Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has ordered the immediate release of the kidnapped Caretaker Chairman of Ukum LGA, Hon Hanganoon Gideon, and three others. Hon Gideon was abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen along with three others on their way to the burial of the late Ter Katsina-Ala on Saturday. Gov Alia while given the directive called on all sons of the Sankera political bloc to convene a meeting to ensure lasting peace returned to...

The Anambra State Commissioner for Youths, Patrick Aghamba, is yet to pay for the equipment that enabled him and the government to undertake the well-publicized one youth, two skill program, which the state reported to have spent over two billion Naira on. The equipment including computers, and other ICT gadgets worth about N9.5 million according to the supplier Mr. Chidi Kanu, are yet to be paid for. Patrick Aghamba, the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths,...

Following the ongoing investigation of alleged financial misappropriation in the management of National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), President Bola Tinubu has suspended all its programmes . The four (4) affected Programmes administered by NSIPA, include, N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme. The suspension of the programmes was contained in a statement signed by Segun Imohiosen, the Director of Information, Office of Secretary...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has frowned at some operators who are transmitting telecoms signals on the available 5.4GHz frequency band, without being licensed to operate with the same. The regulatory body therefore declared illegal, the unauthorized use of the 5.4GHZ frequency band, and has vowed to sanction any erring operator involved in such an act. NCC further gave a 14-day enforcement notice for all illegal operators to vacate the 5.4GHz frequency band. In a...

All Enugu State Local Government staff are directed to proceed to their respective Local Government Area (LGA) Payroll Officers to obtain their Verification Number(s) for their mandatory online and physical verification exercise. In a public announcement signed by Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the Enugu State Government & Chairman Enugu State LG Staff Verification Committee, all LG employees with their verification numbers can access the portal to fill out the Online Verification Form after which...