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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Friday the state government was considering the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation in the state. The governor, who disclosed this to journalists shortly after he monitored the clean-up exercise along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, said there was a need to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation because of the infringement on the environment. …

A medical doctor has been arrested by police operatives over the disappearance of three children from Benue State. Police operatives arrested the suspect in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The spokesperson for the Benue State police command, Sewuese Anene, said in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi that the children were found in the doctor’s custody in …

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi has called on Media professionals to collaborate with his Ministry and the government for the betterment of society. Malagi made the call while receiving Executive committee(Exco) members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), led by its President, Maureen Chigbo, in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister also urged online publishers to …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, gave an eight-month ultimatum for the completion of rehabilitation work on the Abuja light rail. He gave the ultimatum during an inspection of the Abuja Metro Station in Idu and the Airport Station. The visit was the minister’s first assignment outside the office since inauguration. The former Rivers …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Mr. Bode Agoro as the state’s new Head of Service. He replaced Hakeem Muri-Okunola who resigned from the position earlier this week following his appointment as principal private secretary to President Bola Tinubu. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, confirmed the development in a statement posted on the X …

_Says there’s no difference in mindset of bandits, terrorist and some citizens_ A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has called on the federal government to articulate a national peacebuilding plan to end insecurity in Nigeria. PeacePro said that, Nigeria cannot continue to operate like the security challenges will resolve themselves, noting that the government …

Russia has carried out a drone attack on a port in southern Ukraine using `kamikaze’ drones, a Ukrainian regional official said on Wednesday. The strike hit production and transshipment facilities, causing a fire, according to a Telegram post by the Odessa regional governor, Oleh Kiper. He said that the fire covered about 700 square metres, adding that images showed destroyed …

Manchester City outclassed Manchester United in a Premier League game at Old Trafford, clinching a 3-0 victory over their city rivals. Erling Haaland scored twice, the first through a penalty in the 26th minute when Rasmus Hojlund was penalised for dragging down Rodri following the intervention of the VAR. The Norwegian netted again in the 49th minute as the visitors …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday promised to change the narrative in Nigeria in the coming months. Tinubu, who stated this when he hosted the visiting German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described Nigeria as “a crawling country” in the committee of nations. He said the Nigerian business community was ready to partner with Germany because of its …

A rights group with interest in sanitising the oil and gas sector has raised the alarm over alleged attempts by vested interests in the presidency to subvert the already concluded bidding process to engage consultants for the pre-shipment inspection agents (PIAs) and monitoring/evaluation agents (MEAs) under the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme (NESS). The bidding process for the PIAs and MEAs which …