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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a meeting of the National Council of State, ongoing at the State House Aso Villa.

Governor of Ondo state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has approved the disbursement of five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) as car loan to 800 civil servants and teachers in the state. Akeredolu made the revelation at  the commissioning ceremony of the State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS ) primary data and training centre in Akure. He noted that the loan is an attestation...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2017 poll in Anambra State, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has blamed both the federal and state governments for the proliferation of arms in the country. He also blamed the failure of policy makers in both the federal and state governments in addressing the issue of proliferation of dangerous automatic weapons for...

Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, says herdsmen should obey the anti-open grazing law in the states where it has been enacted. Sanusi said this on Monday while speaking at a meeting with Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, security agencies and interest groups, in the Ado-Ekiti. The emir was represented by Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano who said his...

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to preside over a meeting of the Council of State on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is the third time Buhari will be hosting the meeting of the council that has all living former Presidents and Heads of Government as members since he assumed office in 2015. Those expected at the meeting scheduled for...

Residents of Gaidam town defied 9:00pm curfew hour in jubilation to welcome the rescued schoolgirls. Daily Trust gathered late Wednesday night that children, men, women including house wives lined up on the Maine-Sorroa Street where they received the schoolgirls amidst cheers. The children rallying on bicycles were chanting a slogan "Gari ya waye” in Hausa language which means “the insurgents are...

The Taraba State Government has temporarily suspended the Anti-Open Grazing law in the state to allow for some amendments as farmers and herdsmen agree to shield swords. The decision came after three days of interactive sessions between the National Economic Council Technical sub Committee on ending herders/farmers crisis, and key stakeholders in the state. Leader of the NEC technical sub-committee and...

Following the rains experienced in and around the central states on Sunday and Monday night, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency has warned farmers against early planting. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some places around the Federal Capital Territory have experienced heavy rainfall since Sunday night. A response by NiMet to the enquiry on the implication of the rains, disclosed that...

By Fatima Muraina An Advocate for Sexual Reproductive Health has raised the need to expand Post Abortion Care Services (PAC) in order to curb the high rate of Maternal Morality in Nigeria. The IPAS Country Director, Barr. Hauwa Shekarau raised the need while presenting a paper at a capacity building of the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists held in Ibadan, Oyo...

Sokoto Gov. Aminu Tambuwal The Sokoto State Agency for Female Education has distributed 900 school desks to various girls colleges in four local government areas of the state. Presenting the items to representatives of the schools, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on female education, Dr. Amamatu Yusuf, said the items have been spread across schools in Kebbe, Sokoto North, Sokoto South and Tambuwal...