This may sound like a figure from a war-torn zone, five thousand and sixty-seven — 5,067 — Nigerians were reported to have been killed in 2021 owing to insecurity, according to the data sourced and analysed by TheCable Index, the data and research arm of TheCable. TheCable Index analysed and reviewed daily media reports published…
On Monday, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu expressed interest in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari next year. It was not really surprising, especially for those who have followed the former Lagos state governor closely over the years. Tinubu covets Nigeria’s top political office and he made this obvious when he said becoming president was ‘lifelong ambition.” To be…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has identified with The Osun Progressive (TOP)– a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state, recognising Rasaq Salinsile as the Chairman of the party in the state. This development came after months of speculations on where the former Governor stand in the crisis rocking the ruling…
Nyesome wike, Rivers governor, says he will fight soot pollution in the state and ensure that operators of illegal refineries are brought to justice. Wike said this on Thursday when he visited Ogbodo community forest in Ikwerre LGA and Ibaa community forest in Emohua LGA of the state to uncover illegal crude oil refining sites….
Niger state government in North Central Nigeria, is set to plan a coordinated and simultaneous attack on the terrorists by security agents in the recently attacked Shiroro communities in Niger state. The state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello who stated this in a statement by his spokesperson Mary Noel Barje on Thursday, described the recent attacks in some…
A former National Treasurer of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji has been sworn-in as the new Head of Service in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. Akwaji, who is the first journalists to be appointed Head of Service, was also Vice President East of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and former Editor-in-Chief of…
Nigerian Government through the Nigeria Police Trust Find (NPTF) has donated 200 Buffalo branded operational vehicles, Bulletproof vests, Protective helmets, drugs, and medical equipment to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to aid policing in the country. The operational vehicles and other security hardware were handed over to the Inspector General of Police by the representative…
Two communities in Shiroro local government area were reported to have been attacked recently when most of the villagers were on their farms to harvest their farm produce. Niger state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello described the attack which occurred in Nakudna and Wurukuchi as insane and unacceptable. The governor said the act was barbaric and…
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Sokoto state office has commenced a two-day training workshop for directors of agriculture in the twenty three local government areas of the state on irrigation farming and water management ITF director of training said this is in line the agency’s mandate of building capacity and improving skills of personnel for…
Momas Electrical Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd. (MEMMCOL) Metering School says it will train no fewer than 4,000 Nigerian youths on meter installation and manufacturing in 2022. Mr Kola Balogun, Chairman, MEMMCOL, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Balogun noted that the huge metering gap in the…
