The Lagos State lawmakers have explained some provisions of the anti-open grazing bill to stakeholders at the public hearing held on the proposed bill. The Speaker of the House, Dr Mudashiru Obasa, who was represented by the Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, in his address, stated that the bill would address the tension generated by the…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lamented what he called injustice in the country especially in the area of resource allocation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the governor ordered companies based in the state to start paying their Value Added Tax to the state government beginning this September. Wike lamented…
Trust Africa News Morocco’s long-ruling party has suffered a crushing defeat to liberal rivals in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results announced by the interior minister. The Justice and Development Party (PJD) saw its support collapse from 125 seats to just 12, far behind its main liberal opponents, the National Rally of Independents (NRI) and…
At least 10 people have died after a fire swept through a temporary hospital treating coronavirus patients in North Macedonia, authorities said. The fire broke out on Wednesday evening in Tetovo in the northwest of the Balkan country, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who immediately headed to the town. Local media showed images of a…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Isoko South Local Government Area to mobilise massively for the Saturday’s state’s House of Assembly by-election in Isoko South. Okowa made the call on Wednesday while addressing PDP members and supporters at a rally held at Oleh, the administrative headquarters…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has presented a cheque of N1 million as death benefit to the family of late corps member, Mr Chikwado Ezururike in Abia. The cheque, which is the insurance cover, was presented to the family at the NYSC Abia Secretariat in Umuahia on Wednesday. Ezururike and four others lost their…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the National Economic Council (NEC) and Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to intervene in addressing doctors’ welfare challenges to prevent a collapse of industrial harmony. The NMA made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Edo …
The Global Peace Movement International UK (GPMI) has commended the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, for the professional conduct of officers and men of the Nigerian Army. The President General of GPMI, Dr Mike Uyi, made the commendation in a statement by organisation’s Media Officer, Augustine Aminu, on Wednesday in Abuja. Uyi…
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