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Prof Ben Nwabueze’s final journey home begins Thursday

News

Rep Ogene wants late legal icon Nwabueze immortalized

Member representing Ogbaru Constituency of Anambra state in House of Representatives, Afam Victor Ogene, has called on the federal government…
Anambra governor Chukwuma Soludo mourns three students of Tansi International College community killed in a lightning incident

Headlines, News

Tragedy in Anambra: 3 students struck dead by lightning while playing football

Lightning, accompanied by claps of thunderstorm suddenly enveloped the area and the boys were struck in the process.
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

Education

Scholarship scheme: Kano govt sends 159 beneficiaries to India

Kano Govt sends 159 beneficiaries of its post graduate scholarship scheme to India for further studies to enhance their educational…
Kano chapter of ACF commends Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Usaini Gumel for bringing down the crime rate in the state.

News

ACF commends CP Gumel for bringing down crime rate in Kano

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Kano state chapter of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has joined other eminent organizations and highly placed…
Shitile Integrity Group (SIG) Worldwide hails President Tinubu for appointing Shaakaa Chira as the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF).

News

Group hails Tinubu over Chira’s appointment as Auditor-General

The SIG described the appointment of Mr Chira as one of the best things to have happened to the Shitile…
Fubara visits Wike, begs for forgiveness

News

Disquiet as Police redeploy ‘Wike’s men’ out of Rivers Govt. House

By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There has been a major security shakeup around the Rivers with the removal of the Government’s…
Labour Party Rep member, Amobi Ogah, retrieves Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency seat from APC's Nkiruka Onyejeocha at Appeal Court

News

Abia LP Rep Amobi Ogah wins at Appeal Court

Ogah was declared the winner of the February 25 election into the Federal Constituency seat by the Independent National Electoral…
Lagos speaks on controversial imposition of N8,100 tax levy in schools

News

Get ready to pay: Lagos ends 50% discount on fares of BRT, train, others

The 50 per cent reduction in fares applied for use of Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) Standard routes, First and Last…
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is ready to fight corruption to a standstill to succeed to reposition Nigeria economically.

Education

Students’ Loan: Poor, indigent students at disadvantage – ASUU

Tinubu, had in June signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the Students Loan Act with…
The Ministry of Education in Gaza has reported that at least 4,119 pupils have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war almost three months ago.

World News

Israeli army reports dozens of ‘terrorists’ killed in Gaza overnight

Israeli soldiers killed the terrorists, found weapons by Hamas and uncovered tunnel shafts “used for terrorist purposes,” according to the…
Police intercept vehicle loaded with 300 parcels of cannabis sativa, popularly known as India hemp during an operation in Rivers.

News

Truckload of Indian hemp intercepted in Rivers

He said police operatives attached to the command’s C4i Intelligent Unit, intercepted a bus loaded with the banned product
Police smash deadly members of armed robbery, kidnapping and illicit drug trafficking syndicates in different operations across Rivers state

Metro

Police smash notorious kidnap syndicates, robbery gangs, others in Rivers

Rivers Commissioners of Police, CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka who gave details of the operations at a press briefing in Port…
Police ban Durbar activities during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in Kano over the ongoing Emirship tussle in the state

Metro

24 arrested for drug peddling, violent crimes in Kano

Exhibits, including illicit drugs and stolen property, were recovered from the hoodlums arrested by different teams of the police command…
Sea pirates kill four officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC along Bakana River in Degema LGA of Rivers State.

News

Four Civil Defence officers shot dead by pirates in Rivers

Recent reports by users of waterways in Rivers indicated increased activities of attacks by deadly pirates.
Using Twitter (now X), Odalo scams ladies with fake claims of suffering from heart disease. Here is how he ripped off Elsie and others

News

INVESTIGATION: Odalo, Nigeria’s Twitter swindler faking “heart disease” to scam women

Iriodalo Emmanuel Obhafuoso (Odalo) has been accused of cajoling women into sending him money by claiming a deadly illness.
Five corps members recently abducted on Ifon/Owo road in Ondo State explain how they were kidnapped and released after paying N5m ransom

