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The Federal Government has announced plans to collaborate with state and local governments, along with other stakeholders, to implement a Proof of Address  System aimed at addressing insecurity and enhancing governance nationwide.The initiative, which will be rolled out across all 774 local government areas, seeks to provide every resident with a verifiable and secure address.It will also serve as an ...

Twenty-four hatched houses and 16 local granaries were set ablaze during a communal clash between warring Hausa and Fulani settlements in Gidan Na Ruwa Fulani Settlement in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State.Confirming the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Monday night, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Adam, said that the police have rai...

President Bola Tinubu have called on governors, ministers, and other political leaders to prioritise policies and initiatives that directly benefit the poor and vulnerable in society.“Continue doing what you are doing. And do more for the people,” Tinubu appealed on Monday night while hosting governors, members of the Federal Executive Council, Service Chiefs and heads of select ministries, departments, and agen...

The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Monday, dismissed moves by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to galvanise opposition figures towards unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.They accused El-Rufai of being driven by “an inordinate ambition that is destined to fail” in his defection to the Social Democratic Party.Also on Monday, the APC noted th...

The Lagos State government has announced the release of Africa’s first Tech/AI-themed feature film, “Makemation”.A statement by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday, said the film will be in cinemas across Nigeria starting Easter Weekend, April 18, 2025.Makemation is Africa’s first feature film that spotlights the fast-rising impact of its youth, especially girls, showca...

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party intensifies, as the camp of the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, rejects the South-South Zonal Caretaker Committee announced by the National Working Committee.The PDP National Vice Chairman for the South-South, Dan Orbih, along with another leader from Wike’s camp who preferred to remain anonymous, rejected the actions taken by the Umar Damagum-led NWC....

The family of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha has formally reacted to a claim by his predecessor, General Ibrahim Babangida that their late patriarch was responsible for the annulment of the June 12 Presidential Election which was won won by the late Chief Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).Scion of the family, Mohammed Abacha in a statement on Sunday in Abuja regretted that Babangida’s memoir...

Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expected to meet in the coming days to finalise all outstanding visa issues, a statement by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s media aide Magnus Eze has hinted.According to the statement, the decision was reached during a meeting between UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Alshamsi and Mrs. Odumegwu-Ojukwu.Niger...

The increasing spate of infrastructure vandalism in the Federal Capital Territory has become a major economic and social concern, costing the city an estimated N4.7bn annually in replacement costs, a professor at Nile University, Abdulhameed Mambo, has stated.Mambo, who is Head of Civil Engineering and Dean of Environmental Science at the university, highlighted the issue at the 5th Annual Public Lecture organised by the Bw...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reopened the Onitsha drug market on March 6 following a sanitization operation that began on February 10.Martin Iluyomade, Dir...