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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, confirmed that the passport application automation process will begin operation on January 8, 2024. The minister had announced in December that the Federal Government was working to ensure a full automation system […]

The Federal Government has allocated a total sum of N150bn to implement poverty alleviation programmes in 2024. The amount is to be spent under the four pillars of macroeconomic stability, industrialisation, structural policies/institutional reforms and redistributive policies/programmes of government under […]

John Charles, Justin Tyopuusu, Collins Agwam with Agency report In the spirit of the New Year, the governors of Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, and Gombe states, on Monday, granted amnesty to 96 inmates serving various jail terms in different custodial centres. […]

President Bola Tinubu on Monday disclosed that the 2024 budget includes N100 billion allocation for the school feeding programmes. He made this statement during the signing of the 2024 appropriation bill into law in the State House in Abuja. Tinubu […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called for prayers for victims of the Plateau State attacks, resulting in the death of over 190 persons and the razing of about 221 houses, rendering over 10,000 displaced from their homes. In his […]

Governors across the country have promised residents of their respective states better deals and more dividends of democracy in the new year 2024. The governors, in their various New Year messages, assured residents of their states of their commitment to […]

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress  has lashed out at the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party  in the last governorship election, Ladi Adebutu, advising him to “face the subsisting criminal charges against him and stop patronising […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed plans by his administration to diversify the state’s economy from its present reliance on salary of civil servants to a modern agro-industrial based and creative industry focused economy. This, the governor said, would […]

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake,  has said over 163,000 passengers benefited from the Federal Government subsidised inter-state trips for the end-of-the-year festive period. Alake, who is the Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the End […]

The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the abduction of some passengers around Nde 3 Corners Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The passengers, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, who were on a transit, […]