The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in collaboration with Ogun State Ministry of Environment, on Thursday sealed off recycling facilities in Ogijo community in Ogun State. The sealing followed the failure of the operators to comply with the provisions of the National Environmental (Battery Control) Regulations 2024 and the Protocol developed by NESREA to ensure environmentally sound management of used lead acid batteries and safeguard the health of residents and the environment. Under the protocol, the facilities committed to manage ULAB slag and base metal residue in a safe, environmentally sound and socially responsible manner, and also…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, 28 November, 2025 called on the Federal Government to stop negotiating with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who made the call at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, also asked the Federal Government to stop apologising and negotiating with terrorists. Speaking at the Jos event, Obasanjo expressed displeasure over the rising insecurity, saying Nigerians have the right to seek foreign intervention to cover for what he described as the government’s failure…
This is indeed a good news to retirees in public service in Abia State as the State Governor, Alex Otti, on the night of Friday, 28 November, 2025 announced that his administration will commence the gradual payment of their verified gratuity and pension arrears owed since 2001. Otti, who made this disclosure during his monthly media chat with newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia, on the night of Friday, 28 November, 2025, said that the state government had reviewed all pending pension claims and worked closely with the pension union to verify outstanding gratuities before taking any payment decisions. “The…
In what is described as a major step in strengthening the Cross Rivers’s SME ecosystem, the state government on Saturday, 29 November, 2025 announced the approval of 500 small business owners to access the SMEDAN–Sterling Bank single-digit interest loan facility. The Director-General of Cross River State Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency, Mr Great Ogban, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Saturday, 29 November, 2025, said the entrepreneurs were screened and cleared for the facility. The screening and clearance were conducted by CRSMEDA, whose Director-General, Ogban, said the initiative aligns with Governor Bassey Otu’s commitment to expanding economic…
Tragedy occurred on Friday, 28 November, 2025 in Kano State as no fewer than three persons lost their lives, while one injured in two separate fire incidents in the state. The Kano State Fire Service, which confirmed the sad development through a statement issued on Saturday by its Public Relations Officer, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, said first incident occurred on Friday, around 1:30pm, when a petrol tanker carrying 30,000 litres of fuel fell and exploded at the Kura Market junction along Zaria Road. The tanker, with registration number NGZ 250 XA, reportedly knocked down a cyclist before it went up…
Samuel Eto’o has been re-elected as President of Cameroon’s Football Federation (FECAFOOT) after securing 85 of 87 votes in the Congres on Saturday, extending his mandate for another four years.The former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker ran unopposed, with election organisers confirming that other aspiring candidates failed to meet the eligibility criteria. Two ballots were declared spoiled. Eto’o’s victory comes eight months after he was elected by acclamation to the CAF Executive Committee in Cairo in March 2025. That elevation was made possible after the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a CAF ban that had temporarily barred him from…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa; the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi; and the APC Apex Leader in Alimosho Federal Constituency and Director General of GMT, Hon. Bisi Yusuff, have all commended the developmental strides recorded by the Chairman of Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area, Hon. Akindele Adunni Opeyemi, within her first 100 days in office. The carnival-like ceremony, held at the council secretariat, was attended by state party executives, political leaders, community leaders, CDC/CDA representatives, traditional rulers,…
By Chuks Collins, Awka The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has this weekend kicked off journey to restore Anambra State, nay South East to the top of global palm produce value chain. The vision which was a synergy by Alpha Palm City Estate Development Ltd, a private sector driven company and the NPPAN. The company, an agro-real estate development outfit acquires estates, plants fast growing and high yielding palm nursery/ seedlings, nurture same and sell to agro investors. Consequently, the Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prof Foster Ihejiofor disclosed that Gov Chukwuma Soludo is positively disposed to investing…
By Dare Ojepe There are moments in a nation’s life when hesitation becomes a luxury too costly to indulge, moments when the leader must step beyond counsel, beyond caution, and confront the lion at the gate. Last Wednesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu crossed that threshold. After months of deliberation, he made the bold pronouncement that states ready to establish their own police formations are now free to do so. With that decision, the President not only touched the live wire of a decades-old national debate, he gripped it firmly and redirected its current toward a future of safer communities. For…
The Federal Government on Thursday, 27 November, 2025, inaugurated a new smart toilet in Nasarawa State, calling for stronger sanitation efforts across the state to ensure Nigeria exits her unenviable position as one of the top nations with open defecation. Few days ago, the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal decried that just about 25 per cent of Nigerians have access to safely managed sanitation facilities leaving over 45 million Nigerians still practice open defecation. The Federal Ministry of Environment on Thursday called for stronger sanitation efforts across the states at the commissioning of new smart public toilets at Orange Market,…