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Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Commandant General of the NSCDC The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has commenced training for the newly created Safe Schools Special Response Squad (SSSRS). The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, who flagged-off the training said the new squad was introduced as part of efforts …

  Rep Afam Ogene, Chairman House Committee on Renewable Energy The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to investigate Failure of Federal Mass Transit Schemes in Nigeria since 1999, has decried the serial mismanagement of humongous government investments in Urban Mass Transit Schemes to ameliorate transportation challenges, with resultant abysmal results. …

President Bola Tinubu has convened the inaugural Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of his administration at the State House in Abuja. The meeting comes 92 days after his official inauguration as Nigeria’s 16th president on May 29, 2023. The meeting is taking place on the heels of the recent swearing-in of …

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has arraigned ten staff members of ‘Capital Oil’ situated along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for obstructing the arrest of street traders According to LAGESC, the ten staff members attacked its operatives and destroyed branded operational vehicles of the agency. …

The Convener of Omniverse and founder of Storm 360, Obi Asika, has said that Nigeria is missing out on the multi-billion revenue from the creative industry because of the lack of infrastructure like Netflix and Amazon as well as world class venues. Asika also believes that the creative economy could …

Nigerian industrialist, Otunba Dr. Adejare Adegbenro, has called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, cautioning that the nation’s myriad problems are not a quick fix. In a press statement released on Sunday, he urged Nigerians to support the government’s efforts in tackling the …

President Bola Tinubu …Opposes military action in Niger RepublicThe Ijaw National Congress has decried the state of insecurity in Nigeria, saying the situation had remained largely precarious since the change of the baton of leadership from former President Muhammadu Buhari to his successor, Bola Tinubu. The group urged the president …

Ribadu, who said this on Saturday when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza in Abia and Odogwa in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers, said Nigeria currently loses 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to oil thieves and vandals despite efforts to end …

The World Bank has announced that over 148 million Nigerians will be empowered with digital Identity so as to reduce the level of poverty in the country. The Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri announced this at a meeting in Abuja. He said the move will help improve lives, …

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago The Chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Idris Lafene, has said that Labour will compel Niger State Government to pay N200,000 if it is passed into law. The Labour leader made this known in a telephone interview with The PUNCH  …