Nigeria

The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, has launched the Nigeria Flood Impact, Recovery, and Mitigation Assessment Report. Adeniran While speaking at the event said the report was a joint effort between the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and aims to evaluate the 2022 flood's impact on households across the country. “The report is aimed at assessing and estimating the impact of the…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has told the Lagos State government and others demolishing properties across the country to put an end to it as Nigerians are already experiencing extra-hardship. He said with extreme poverty in the land which has confined many Nigerians to a multidimensional poverty level, governments should look for ways to alleviate the suffering of the people instead of subjecting them to another round of hardship. There have been demolition exercises in Lagos, the…

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has assured that his administration is open to robust partnerships that would lead to the transformation and growth of the various sectors of the state’s economy. Governor Otti stated this on Wednesday when he met with the Polish Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Mrs. Joana Tarnawska, who paid him an official visit. The governor expressed his gladness that the Polish government was willing to partner with Abia State and assured the Ambassador that there could not be a better…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has engaged Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to navigate over 800 litigations involving the FCT Administration. Wike expressed concerns over past negligence in prosecuting cases, attributing the loss of numerous legal battles to officials' lack of diligence and potential collusion with plaintiffs. The FCT Minister, on Wednesday, explained his decision to engage SANs to help handle cases involving the Administration, lamenting that a lack of diligent…

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has promised to do all that is necessary to enable the state to retain its lead and excel as the SME hub of Nigeria. Governor Otti disclosed this when he hosted a delegation of Bank of Industry (BOI) management, who came on a business visit to him. He told the delegates that his overall target is to make Abia a leading State with the ease of doing business across the country and added that his vision is to gainfully engage the people and reduce hardship, hunger and insecurity to the…

The Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has assured corps members deployed to the territory for the one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme that security of lives and property was a top priority of the Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA). Mahmoud gave the assurance during a swearing-in ceremony of the 2023 Batch C Stream 2 members held at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Kubwa in Abuja. The minister, who was represented by the Mandate Secretary for Social…

Panic gripped residents of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, on Wednesday when a refurbished government bus conveying workers and students crashed after experiencing brake failure. The incident occurred around 2:35 PM along the Capital/Estate/Dele-Yes-Sir road in Osogbo. Eyewitnesses told THE WHISTLER that the bus, christened 'Imole De Bus,' was traveling from Oke-Fia towards Estate when the brakes failed. The bus lost control, veered off the road, and collided with the median strip before hitting a streetlight…

A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, told the court why they airlifted N1.219 billion to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose for the governorship election in the state. Fayose is facing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside his firm, Spotless Investment Limited, following their alleged involvement in N6.9 billion money laundering. During the court sitting on Wednesday presided by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja,…

Against the insinuation in some quarters that the ongoing demolition of illegal structures by the Lagos State government is targeting people of Igbo ethnic group, the South West Professional Forum (SOWPROF) has dismissed the claims. According to the group, 80 percent of the victims of the ongoing demolition of illegal buildings are people of the Yoruba ethnic group. The President of SOWPROF, Chief Segun Ajibulu, stated this in a statement made available to journalists by Lateef Kayode. “We need to set the records…

At least two students of an undisclosed secondary school located in the Lifecamp area of Gwarinpa in Abuja have allegedly been killed by personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The incident was said to have occurred at about 11:30 am on Wednesday. NSCDC personnel attached to the Federal Capital Command (FCT) Command of the agency were said to have been drafted to the school to provide security during an ongoing examination on the premises. Although details of the incident are still…