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By Thompson Yamput Boat drivers and skippers on Wednesday commended the Federal Government and the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) for safety measures introduced to curb boat mishaps and save lives on Nigeria’s waterways. They gave the commendation at the close of a three-day training programme held at the NIWA Dockyard in Lokoja, Kogi. The…
By Isaiah Eka The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom Command says it has deployed 783 personnel across the state to ensure a hitch-free yuletide celebration in the State. The Akwa Ibom Sector Commander, Mr Francis Ajatta, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo. Ajatta cautioned motorists to…
By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has commissioned the DAM Foundation Civic Recreation Complex at the Okene, describing the facility as a powerful catalyst for youth empowerment, human capital development, and community transformation. At the ceremony, Governor Ododo on Monday applauded the Director-General and…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agencies, including the military are battling to ease the huge gridlock that engulfed the Lokoja-Abuja road since Friday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of government, FRSC, military, and police manned the road from the Murtala Mohammed…
By Blessing Odega The Plateau Government has distributed food items to 1,000 widows in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis to enable them to celebrate Christmas. Mr Sunday Abdu, Executive Secretary (ES), Plateau State Emergency Management Agency (PLASEMA), said during the distribution on Monday in Jos that the gesture was part of the government’s commitment to support vulnerable…
By Isaiah Eka The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it secured 33 convictions out of 563 persons who were prosecuted over various crimes in the state during the year. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Baba Azare made the disclosure at a press conference in Uyo on Monday. Azare further said that the…
By Raji Rasak Mr Ayoola Lawal, a former secretary, APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen has urged caution in gazetting of Nigeria’s tax reform laws,, saying the National Assembly should revisit the controversial law and correct any misgivings. Lawal, the immediate past chairman of APC in Scandinavia Countries, warned that any deviation from due process…
By Mustapha Yahuza Some of the most consequential moments in governance do not arrive with sirens or slogans. They come quietly, carried by decisions that restore trust rather than chase applause. One such moment unfolded in Kano in December 2025, when the state chose to remember what it had postponed for more than a decade,…
By Raji Rasaki A chieftain of the APC in Ondo State, Akogun Olutoye, says the APC should consider a candidate from Okitipupa as replacement for Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim (APC- Ondo South district). The call came on the backdrop of Senate’s confirmation of Ibrahim as a non-career ambassador-designate. The APC chieftain made the call in a…
By Agency reports The Women Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kagoro Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government in Kaduna State, on Saturday held its last quarter Congress. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the Congress, which attracted a lot of women leaders from the six wards of the Chiefdom, was chaired by…
