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The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has directed the inclusion of primary school teachers in the category of state workers that often enjoy car and housing loans. He made this known at the 5th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Ondo State wing, held at the Teachers’ House in Akure, the state capital on Thursday. Punch ...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) revealed that flood has killed 29 people in 99 local government areas across 30 states this year. The Guardian reports that the Director-General of the agency, Mr. Moses Oluwatoyin Beckley, said at a “Sensitisation Workshop on 2016 Flood Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation Hydrological Area,” in Lokoja, Kogi State yesterday that 34 states would be ...

At the 17th anniversary of the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC), which coincided with the anniversary of International Day of Peace, stakeholders in the justice sector urged Nigerians to embrace peace for the country to achieve sustainable political and economic development. According to The Nation, the stakeholders are: Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Justice Habib Abiru of the Court of Appeal, who ...

Federal Government has promised that the 40 federal universities can expect access to uninterrupted power supply within the next 12-18 months, beginning from December 2017. According to a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, the government plans to achieve this through its Energising Education Programme Initiative by utilising off-grid Independent Power ...

Reports show that immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, supports the sale of government assets to enable it pull the economy out of recession. Sanusi, who spoke in Lagos on Wednesday supported Aliko Dangote and Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who had earlier called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ...

The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, said the World Pension Summit Africa Special that will kick off in Abuja next week will deepen the discussion around ensuring that pension funds were invested in the real sector for visible and measurable impact on the economy, while also boosting retirement benefits, Vanguard reports. Anohu-Amazu said she was ...

Ambassador of Belarus, Mr. Vicheslar Vasileric stated that the Republic of Belarus is to establish a tractor showroom in Katsina State. He said this  yesterday, shortly before he displayed some of the tractors and their accessories to Governor Aminu Bello Masari at the Government House. And so, the country has requested the state government to allocate Republic of Belarus with land to commence process for establishing the showroom. According to National Mirror, Vasileric said ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governor has directed sole administrators of the 57 councils to submit 288 additional roads (four from each  council) for construction  from 2017. The Sole Administrator of Igando/Ikotun LCDA, Mr. Samuel Ajayi, broke the news yesterday at the inauguration of Osunba Street and Balogun Olanrewaju Road – two of the 114 roads, The Nation reports. Mr. ...

According to the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, floods killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state during the current raining season. Its Executive Secretary, Yusuf Sani, told journalists in Dutse yesterday that the persons died in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim Local Government areas of the state, Vanguard reports. Sani ...

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has urged members of the National Assembly as they resume from their annual vacation to rededicate their efforts to address the current economic reality through institutional collaborative efforts so as to soon put same behind the Nigerian masses. In a telephone chat with Vanguard, Reyenieju who represents Warri Federal Constituency said ...