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20 jailed for environmental sanitation offences in Ekiti

From Jimoh Joseph, Ado Ekiti No fewer than 20 persons were sentenced to prison in Ado metropolis, the Ekiti State capital on Saturday for failing...

House supports minimum wage increment, says Dogara; praises NLC at 40

By Turaki Hassan, Special Adviser (Media & Public Affairs). Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has...

FEC put off; Osinbajo opens Lake Chad meeting

By FEMI ADESINA, Special Adviser to the President, (Media & Publicity). The meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will not hold on Wednesday, February 28,...

FG says 110 girls unaccounted for; Governor blames military for Dapchi incident

The controversy surrounding the exact number of girls unaccounted following an attack by terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram may be nearing an end....

Update: Woman dies…How Road Safety marshals saved pregnant woman from kidnappers

Details are sketchy, but the pregnant woman rescued from the hands of alleged kidnappers, but gave birth later in a nearby hospital, has died. There...

Nigeria Building Africa’s Biggest Free To Air TV Platform – Minister

Nigeria is building what will be Africa’s biggest and most lucrative Free To Air Television platform, with the ongoing transition from analogue to digital television in...

Tackle under-aged registration without bias, Catholic Bishops tell INEC, FG

By Jimoh Joseph, Ado Ekiti Catholic Bishops in Nigeria under the aegis of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have decried reported registration of under-aged...

Buhari apologises over Dapchi girls’ abduction, as exact number of girls remain a mystery

Exactly how many girls were abducted from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State on Monday evening, February 19, 2018 by...

Presidency asks Transparency International to focus on facts, not fiction

By Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity. The Presidency notes that, while it welcomes constructive criticisms from the anti-corruption watchdog,...

NILS presents NILDS Amendment Act 2018, rolls out programmes

By Nwajei Kanayo, Communications Adviser to NILS. As part of efforts to address the institutional capacity needs of stakeholders in Nigeria’s democracy, a comprehensive programme on...

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