Three trees said to be 100 years old have fallen, killed Four traders , injured  others in a popular Jattu Market, in Etsako West local government area of Edo State. The market is the largest in Edo North and is attended by traders from all parts of Edo and the neighboring states. It was gathered…

Federal Government is to establish mobile courts to attend to issues relating to sexual harassment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye made this known at a One-day National Stakeholder’s Engagement on Sexual Harassment Prevention , organized by the ICPC in collaboration with the Gender Mobile Initiative., Tuesday in Abuja She decried the high rate…

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the Renewed Hope Livestock Reform Implementation Committee, expressing readiness to implement recommendations on ranching and other livestock reforms to enhance the economy. The President, who  doubles as Chairman of the Committee, also appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmud Jega, as co-Chairman of the body…

Enugu State Government has embarked on establishment  of  8 new Science,Technical ,Vocational Schools, to equip students with necessary skills that will make them self -reliant and enhance entrepreneurship.  Commissioner for Education, Professor Ndubueze Mbah, made this known Wednesday, July 10, while briefing newsmen after the inspection  of work at the Government Technical College (GTC) Enugu,(site of…

Supreme Court has ordered the federal Government to  henceforth ,pay allocations due to Local Government from the federation account directly. Delivering the  judgement on Thursday , July 11, in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state Governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country held the LG…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, nullified the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. Alhaji Aminu Babba-Dan’agundi, who holds the title of Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had, through his counsel, Ibrahim Aliyu-Nasarawa, filed a motion dated May 23, in which he asked the court to restrain the Kano…

Protesters, on Thursday, stormed Kaduna Government House, asking Governor Uba Sani to invite officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other relevant security agencies to prosecute his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai, over an alleged fraud of N423 billion. The protesters, in their large numbers, conducted the peaceful protest under the auspices of  a…

Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah has approved bursaries at the tune of  N44.1m  to 294 indigenes of the state currently studying at the seven campuses of the Nigerian Law School across the country. Of the total beneficiaries, which were drawn from the 17 Local Government Areas of Enugu State, 284 have already been verified…

UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year. The agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region, the Region of the…