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The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has banned illegal mining and extraction of solid minerals in the state. The Guardian reports that the ban was announced by the governor while he was receiving a delegation from the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in Awka, the state capital. The delegation is on a nationwide tour, The Guardian reports. ...

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has urged the Federal Government to compel companies with licences or leases to mining fields in the state to start operations or have such rights revoked. According to Vanguard, the governor expressed that the practice of holding on to mining leases without utilising them could be eliminated if governors were involved in the review ...

According to Vanguard, the Southern Nigeria Peoples Mandate, SNPM, a human rights organization has drawn the attention of the Federal Government towards total infrastructural decay of federal roads in the South-east and South-south regions of the country. SNPM mentioned some of the roads as  Nnewi/Amichi/Unubi/Uga/Akokwa/Arondizuogu/Umulolo/Okigwe federal highway; Enugu/Awka/Onitsha expressway; Enugu/Okigwe/Umuahia/Aba/Port Harcourt expressway; Aba/Ikot Ekpene highway; Umuahia/Ikot Ekpene highway; Ugep/Adim/Uyanga/Calabar federal ...

The Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) has reiterated its commitment towards tackling unethical professional practices in the country. The Guardian reports that the chairman of the association, William Odudu made this known at the 39th Induction Ceremony of members in Abuja. He stated that the board has already commenced monitoring of members, pledging that anyone who falls short of ...

Vanguard reports that a civil society organisation, the Save Lagos Group has raised an alarm over widespread abuse of the Lagos State Tenancy Law by house owners in the state, with a call on the state government to live up to its obligations of enforcing the law. Vanguard reports that according to the Save Lagos Group, there is the need ...

New Telegraph reports that the federal government, yesterday, urged state governments to pull down structures erected on waterways to prevent flood disasters in their areas. New Telegraph reports that, a Director of Engineering Hydrology at the Nigeria Hydrological Services (NIHS) Abuja, Clement Nze, gave the order during sensitisation workshop in Abakaliki on ways to prevent flood. Nze called on those living ...

Vanguard reports that the House of Representatives, yesterday, warned oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region against continuous flaring of gas estimated at over $5 billion yearly from over 257 flow stations, saying it had subjected the lives of residents in the area to serious health hazards. According to Vanguard, the Obinna Chidoka-led House Committee on Environment and Habitat, ...

New Telegraph reports that Kano State Government has spoken of plans to complete and equip two General Hospitals at Ginginyu and Zoo Road in Kano at the cost of over N4 billion, which had been abandoned for the past 16 years. New Telegraph reports that according to Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, his administration would emback on the hospital project to boost ...

Niger State government revealed that it has spent more than N300 million on disaster management in parts of the state, since the beginning of the raining season this year. According to New Telegraph, the government through the Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Mallam Ahmed Ibrahim Inga, over the weekend, disclosed this in an interactive session with journalists in ...

Sokoto State Government has made it known that it has begun construction of no fewer than 160 primary and secondary schools across the state. New Telegraph reports that the Special Adviser to Governor on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam disclosed this yesterday in Sokoto, the state capital. Imam, who spoke during opening ceremony of a one-day Training of ...