Ondo state government has announced that more than one million households across the State would be given food items as palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Ondo state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu who announced this on Thursday through his Commissioner for Finance, Wale Akinterinwa, said the food items would be distributed fairly to ensure even distribution to those who deserved it. The commissioner who is also the Chairman of the Palliative Strategy and...

Borno State Government has targeted more than 1.8 million vulnerable people across the state with a new palliative initiative to cushion the impact of the removal of fuel subsidies. Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, who flagged off the distribution exercise at Muna IDP camp in Jere Local Government Area, said the state has keyed into the presidential food emergency declaration. He said under the initiative, each eligible beneficiary will receive 0N5,00 cash, a bag...

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi lost his phone on Tuesday while sitting at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Obi, who was dressed in his usual black attire sat close to his running mate, Ahmed Baba Datti throughout the court’s proceedings, but his phone was allegedly stolen. Obi discovered that his mobile phone was missing after court...