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 …

The Adamawa State government has warned residents of the state to stop building on waterways and indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages as a strategy to overcome the yearly perennial flooding in the state. Chief of staff to the governor, Mr Edgar Amos, gave the warning yesterday while inspecting the sanitation exercise reintroduced in the state. Amos noted that government …

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has warned the residents against land speculation, saying his administration would continue to prioritise infrastructure development to enhance growth and productivity in the state. The governor stated this at the funeral and thanksgiving service in honour of the mother of Bishop Francis Wale Oke, the late Mama Elizabeth Areola Abeo Oke (Mama Alaadun), held at …

The Ogun State Police Command has urged residents of the state to be conscious of new tactics deployed by kidnappers to get their victims. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Omolola Odutola, in an exclusive conversation with newsmen on Saturday, said kidnappers now lay siege for their victims at their gates and attack when they are about to enter their …

Over a week after the resolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for all land borders between its member countries and the Niger Republic to be open, residents of the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State have appealed to the Federal Government for immediate action. The land borders were closed by ECOWAS following the military junta …

The Ogun State government has purchased 100 truckloads of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta, the state capital. Abiodun said the rice would be …

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday disbursed N500 million to 19,720 residents, to ease the current hardship. Adeleke, who named the initiative: ‘Imole Osun Cash Transfer’, said the gesture was in partnership with the Federal Government through the State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU) of the National Social Safety Net Project. He said: “Each beneficiary received between N25,000.00 and N30,000.00”. The …

Residents of the staff quarters at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola have protested the alleged unjustifiable increase in rent by the polytechnic management. The 46 tenants across the two main campuses in Yola and Numan claim that despite the recent hike in rent, the staff quarters have been left in a state of disrepair for the past 22 years. The staff, …