governor Fubara Denies Shutting Down Oil Companies In Rivers Over Court Judgment
The Rivers State government has debunked a social media report that Governor Siminalayi Fubara shut down the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and other oil companies in the state. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson, the Rivers government said the report is not only false but a concocted propaganda. The statement reads,...
EFCC Attests To Bobrisky’s Recent Arrest In Lagos
Crossdresser and controversial social media celebrity Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, was arrested again in Lagos by agents of the EFCC. He was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and detained by immigration officers late Thursday night while attempting to leave the country for London, the United Kingdom. The popular crossdresser posted on his...
NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Over Circulation Of Fake Condoms
On Thursday, the NAFDAC warned Nigerians about the illicit distribution and sale of Foula Condoms, an unregistered brand of condoms in Nigeria. NAFDAC said officials from the Post-Marketing Surveillance Directorate discovered Foula condoms (packaged in threes) in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, and Zango, Katsina State. It added that the discovery was made during a risk-based post-marketing surveillance study on registered condoms in...
