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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…
By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has announced that the state civil service will be fully digitalised by next year, marking a major leap toward efficient, transparent and technology-driven governance. The governor made this known at the end-of-year thanksgiving and award ceremony organised to honour retired civil servants of the…
By Thompson Yamput The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 12 persons with two others injured in an auto crash that occurred on Friday along the Ejule – Enugu highway in Kogi. Mr Tenimu Etuku, The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Friday pledged commitment to partner with the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on enhancing water safety and economic growth across the state and the nation at large. Gov. Ahmed Ododo made the pledge during a courtesy visit on him by the NIWA Chairman, Muktar Shagari and members…
By Isaiah Eka The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), on Thursday, donated a solar-powered borehole facility to the Uyo custodial centre. Speaking during the donation, the Chairman, Dr Uju Agomoh, said that the water facility was the organisation’s way of promoting the welfare of the inmates. Agomoh further said…
