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22 migrants including 3 children from Mali have died after their boat developed some problems off the Libyan coast. The Malian government said they were part of a group of more than 80 migrants who had been stuck on their distressed vessel for the last two weeks. Sixty-one people were however rescued from the boat with the help of the United Nations' migration agency....

The Katsina state government says a total of 69 primary healthcare centers have been closed down due to security challenges in the communities where they were located. The Executive Secretary of the Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency, Dr. SHAMSUDEEN YAHAYA, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen. Dr. YAHAYA said that 2 of the healthcare facilities that were recently reno...

Gunmen have killed a police inspector and abducted a Chinese expatriate at a quarry site in Kwara State. The Kwara State Police spokesmen OKASANMI AJAYI said the attack took place in the Shao area of Moro Local Government Area. OKASANMI AJAYI said that the police are working to get the victim rescued and arrest the perpetrators, adding that the Commissioner of Police in the state ...

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said a total of one million Nigerians will be recruited for the conduct of the 2023 national census. This was made known in a press conference by the commissioner representing Ekiti at the NPC, DEJI AJAYI, who said a trial census would be conducted in the state in preparation for next year’s main census exercise. The commissioner ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has expressed readiness to resume work, should the government fulfill its agreement.ASUU President, EMMANUEL OSODEKE made the statement on a monitored television program in Lagos.OSODEKE noted that the Union has fulfilled its parts by renegotiating with the Nimi Briggs committee set up by the federal government....

Imo State Governor, HOPE UZODIMMA, has called for increased collaboration among security agencies to adequately tackle the insecurity in the country. He made the call when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital. The governor also stressed the importance of a cordial civil-military relationship, es...

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School in the Ogba area of the state over the death of a five-year-old boy who drowned during a swimming lesson in the school.the Commissioner for Education in the state FOLASHADE ADEFISAYO, who announced this in a statement said that the school would remain closed, pending an investigation into the school’s safety standards and guidelines.She added th...

To security matters, officers of the Ondo state police command have rescued 77 people including 26 children allegedly held hostage by a church at its premises in Ondo Town, Ondo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo state FUNMILAYO ODUNLAMI, at the scene of the incident, added that the police arrested 2 of the church pastors. She noted that members of the Church attac...

After 2 years of absence due to the covid-19 pandemic, the annual Ojude-Oba festival is set for a return on Monday July 11, in the ancient town of Ijebu-Ode. The chairman of the organizing Committee, DR. FASSY YUSUF, during a press conference held at the palace of the Awujale of Ijebu, said the theme for this year’s festival is “THE RETURN OF THE OJUDE OBA”. Dr. ...

Ogun state government has promised to implement the agreement reached  with organized labour on July 1 to call off the indefinite strike which started on June 28. Some of the key details in the agreement reached between both sides include the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to make recommendations on the Contributory Pension scheme; the allocation of 1.5 billion naira to clear off 21 months unremitted deducti...