FG reclaims ₦57 billion out of ₦5.2 trillion liabilities owed by govt agencies
The revenue recovery drive of the Federal Government has successfully recovered the sum of ₦57 billion owed by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The amount is part of the ₦5.2 trillion liabilities owed to the Federal Inland Revenue Service…
Nasarawa: Students, staff stranded as rainstorm destroys GSSS Takalafia
A severe rainstorm on Wednesday evening wreaked havoc on Government Senior Secondary School, Takalafia, located in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The destructive force of the storm also extended to other facilities within the school premises. As…
Lagos demolishes shops in Ajah market, arrests two traders
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has arrested two traders when its operatives demolished shops built around Akiogun Road, Oniru in the Etyi-Osa Local Government Area of the state This was disclosed in a post on the official X handle…
Gunmen Kill Police Inspector in Rivers
On Thursday, the Rivers State Police Command reported that unidentified gunmen had fatally shot one of its officers, Sunday Baba. The Command issued a concise statement via its official handle, disclosing that Mr. Baba, a police inspector stationed at Rumuolumeni…
FAAN launches investigation to ascertain cause of fire at Lagos airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has initiated an investigation into a fire incident that occurred on Thursday at the E54 bridge of Murtala Mohammed Airport in Ikeja. In a statement by FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer…
118 inmates escape as rainstorm destroys Niger prison
A devastating heavy rainstorm on Wednesday night led to the escape of 118 inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, as critical parts of the facility were damaged. The disclosure was made through a…
Circular road: Oyo approves N3.5 bn for bush clearing, others
The Oyo State Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N3.5 billion for the clearing of bushes around the 36.7km North-East segment of Rashidi Ladoja Ibadan Circular Road. The state Commissioner for Public Work and Transport, Daud Sangodoyin, announced…
FAAN diverts flight operations as fire breaks out at Lagos Airport
The Federal Airport Authority has said it has diverted all flight operations from the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal 1 to the D wing of the airport over a fire incident. FAAN also added that the engineers at the airport have…
Osun teenager bags three years jail for stealing water taps
A teenager, Abiodun Adewuyi, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Osun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ede for the theft of water taps. 18-year-old Adewusi was apprehended by operatives of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security…
Four-year-old pupil dies during school feeding hours in Abuja
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s feeding hours. According to the death certificate dated April 24, 2024, issued by Excel…