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Methodist Church of Nigeria Ikot Omin, Eno Abasi Circuit Diocese has called on management of Ekondo MicroFinance Bank, Calabar to compensate the church as a telecommunication mast belonging to the financial institution collapsed and destroyed residence of the minister-in-charge, Rev. Evans Uwaoma…

Barely 72 hours after his two years on the throne as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Dr. Mohood Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, bowed out gracefully Thursday evening at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan after a brief…

The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service has said that the existing tax laws in the state do not allow payment of Personal Income Tax through associations, unions or umbrella groups representing business owners in the state. The Executive Chairman of KW-IRS, Mrs Shade…

The Oyo State Government has banned the use of styrofoam for packaging food. State’s Commissioner for Health Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi stated this at the Food Safety Stakeholders Forum held at the Conference Room of the Ministry in Ibadan on Monday. Ajetunmobi said the menace of…

A yet-to-be-identified number of individuals may have been trapped following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction at Basden Street, Fegge, in Onitsha, Anambra State. The building, intended for commercial purposes upon completion, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday while…

In its latest move, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately revoke the directive to network providers to bar the phone lines of millions of Nigerians who have not linked their SIM cards…

The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has confirmed the sighting of the moon marking the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan 1445AH. The Sultan, in a post shared by the…

The Lagos State Government says it is coming up with a new building code that will be suitable for the model city. This was according to the Special Adviser on Electronic Geographic Information System and Urban Development, Olajide Babatunde, who made this comment…

Negotiations for the release of no fewer than 287 abducted pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have begun. A highly placed source in the Kaduna State…