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A commercial motorcyclist, Mr Edward Bamidele, was on Wednesday crushed to death by a water-laden tanker in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident occurred at…

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc has announced an upward review of the electricity tariff for its Band A customers. The tariff has been adjusted…

Motorists and commuters going to Lagos Island from the mainland on Wednesday experienced gridlock as early morning heavy rainfall flooded the main expressway leading to the…

The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has said that the flash floods around the state is due to high-intensity rain and urged residents to…

The presidency has refuted Peter Obi’s remarks on Nigeria’s exclusion from Harvard Business School’s class of 2025. Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, had lamented that…

UNLESS whipped into line by the people and civil society, politicians on the African continent won’t stop taking the people for granted. That is the picture…

The House of Representatives plans to study promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 to 2023. The resolution followed a motion introduced by Rep. Salman Idris, Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Colleges and Institutions in Abuja. He emphasized the need of promotion as a motivator for government servants to improve efficiency. Idris condemned the ongoing stagnation in promotions across the government’s Ministries, Departments, and Agency. According to him, this has resulted in decreased service delivery, a fall in highly specialized skills, low levels of productivity and performance, employee unrest, corruption, and lowered morale.   “The menace of promotion stagnation in the civil service calls for urgent attention and intervention of this hallowed chamber, if…

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has rescued three persons from the rubble of a collapsed four-storey building in Abuja on Monday. The acting…

Politicians have urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,  Nyesom Wike, to order following his threat to block…

NIGERIA Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it registered 63 deaths and 2102 suspected cases in the ongoing cholera epidemic across the country News…