The construction of the Oloibiri Oil Museum in Bayelsa State will gulp N117 billion, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved.
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The Federal Government and USAID on Tuesday, sensitised various communities in Kuje Area Council, FCT, to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and seek male support towards achieving it.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to NAPTIP, three victims from Ondo state arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on their way to Libya.
ASHENEWS reports that the Katsina State government has set up a commission of inquiry over the killing of 41 local vigilantes in the Yargoje forest in the Kankara local government area of Katsina State by armed bandits.
ASHENEWS reports that the Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has claimed that the presidency is supporting the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar for the 2023 presidential election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed why there was overvoting in the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun state.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched a personnel data management drive.
This initiative targets the collection of all personnel data on a single server to aid, among other activities, the tracking, and monitoring of its personnel across the 36 states and the FCT.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the alleged bombing of over 48 herdsmen in the Doma local government area of Nasarawa state. This online platform further reports that the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, in a statement by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs of the Commission, Fatimah Agwai Mohammed made available to newsmen on Monday, also said “the incident is highly regrettable.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had recruited social media actors to mount a campaign of calumny against it and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Sarkin Fulani of Lagos State, Muhammadu Bambado, and his counterpart in Nasarawa State, Salihu Muhammad, have condemned the alleged killing by military airstrikes of over 42 Fulani herders, who some military sources say tried to tag bandits in the early hours of Wednesday.