News

Two abducted corps members rescued in Katsina

Ciminals abducted the corps members while they were in transit from Edo to Katsina State.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa opposes calls for the scrapping of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying it's still relevant

News, Politics

Bayelsa woman asks court to kick Diri out of governorship election

In the suit filed at Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, Azibanagbal sought an order of mandatory injunction, directing the Independent…
Mother of 27- year -old Onyekachi Ugiri, allegedly killed during protests against impeachment of Gov Siminalayi Fubara in Port Harcourt cries out

News

Rivers crisis: Mother of man ‘shot dead’ during pro-Fubara protest cries out ‘

It was difficult to confirm if the bullet allegedly fired to scare the protesters who were attempting to pull down…
Troops of Nigerian Army, DSS foil Boko Haram attack arrest 2 suspects, recover dangerous weapons in a raid at Gezawa LGA of Kano State.

News, Top Stories

Troops foil Boko Haram attack in Kano, arrest suspects, recover guns, bombs

Troops of 3 Brigade Nigerian Army and the DSS operatives carried out the raid to stop and apprehend suspected Boko…
Gov. Yahaya Bello says APC, will win November 11 governorship election with a wide margin at meeting with CDS Christopher Musa

Politics

Kogi election: Bello meets CDS Musa, says APC will win massively

By Richard Elesho/Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has again assured supporters that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win…
Rivers traditional ruler, King Ateke Tom, clarifies his recent intervention in the ongoing political crisis in the state.

News

Why I intervened in Fubara, Wike feud – Ateke Tom

Ateke Tom insisted that the two gladiators - former Governor Nyesom Wike and his successor, Fubara remained brothers and that…
EFCC

News, Top Stories

Court orders EFCC to release or produce Godwin Emefiele

Emefiele, through his legal team, joined the Federal Government, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), EFCC chairman and the anti-corruption commission…
Obaseki's fierce rebuttal: Shaibu's authority gone, he's still impeached

News, Top Stories

Obaseki continues to humiliate deputy Shaibu despite ‘forgiving’ him

A source who did not wish to be named, told this medium that Shaibu’s disengagement from activities of the State-owned…
Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) signs MoU with Workshop Owners to fast track free conversion of one million vehicles

News

CNG conversion, training centre inaugurated in Abuja

The commissioning of the Abuja P-CNGi Conversion Centre, the second of its kind, after the Lagos State P-CNGi Conversion Centre,…
NPFL, NFF sign N1bn 5-year deal to broadcast matches of Nigeria's premier football league with pay television service provider, StarTimes

Football, Sports

NPFL, StarTimes sign N1bn 5-year league broadcast rights deal

Gbenga Elegbeleye, the Chairman of the NPFL board said that the deal with StarTimes would potentially witness a N50 million…
NAFDAC

News

NAFDAC issues alert on ‘dangerous’ energy drink

Adeyeye alerted that the consumption of the product could cause headaches, insomnia, irritability, and nervousness because of the high level…
EEDC laments loss of power supply to areas of Abakaliki due to the vandalisation of the Udemezue 11KV Feeder in the early hours of Sunday.

News

Imo in total darkness as workers shutdown electricity supply

Imo is in total blackout following shutdown of electricity supply to the state by workers of the EEDC who are…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says he will do everything necessary to preserve the political structure he and others built over the years in Rivers

Politics

Wike: What I will never allow anyone to do in Rivers

A crisis had erupted in Rivers on Monday over an attempt by some lawmakers in the Rivers Assembly believed to…
Court remands Bayelsa blogger, Saint Onitsha Mienpamo, in Kuje prison over alleged defamatory publication against PAP boss Barry Ndiomu

News

Bayelsa blogger Mienpamo remanded in Kuje prison

Mienpamo was arraigned on three-count charge bordering on alleged willful libel, threat, causing danger and insult against the PAP interim…
President/CEO of Sunora Foods, Charles Eghobamien, reveals plans to invest US$100 million in oil palm value chain and other crops in Edo.

Business

Company unveils plans to invest $100m in Edo

He explained that the investment would be targeted at five aspects of production, beginning with acquisition of 15,000 hectares of…
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