The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, says there is the need to resuscitate the partnership between the Nigerian Army and Russian Defence.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday commissioned 100 units of housing project in Ikate, Lekki area of the State.

The police in Jigawa have arrested a 25-year-old herder, who allegedly trespassed into a farmland and destroyed crops worth N200,000, at Takatsaba village, Suletankarkar Local Government Area of the state.

The Federal Government on Wednesday, says it will commit N75,765,087,178.28 to carry out palliative works on collapsed portions of roads across the country.

Gov. Godwin Obaseki has called for full implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) to address the problem of clashes between farmers and herders.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has raised the alarm that some Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government are out to sabotage the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to provide critical infrastructure across the country. 

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, has called for the creation of a special fund to compensate the south east zone for its losses during the Nigerian Civil War.

…Adjourns till Nov. 9  

The Senate on Wednesday adjourned plenary till November 9, 2021, to enable its Committees begin budget defense sessions with Ministries, Departments and Agencies. 

The police in Adamawa have arrested a man (name withheld) from Mayo -Belwa town in Mayo -Belwa Local Government Area for the alleged disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter.

The 2022 Appropriation Bill of N16. 39 trillion passed second reading at the Senate on Wednesday, after debates on the general principles of the bill by the Senators at plenary.

No fewer than seven suspected smugglers of petroleum products have been reported burnt to death in a petroleum tanker fire outbreak in Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa.

The Nigerian Army says its engineers are not constructing RUGA settlement in South-East as being portrayed and speculated by an outlawed online radio.

Rep. Abubakar Kabir, Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Works, has underscored the need for upward review of the proposed allocation for execution of various road projects across the country.

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command Onne Port, has generated N128,317,325,936.68 as revenue from January to September 2021.