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The chairman, Wuse Market Traders Association in Abuja, Okorie Ikechukwu-Raphael, has warned traders against arbitrary increase in prices, saying excessive profiteering was worsening economic hardship among Nigerians. Speaking in an interview in Abuja, Ikechukwu-Raphael said while government policies were beginning to bring relative stability to the economy, the actions of some traders were undermining the […]

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Etsu Nupe and chairman of Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on his 73rd birthday and 22nd year on the throne. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu commended the first-class traditional ruler for his patriotic service to the country and leadership within […]

Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has said the introduction of CNG- powered tricycles is a deliberate effort to reduce the harsh effects of subsidy removal. He stated this in Lokoja yesterday while receiving the first batch of the 50 CNG tricycles allocated to Kogi State by the federal government. The governor said the […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is to strengthen collaboration with medical experts to address the critical shortage of pediatric surgeons and improve children’s healthcare across the capital and neighbouring states. The pledge was made by the minister of state for the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, at the opening of the 24th Annual General Meeting […]

The Kogi State Vigilante Service has confirmed the killing of three police officers and two of its personnel by bandits at a security checkpoint along the Egbe-Eruku federal highway in Yagba West local government area of the state. They were killed on Tuesday at the same location. A statement by the spokesman of the service, […]

The South West Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement has said a presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, had become more popular than President Bola Tinubu in Osun State. Coordination of the movement, Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, in a statement, said Olawepo-Hashim had suddenly become so popular in Osun State that even President Tinubu cannot […]

The federal ministry of environment is collaborating with other government ministries, departments, agencies as well as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and other key stakeholders to design the transition into the use of low-sulphur fuels in the country. The minister of environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal who revealed this during the commemoration of the third […]

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has promised to complete projects within his tenure, pledging that no project would be abandoned. The governor made this known during ground breaking ceremony of township roads at Rigasa ward in Igabi local government of the state yesterday. He said the road project would be executed without collecting any loan, […]

The Nigerian Legion yesterday graduated its 14th course of commissionaires, with a call on the new officers to uphold discipline, integrity, and professionalism in their service to the nation. Speaking at the passing-out parade in Suleja, the national chairman of the Nigerian Legion and Commandant General of the Corps of Commissionaires, Ms. Morenike Grace Henry, […]

A five-day training of trainers workshop on trauma healing and safe spaces has been concluded in Zonkwa, Kaura LGA, Kaduna State, with over 50 community leaders, women, youth, and faith actors trained to become trauma healing facilitators and safe space companions. The training was organised by Christian Rural and Urban Association of Nigeria with funding […]