The Lagos State House of Assembly has described as unfounded, the allegation made by an anti-corruption coalition that it awarded a N17 billion contract for the construction of the Assembly’s gate. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, made the clarification in a statement in Lagos on Thursday….
Workers cut across the civil service in Abuja have expressed concern over the suspension of the sale of the Federal Government’s subsidised rice. The rice is being sold at N40,000 per 50 kilogram bag. They made their feelings known after discovering the sudden disappearance of officials at different registration units for the purchase of the…
The number of electricity consumers rose by 210,000 from 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 12.33 million in the first quarter of 2024. The National Bureau of Statistics stated in its Electricity Report for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024 released on Tuesday in Abuja that the increase was by 1.78 per…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the end of its seven-day warning strike to give more room for the government to do the needful. The president of the association, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, made the declaration at a virtual stakeholders forum, organised by the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN) on Sunday…
The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has sealed two unregistered water-packaging companies for allegedly operating without NAFDAC approval in the Ota area of Ogun State. Mr Philip Benu, State Coordinator, NAFDAC, Ogun 2 Office, Ota, told NAN on Thursday after the exercise that the two companies failed to meet NAFDAC…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has deployed no fewer than 1,912 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream 1 orientation exercise. Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, NYSC coordinator in the state, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi. According to her, registration of…