The Police Command in Anambra has commended residents for resisting the Monday sit-at-home order orchestrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. In a statement released on Wednesday in Awka, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, lauded the people’s resilience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the illegal sit-at-home has severely disrupted socioeconomic …

Commuters and residents of Jos and Miango communities in Plateau State have expressed excitement and relief as construction work finally commenced on the long-abandoned Jos-Miango road. The road, which connects the two major towns in Plateau State, has been in a deplorable state for over 15 years, causing untold hardship and frustration to commuters. With the mobilisation of construction equipment …

No fewer than 334 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) were signed by Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq for building owners in the state in the last quarter of last year. The chairman of Kwara State Geographic Information Service, ESV Abdulkareem Sulyman disclosed this during the quarterly inter-ministerial press briefing organised by the Ministry of Communications. Sulyman said 178 Certificates of Occupancy …

Residents of Obudu LGA of Cross River State have expressed outrage against one Mathias Amunde, who alongside his friend, murdered his own mother on Christmas Day last year. Police personnel in the Obudu divisional command trailed and arrested Mathias and his friend whose name was given as Marcus. Mathias, 29, confessed that he and Marcus used hammer and planks to …

I want to say that we understand that for any government to be able to signpost and show what it has done for its people , infrastructure development is a major driver of that – Babajide Sanwo-Olu The above quote was taken from Governor Sanwo-Olu’s speech while addressing the Minister of State for Works, Hon. Bello Goronyo, who came on …

Residents of Akoka in Lagos State say they only get two hours of electricity despite being migrated to Band A. The residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the development, calling on the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) to come to their rescue. With placards in their hands, the protesters said, “Akoka is totally neglected. Our business is …

The food support scheme of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has distributed cash gifts of over N6 million to residents of Osun State over the weekend. The gesture named Oyetola Hand of Fellowship (OHOF) which is a quarterly event has been in place since 2023 and facilitated by Mr. Kayode Sowade in Modakeke, Osun State. …

The residents of Bade, Fika, and Nangere local government areas of Yobe State have expressed happiness and commended Governor Mai Mala Buni for constructing access roads across various parts of the state. In separate interviews, the residents made the commendation during an inspection tour organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Yobe Council. A resident of Tagali, Bade local …

The Lagos State government has called on the residents to embrace subsistence farming by growing different crops within their homes to cushion the high cost of food items in the state. Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Ms. Abisola Olusanya …

Bandits, in the early hours of Wednesday, invaded the Akwando community in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have kidnapped an unspecified number of residents and burnt a house and two shops in the attacks that lasted for hours. A resident of the community, Jonathan Aminu, in a telephone interview with newsmen said …