States

The Benue State House of Assembly has been shut indefinitely to allow members and staff to undergo COVID-19 screening and treatment.

APC faults Benue assembly for voting against local council autonomy

October 3, 2022

A man reads a newspaper featuring on the front page a picture of Capitain Ibrahim Traoré, the leader of the military junta, in Ouagadougou, on October 3, 2022. – Burkina Faso’s junta leader agreed to step down on Sunday, religious and community leaders said, two days after army officers announced his ouster in a coup that sparked internal unrest and international condemnation.Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba “himself offered his resignation in order to avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences”, the religious and community leaders said in a statement. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

Ousted Burkina Faso leader in Togo after putsch – government

October 3, 2022

Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have carried out an assessment of flooded areas in several states across the country.

NEMA officials carry out flood assessment in Imo, Bayelsa, Borno

October 3, 2022

The World Bank has said that Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world with 11 million pupils recorded in 2020.

World Bank mulls shutdown of operations in Ebonyi

October 3, 2022

This video grab taken from a video broadcasted on October 2, 2022 by the national television of Burkina Faso shows Captain Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho (C), member of the junta reading a statement next to Coup leader Ibrahim Traoré (L) and surrounded by members of the military who are claiming to take power on September 30, 2022 in Ouagadougou. (Photo by Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina / AFP)

Burkina Faso junta leader agrees to step down – mediators

October 3, 2022

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the committal of six convicts on death row to life imprisonment and also released 40 inmates as part activities to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day.

Dapo Abiodun wins good governance award in London

October 3, 2022

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus

Monkeypox infections in Nigeria tops 300

October 2, 2022

Kayode Opeifa: Nigeria needs Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima’s ticket now

October 2, 2022

St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)

TASS: Russian deputy premier says restoration of Nord Stream possible

October 2, 2022

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has appointed Festus Adedayo as his special adviser on media and publicity.

Back to Oyo Agodi Governor’s Office

October 2, 2022

Governor Douye Diri has assured Bayelsans not to fret, as he is sure to deliver on his mandate as Governor of the oil-rich state within the limits of available resources.

[email protected]: Douye Diri charges political class on ballots, not bullets

October 2, 2022

At least 174 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters.

At least 174 dead in Indonesian football crush

October 2, 2022

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, made this known Wednesday to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

SERAP urges Muhammadu Buhari to declare his assets

October 2, 2022

The International Labour Organisation, (ILO) on Saturday in Abuja charged the Nigerian government to increase investment in social protection to eliminate child labour.

Nigerian government signs ILO convention 190 to eliminate violence, harassment in workplaces

October 2, 2022

A building of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) is pictured, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lagos, Nigeria May 7, 2020. REUTERS-Temilade Adelaja

NCDC: 41 cases of Monkeypox reported in one week

October 2, 2022