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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Nigeria cannot depend on food importation before the people would be fed. He also restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population across the country. The President made the remarks during an audience with the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, […]

The devastation that accompanied Cyclone Idai, which ravaged Zimbabwe earlier this year, was so enormous that Nigeria could not afford to look the other way, and had to offer a helping hand, says President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari disclosed this Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in farewell audience the Ambassador of Zimbabwe to […]

Barely days after a two-storey building partially collapsed in the Bariga area of Lagos, another two-storey structure has collapsed, in Gbagada area of the city. The building, located at Adio street, Bariga, collapsed around 7:00 am on Thursday. No life was lost in the incident. However, an adult male was said to have been trapped […]

A near-mishap was recorded today at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos when an Air Peace flight lost one of its tyres while landing. The aircraft, with 133 passengers and six crew members on board was on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos from Port Harcourt. AIB, however, confirmed the incident to Channels […]

The Lagos State Government has called on the owners of structures marked for demolition to rebuild them immediately. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the government noted that those who fail to comply with the directive risk forfeiture of such building. It disclosed that 149 distressed and defective buildings have been marked for demolition […]

The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has raised an alarm over what he described as new tricks employed by human traffickers. Okah-Donli who was speaking during an interactive meeting with the Edo State Task Force against trafficking in Benin City lamented that the menace […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday registered for and launched a new enhanced Electronic International Passport. The registration and launch were carried out at the State House in Abuja. A specimen copy of the new enhanced electronic international passport was handed to the president by the Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service Mohammed Babandede. Present at the presentation […]

The Nigerian labour congress, Nlc has described the federal government silence on the thirty thousand naira minimum wage proposal as provocative. Nlc stressed that it is expected of president Muhammadu buhari to have sent a draft bill to the national assembly weeks after report on the minimum wage was submitted too him. According to NLC […]

National assembly staff under the aegis of parliamentary staff association of Nigeria (PASAN) says they have fixed December 4th to stage a protest over unpaid salaries and allowances. The union secretary general Suleiman haurna, who disclosed this in a statement, said the first phase of the protest will take place between December 4th and 8th. […]