National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised residents, particularly farmers in flood prone areas in Anambra State to consider moving to upland ahead of possible flooding in the state. Coordinator of NEMA, Enugu Zonal Office, Thickman Taminu, who gave the advice on Tuesday in Awka, said the prediction on flooding by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency
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The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) has declared rotational number plates illegal. The declaration was contained in a press release signed by Bisi Kazeem(ACM) “The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been drawn to a video circulating on the social media which displayed a vehicle circulating with rotational number plates. “The vehicle number
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Lagos State Government has sensitised facility managers to the importance of risk management in high-rise buildings and to ensure the safety of their occupants. The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, stated this on Monday during a workshop for facility management companies in Alausa, Ikeja. He said, “This topic focuses on tall buildings
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Renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie has said that the words – troublesome and innovative have their pride of place in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Adichie delivered the keynote address on Monday at the 62nd edition of the NBA Annual General Conference held at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. Reports claimed that the conference had the
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Anambra State Commissioner for Transport, Mrs Patricia Igwebuike has joined in the call by the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo on Ndi Anambra to imbibe the spirit of collective social responsibility to build an enviable Anambra State. She made the call while receiving ten brand new laptop computers donated to her ministry by
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An Abuja-based businessman and Financial Consultant, Dr. Maurice Ibe, has accused the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi of threatening his life. Ibe, the Chief Executive Officer of Mauritz Walton Nigeria Limited, Abuja, said the Ebonyi State Government engaged his company and Andrew Bishopton Limited to recover money wrongly deducted by the federal government
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Tension is currently brewing in Akure, the Ondo State capital following the power tussle between two monarchs, the Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo and the Iralepo of Isinkan, Oba Oluwagbemiga Ajimokunola, over the order and counter order on the closure of markets within the metropolis. With the traditional Aheregbe festival starting on Monday where
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The spiritual leader of the Igbo nation Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka (Ogilisi Igbo) has called on Ohanaeze Ndigbo along with Southeast council of traditional rulers and all Igbo towns unions to as a matter of importance adopt to organise a one day all Igbo New Yam festival with each State of the southeast geopolitical zone holding
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Anambra State Government has disclosed its plans to establish demonstration farms across the 21 Local Government Areas as part of efforts to encourage farmers to migrate to regenerative agriculture. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Foster Ihejiofor, who dropped this hint while addressing key officers of the Ministry, said the farming project would be stepped down to
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Residents of Onitsha North Local Government Council in Anambra State have been charged to join hands with the Council and State Government to rid the Onitsha Metropolis of dirts and refuse dumps. The new Transition committee Chairman of the Council Area, Hon. Onochie Ozoma made the appeal while flagging – off the desilting of gutters/water
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, announced that the unclaimed dividends at Nigeria’s capital market so far computed increased from N168bn in 2020 to N177bn in 2021. Director-General, SEC, Lamido Yuguda, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking on some of the outcomes of the second Capital Market Committee meeting held recently in Abuja. Responding
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Pandemonium erupted on Thursday evening when overzealous operatives attached to the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, attacked a journalist and the security details at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja. The incident occurred after Tijani, who earlier arrived for a meeting, was driving out
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, gave reasons why the Federal Government could not increase public servants’ salaries despite its desirability. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement quoted Buhari as giving the reasons when he received the Central Working Committee of the Association of Senior Civil Servants
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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday said it has revoked the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others. The Director-General of the NBC, Mallam Balarabe Shehu, who made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, said the development followed the failure of the media houses to renew their
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The board of Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA) has said that the September 30 target to outlaw street dumping of refuse is not negotiable. The board tasked members of the local government waste management committees to brace for the challenge as failure would not be entertained. Speaking during the inauguration of the Committees for
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