The First Lady, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday commemorated this year’s World Disability Day by disbursing N64 million in grants to persons living with disabilities across Sokoto State. A statement on Thursday by Abubakar Bawa, Director General of Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto, said Mrs. Tinubu was represented at the event by the wife of the state governor, Fatima Aliyu.
The United States of America has imposed new visa restrictions on Nigerians accused of undermining religious freedom, according to an announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In a post on X on Wednesday, Rubio said the policy targets individuals who "knowingly direct, authorise, fund, support or carry out violations of religious freedom." His remarks followed a congressional roundtable in Washington where U.S. lawmakers met with religious freedom and foreign policy experts to examine rising violence in Nigeria and what they described as the "targeted persecution" of Christians.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) appointed Chief Superintendent of Corrections (CSC) Jane Osuji as its new Public Relations Officer and its first female spokesperson.
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, paid a visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday at the Sokoto Correctional Centre, to reassure him that efforts are being made to secure his release.
In all of its retail locations in Lagos and Abuja, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has lowered the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as gasoline. According to a study conducted on Thursday, the cost of gasoline has decreased to N900 per litre in Lagos and N940 per litre in Abuja.
Despite several months of public letters and warnings, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has begun enforcement action against the owners of over 1,000 Abuja homes who have refused to pay statutory land-related costs. The move comes after Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, approved action against the impacted houses in high-brow neighbourhoods like as Asokoro, Maitama, Garki, and Wuse.
