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The governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has approved the appointment of heads of some agencies and special advisers. The appointments were announced on Tuesday in a statement by Hassana Ayika, a permanent secretary, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect and directed…

Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday moved against a bill seeking to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president, The Punch newpapers reported. According to the report, the bill sponsored by Adewunmi Onanuga, a lawmaker from Ogun state, the boll is intended to raise the minimum academic…

The founder of a non governmental organisation- Pregnancy Support Foundation (PSF), Mrs. Adesua Oni, has called for urgent steps to address the increasing rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with journalists during a medical outreach for pregnant women in the Mando area of Kaduna metropolis, she noted that Nigeria’s maternal mortality…

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have lamented the skyrocketing cost of living and the continuous free fall of the naira. Speaking with journalists after their meeting on Monday in Abuja, the PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi governor, Bala Mohammed, said Nigeria is “almost on the road to Venezuela” due…

The police have arrested two people allegedly having sex at the All Saint Protestant Church at the Police College, Maiduguri, Borno state, according to reports by  Zagazola, an online news platform. The report said the suspects, identified as, Kaka Ali Umar of Damboa road and Khadija Adam of Ngomari areas of  Maiduguri, were cought in…