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The Sokoto Fire Service has confirmed a fire outbreak that gutted part of the old market in Sokoto, which destroyed about 20 shops.The Head...

Yobe government has constituted an 11-man committee for the implementation of the minimum wage in the state.Alhaji Muhammad Nura, acting Head of Service, disclosed...

The people of Enugu State, especially  residents of Enugu metropolis, have been called upon to rally round Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi  of Enugu State  to...

The Oba of Benin kingdom, Omo n’oba n’Edo uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday evening paid a thank you visit to Port Harcourt...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says his administration will not demolish any property to facilitate road construction, without adequately engaging with the owners...

Kogi State government and the organised labour have set up a 14-man committee to negotiate the implementation of the new minimum wage to workers...

Jennifer Y OmiloliOverwhelmed by crowd, Nigeria's Chief Justice (CJN) Tanko Muhammad has returned to his chambers, the CJN, which chairs seven outstanding governorship appeals says the chamber was too rowdy.The congestion was caused by supporters of the states of Kano, Sokoto, Bauchi, Adamawa, Imo, Benue, and Plateau,...

The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Sunday, debunked report of alleged earthquake tremor of 3.8 magnitude in Gwagwalada and Abaji, Federal Capital Territory satellite towns, FCT, Abuja, as allegedly captured by an OAU, IleIfe, Osun State Earthquake Monitoring Station on 10 January 2020.This was confirmed by a deputy director of the Department of Geophysics, NGSA, Abah Usman, while the suspected earthquake occurred during a visit to the cities.Usman said if there had been such ground shaking in that part of Abuja, the people would have been thrown into chaos and pandemonium, and the agency would definitely have alerted residents seriously.“For you to effectively record earth quake, it’s not something that you will obtain from one single equipment, and each...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, calling on the court to order the 36 state governors from 1999 to 2019 to publish a breakdown of pensions paid to former governors and other ex-officials under their respective state pension laws.SERAP further demands that the court issue an order for leave to apply for judicial review, and a mandamus order to guide and/or comply with the order.SERAP is also seeking a declaration that “the failure of the 36 state governors to provide SERAP with the requested information...

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Senate President Ahmad Lawan on his 61st birthday.The President, in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special...