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  Men of the Kaduna State police Command have arrested some youths suspected to be the organizers of the aborted maiden edition of a Kaduna sex party. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Muhammad Jalige confirmed the development saying, that, police traced the venue and arrested some suspects...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed his sadness at the news of the death of Professor Femi Odekunle on Tuesday. Lawan described Professor Odekunle's death as a great loss to the academic community and to Nigeria. The Senate President said Odekunle, the first Professor of Criminology in Nigeria,...

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the deadline for registration of SIMs with National Identification Number, (NIN) as well as the cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees. This announcement was made by the country's National Task Force on National Identification Number (NIN) and SIM Registration in a...

The Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has affirmed his position on the message he delivered on this year’s Christmas Day, saying those opposed to him should make their own submission. Kukah replied his critics when he spoke with newsmen in Sokoto. He said: “Frankly,...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced that it has received the Best Regulatory Information Management award from the Lagos Public Relations Industry Gala and Awards (LaPRIGA Awards) held at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos on Saturday, 19 December 2020. The award which was presented by Mr....

  In line with its long-standing commitment to support its stakeholders and communities, the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, has donated a newly built a block of classrooms to LEA Primary School in Karon Magiji, Abuja. Speaking during the formal handover of the blocks, the District Head, Chief Yunusa Bako...

·         says Task Force officials to enforce protocols, guidelines ·         worship, event centres to utilise 50 per cent capacity ·         violators of guidelines, advisories'll face penalties Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, approved the suspension of the 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew earlier imposed on states by...

 Like many governments, the Nigerian government has identified industrialisation as the tool to generate tangible nonoil revenue, increase employment opportunities, and contribute maximally to GDP. As part of government’s efforts at engendering sustainable economic recovery, some fiscal and monetary policies were rolled out, particularly to benefit Micro, Small and Medium...

 Alhaji Tajuddeen Dantata, a Kano-based industrialist, has advocated for serious and effective community participation in reforming the precarious condition of primary education in Northern Nigeria. Mr Sanusi Bature, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dantata Foods and Allied Products Limited, quoted Dantata as saying this in a statement issued to newsmen...

  Lagos State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the state government’s N1.164trillion budget for 2021. It was endorsed after a report by Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti Osa 2), Chairman of the Joint Committee on Economic Planning, Budget and Finance. The legislature approved N460,587,43,741 as recurrent expenditure from the Consolidated...