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The New Nigeria Peoples Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency imposed in Rivers State. PUNCH Online reports that the President had on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the prolonged political crisis in the state. The president also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, …

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, on Thursday assured corps members that the payment of their much awaited newly increased monthly allowance of N77,000 will begin in March. “With effect from March, you are going to receive the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira as …

Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, has reaffirmed the vital role of Promasidor Nigeria in the state’s economic transformation, describing the partnership between the company and the state government as a model for industrial growth and public-private collaboration. Speaking during a visit to Promasidor’s headquarters and factory in Lagos, Governor Oyebanji …

In a statement released on Thursday, the agency disclosed that a shop located along the YKC axis of Woji was identified as a key distribution point for the fake rice. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in collaboration with producers of the Big Bull rice, …

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has assured that the Federal Government will soon appoint the much-awaited substantive ambassadors and high commissioners to fill Nigeria’s foreign missions, which have gone for over one year without the top officials. Tuggar gave this assurance in Abuja on Thursday during the …

Residents of Oko Orisan Community in Epe area of Lagos State have frowned at the malicious publication against the Chairman/CEO of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Limited, Honourable (Alhaji) Saheed Mosadoluwa aka Ibile. They also demanded a retraction of what they described as a libelous statement against their benefactor, (Alhaji …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough investigation into the tanker explosion that resulted in multiple accidents and loss of lives in Karu, Abuja, on Wednesday night. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Thursday. The …

The explosion also left more than 20 other staff of the company with varying degrees of injuries. At least two staff members of a Chinese construction company, identified as WE Construction, have reportedly lost their lives in the tragic tanker explosion near the Nyanya Bridge in Abuja. The accident occurred …

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A coalition of opposition leaders including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai and others, has called on the National Assembly to reject the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The coalition which addressed a press conference on Thursday at Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, said Tinubu …