Two farmers had been kidnapped by bandits at the Oke-Ifira/Idogun forest axis of Akoko South-East council area of Ondo.
Fifty-six serving councillors filed a suit challenging the constitutional validity of the two-year tenure of local government officials.
The Kano government allocated a historic N405 billion out of its N1.36 trillion proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year to the education sector.
The government urged the bidders to develop the assets rather than treat the licences as investment trophies or merely use them to seek technical or financial partners.
Heirs General Insurance has urged policymakers, developers and other stakeholders to make insurance protection a central part of Nigeria’s housing agenda.
The Kaduna government says its ultra-modern Eastern Terminal, designed like an airport terminal, will transform transportation and create thousands of jobs upon completion.
The naira on Tuesday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,375.30 to a dollar.
“I don’t play with criminals, and I don’t negotiate with them. I can tell you that, as far as Kogi State is concerned, we don’t have a department for ransom payment,” he said.
A total of 143 companies submitted 200 bids for 37 of the 50 oil and gas blocks originally put on offer.
The bill was approved following its third reading during plenary.
