The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, in conjunction with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has recovered six more bodies from the boat mishap incident in the state. The Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Arah, who confirmed the development, said the bodies were recovered between 6:00 pm on Thursday and 9:00 am on Friday. Arah stated that the recovery of 6 more bodies brought the total […]
The Nigeria Police Force has directed its commanders to enforce the Federal High Court’s judgments against the conduct of the controversial local government elections scheduled for tomorrow in Rivers State. The police, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, recalled that on July 19, 2024, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a restraining order preventing the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies from providing security […]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has lamented the several attempts made to prevent the October 5 Local Government elections in the state from holding, saying authoritatively that the elections will hold. The governor’s reaction was a sequel to an incident which happened around 1 am on Friday (today), in which some men dressed in police uniforms attempted to take over the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. Report […]
President Bola Tinubu has submitted four tax reform bills to the National Assembly for consideration. The President in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, during their respective plenary sessions on Thursday, explained that the bills were crafted to align with his administration’s goals. According to the letter, the bills are the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, which is expected to […]
The Oyo State government has approved the recruitment of 791 officers of various cadres into the state’s civil service. The Chairman of the Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan. Aderibigbe stated that the recruitment would include 230 education officers and 561 officers in various other departments within the civil service. He added that the recruitment would target […]
