Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Thursday 12th December 2024
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target=_blank>Fire: Lagos wants smoking banned in markets, sawmills
The Lagos State Government has called on market leaders to urgently place a ban on smoking in all market places, especially around sawmills and plank markets in the state. This is with a view to controlling the frequency of fire outbreaks in markets in the metropolis. Recall that the State Fire and Rescue Service recently
target=_blank>‘There’s increase in reporting of GBV’
Wonder Woman Nigeria (WWN) has said over 400 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) were brought to its attention in the last six years, marking an increase in reporting of the trend in the country. Speaking at a sensitization exercise in Kaduna, the Vice President, WWN, Anne Dirkling, urged community leaders and other critical stakeholders
target=_blank>Gov Yusuf sacks SSG, Chief of Staff, 5 commissioners
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has reshuffled his cabinet, sacking the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Commissioner of Information and four other commissioners. According to his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa the development forms part of a major political decision to effect pragmatic political realignment of his administration.
target=_blank>‘No single FCT council free of open defecation’
Executive Director, HipCity Innovation Centre, Bassey Bassey, has called for the strengthening of existing laws and regulations to address open defecation in the Federal Capital Territory. He spoke during the first Abuja urban sanitation conference to mark this year’s World Toilet Day organised by a non-governmental, HipCity Innovation Centre in collaboration with the FCT-Rural Water
target=_blank>Police demolish headquarters of group ‘threatening peace’ in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has demolished the headquarters of Ibom Youth Council, a group threatening peace in the state, arresting three members. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, said the group which was proscribed by Governor Umo Eno had already started procuring arms and commenced military training. John said the group’s intention
target=_blank>Tinubu to present 2025 budget to NASS Tuesday
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday present the N47.9 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed at a plenary on Thursday. “The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on the 17th of
target=_blank>Yuletide: IGP deploys officers to curb criminality in hotspots
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, ordered immediate deployment of its officers to strategic locations and identified hotspots across the country. The police chief specifically directed the personnel to curb traffic and highway robberies and other high-level criminalities that are bound to happen during forthcoming festive season. The order, which was given through
target=_blank>Obaseki inflated Road Contract from N8bn to N16bn in one year –Edo Govt
The Edo State Assets Verification Committee says it has uncovered how the immediate past administration of Godwin Obaseki reportedly increased the contract sum for 17.5 kilometres road project from N8 billion to N16 billion in one year. The Asset Verification subcommittee on Physical Assets and Infrastructure said it made the discovery during an inspection of
target=_blank>2027: INEC seeks Electoral Act amendment
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to approach the National Assembly to seek amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to provide clarity on result management with regard to manual transfer and electronic transmission of results. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with
target=_blank>There is money in poultry but… – Female farmer
Miss Praise Ighama, will never forget the first experience she gained from venturing into the world of chicken production. She started poultry farming with 250 birds, 50 bags of feeds with drugs and little stipends, which she got from the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Project for the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), a federal government assisted project
target=_blank>Niger: Gov Bago presents appropriation bill of N1.56trn for 2025
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has presented a proposed 2025 appropriation of N1,558,887,565,358 for legislative scrutiny before the State House of Assembly. Presenting the budget, tagged the “Budget of Hope, Sustainability, and Food Security,” the governor described it as exceptional, emphasising its role in solidifying the foundation for the state’s rapid socio-economic development. “This
Niger: Gov Bago presents appropriation bill of N1.56trn for 2025
target=_blank>WAFCON 2026 qualifier: Super Falcons to battle Benin or Sierra Leone for ticket
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will face either Benin Republic or Sierra Leone for a place in the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, DAILY POST reports. The draw for the competition was conducted on Thursday in Cairo, Egypt. Benin Republic and Sierra Leone will compete in the first round, with the winner earning the opportunity
WAFCON 2026 qualifier: Super Falcons to battle Benin or Sierra Leone for ticket
target=_blank>Naira appreciates against dollar on official, black markets
The naira appreciated against the dollar in both the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Thursday. According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the naira closed at N1,532 per dollar on Thursday, improving from N1,545 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, data from FMDQ showed that the naira strengthened to N1,534.35 per dollar
Naira appreciates against dollar on official, black markets
C6%B4an-sandan-jihohi/ target=_blank>Gwamnoni sun goyi bayan kafa ƴan sandan jihohi
An samu gwamnonin Najeriya da dama sun nuna goyon bayan samar da ƴan sandan jihohi. An fadi haka ne a taron Majalisar Tattalin Arziki ta Kasa (NEC) da Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙasa, Kashim Shettima, ya jagoranta a ranar Alhamis. Jihohi 35 sun gabatar da matsayarsu, inda yawancin gwamnonin suka nuna goyon bayan kafa ƴan sandan jihohi.
Gwamnoni sun goyi bayan kafa ƴan sandan jihohi
target=_blank>‘We won’t condone negligence’ — Adamawa Assembly committee warns teachers
The Adamawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Education has warned teachers in government schools to desist from skipping classes or face sanctions. The chairman of the committee and member representing Uba-Gaya constituency, Adun Alaba, spoke against recurring allegations that teachers in government primary and secondary schools across the state absent themselves from duty
‘We won’t condone negligence’ — Adamawa Assembly committee warns teachers
target=_blank>Bill on Federal College of Education in Ondo passes Senate’s 2nd reading
A bill for the establishment of the Federal College of Education, Igbekebo, Ondo State, has passed its second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the bill’s general principles by its sponsor, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (APC, Ondo South), during plenary. In his presentation, Ibrahim noted that the bill was
Bill on Federal College of Education in Ondo passes Senate’s 2nd reading
target=_blank>Reps to probe alleged mismanagement of $232m loan under Buhari
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the use of $232 million in World Bank loans obtained under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The decision followed the adoption of a motion moved by Chike Okafor on the House floor on Thursday. In presenting the motion, Okafor explained that the loan, taken in
Reps to probe alleged mismanagement of $232m loan under Buhari
target=_blank>Court remands woman for allegedly killing daughter with rat poison
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter with rat poison. Michael was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 189 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. The
Court remands woman for allegedly killing daughter with rat poison
target=_blank>Za mu cigaba da rusau – Wike
Ministan Babban Birnin Tarayya (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ya kare matakin sa na rusa gine-ginen da ake zargin an gina su a kan filayen gwamnati a Abuja, duk da suka da ya sha daga mazauna da masu gidajen. Politics Nigeria ta ruwaito cewa rushe-rushen da Wike ke yi sun jawo cece-kuce, inda mutane da dama suka
Za mu cigaba da rusau – Wike
target=_blank>‘Blackmail can’t stop us’ – Wike vows to end land grabbing in Abuja
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed to prevent any unauthorised acquisition of land within the territory. The minister made this declaration on Thursday while handing over 50 operational vehicles to security agencies in Abuja. Expressing concern over the activities of land grabbers in the FCT, Wike stated: “We will
‘Blackmail can’t stop us’ – Wike vows to end land grabbing in Abuja
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