Local News

Kano State Government has recorded 96 per cent increase on Girl Child school enrollment in the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Ya’u Yan’shama, expressed appreciation to the Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for partnering with the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, toward increased Girls enrollment in the state. According to Yan’shama, it has so far, recorded major interventions in the Education Sector, specifically the Girl-Child Education in the State. The Commissioner […]

Residents of Okigwe Local Government area of Imo State have decried the epileptic power supply in the area. In an Interview with Boss Radio Rural Assesment Team, a civil servant, Loveson Chukwuneye says no effort has been made to bring electricity to the area. An entrepreneur, Franklin Chinedu, says the electricity situation is of a huge disadvantage for business owners in the area. Gabriel Onoja a resident makes an appeal […]

Kogi State Government has banned the dumping of refuse in unauthorized places across the 21 local government areas of the state. The State Commissioner for Environment, Victor Omafaiye, disclosed this in a statement. According to the statement, the new State Sanitation and Environmental Health Law of 2022 signed recently would be implemented with immediate effect. It therefore warned the public to desist from dumping waste on the road median, public drainages, […]

Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has discovered a building used as a dump site for illegally refined petroleum products in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Michael Ogar, revealed that the compound has been sealed and manned by personnel. Ogar noted that the Command also arrested 19 suspects at different locations in the state on account […]

Imo State University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has refuted reports that the Association has resumed activities. In an interview with Boss Radio News, Chairman, IMSU-ASUU, Odinakachukwu Ejiogu, maintains that the strike is still on. Speaking further, Ejiogu decries backlog of Salaries and stalled promotion of workers. The Chairman reveals that the institution’s internal and national issues have not been addressed. Recall that the management of the […]

The Management of Imo State University has announced the resumption of School activities after the Seven months strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Public Relation Officer of the University, Ralph Njoku-Obi, disclosed this in a telephone interview with Boss Radio News. Njoku-Obi gives reasons for the Management’s decision. Recall that ASUU embarked on strike on February 14 2022, following the Federal Government’s failure to meet up […]

Lagos State Government has said that vocational skills will tackle unemployment and alleviate poverty among women and youths. State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Bolaji Dada, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Oluyemi Kalesanwo, stated this during the closing of a four-week training organized for 250 women from Communities in the Epe Local Government Area of the State. Dada noted that the training served […]

Akwa Ibom State Government has promised to set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the immediate cause of a four-storey building that collapsed in Uyo, the State Capital. Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, who visited the scene on Sunday, commiserated with the families of deceased victims. Ekpo promised that the government would investigate the matter and ensure that those found culpable would be brought to book. This came as two […]

Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested eight suspects in connection with crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism. A statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Emeka Peters Okwechime, revealed that the suspects were arrested along the Warri Sapele Road. The statement added that the arrested suspects would be charged to Court upon conclusion of investigation.