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Oba Ewuare II informed secessionist agitators, the authorities, including the federal government, that Edo land would remain intact.

Headlines, News

Oba Ewuare II pardons seven ‘coup plotters’ against Benin Kingdon

The Dukes pledged their allegiance to Benin throne on Sunday following the failure of the coup to balkanize Benin Kingdom
Police arrest four staff of micro finance bank for pushing wife of a debtor to death in the course of recovery of debt in Ogun State

Metro

Four Ogun bank staff in police net over death of debtor’s wife

The woman died during struggle with the staff of the bank who wanted to pack her husband's electronic items in…
President Buhari condoles with University of Lagos don, Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, over passing of his wife of many years, Mrs. Carol Anike

News

Renowned UNILAG don, Ralph Akinfeleye loses wife, Buhari mourns

Buhari condoled with family, friends and associates of Mrs Akinfeleye, ”whose good work will continue to speak, particularly about the…
Access Bank

Business

Access Bank PLC launches French subsidiary

Access Bank’s presence in France represents an important step towards achieving its goal of bridging worlds and connecting opportunities for…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu puts politics aside to pour encomiums on Chief Olabode George, a chieftain of PDP, in Lagos on 80th birthday

Headlines, Politics

Bode George ‘ends’ hostilities with Tinubu, mulls congratulating President-Elect

Bode George has had a long period of cantankerous disagreement with Tinubu starting from when the President-Elect was governor of…
Ogun Govt gives operators of eateries, fast food outlets in Abeokuta, the state capital a 7-day ultimatum to stop fouling their environment

Headlines, Metro

Poor hygiene: Ogun threatens to shut down eateries, fast food outlets in 7 days

Ogun Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya handed down the ultimatum after an inspection visits to some of the affected…
General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (rtd) was National Security Adviser, (NSA) under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Opinion

Gen. Gusau @80: Glimpses and encounters with Mr Mystique

Gusau was one of the statesmen who crafted the co-option of Obasanjo into the presidential race that year, in the…
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu endorses Senators Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin as President and Deputy President of the 10th Senate

Politics, Top Stories

Sanwo-Olu aligns with APC, endorses Akpabio, Barau to lead 10th Senate

Akpabio and Barau has been endorsed by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC as its preferred choice for the leadership…
Alex Otti

Headlines, News

Alex Otti: Abia people to fast, pray for 7 days

Already, the Abia State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has declared support for the fasting and prayers which…
According to UN figures, fighting has displaced around 12 million people in Sudan, while every second resident is threatened by hunger.

World News

Sudan condemns attack on church by rebel RSF

The RSF rebels allegedly attacked attack worshipers of Margis Church in the Al-Masalma neighborhood of Omdurman wounding 3 of them…
Outrage trails killing of 14 people by gunmen in reprisal attacks on communities in Gitata, Karu Local Govt Area of Nasarawa State

News

Outrage trails killing of 14 people in Nasarawa reprisal attacks

Speaking at Keffi (Nasarawa State), Mr Jaafar Loko, Chairman of NYCN expressed shock and sadness and called for thorough investigation…
Police arrest Owate Bode for killing mother over her refusal to accede to his N20,000 request in Aleto community of Rivers State

Metro

Rivers man Owate Bode kills mother for refusing his N20,000 request

It was also revealed that the murder suspect had once attacked his father Chief Bode Nwagor with a machete and…
Police rescue missing 12-year-old girl, Franklyn Chioma-Blessing, from a forest in Etche local government area of Rivers state.

News

Police rescue missing 12-year-old girl from forest in Rivers

Her parents had declared her missing posted in various online platforms asking for information and help that could lead to…
Police kill notorious kidnap gang leader, Aka Blacky, one other in raid on his hideout at Oyigbo/Igbo-Etche forest, in Etche LG of Rivers

News

Suspected member of fake employment syndicate arrested in Port Harcourt

Akaa has been presenting himself as a staff of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) to desperate job seekers,

News

‘Why Tinubu, APC endorsed Akpabio to lead 10th Senate’

Akpabio emerged as the choice of APC for the senate president after he was endorsed for the same position by…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, declares interest in the Speakership of 10th National Assembly

News

‘It’s my turn to be Speaker of House of Reps,’ insists Idris Wase

Wase said this while declaring his intention to compete for the speakership of the 10th National Assembly on Friday.
Political tension in Anambra is at fever-high pitch as APC , other parties pick candidate for the state's November governorship election

Politics

Kogi governorship election: INEC releases list of candidates

By Richard Elesho The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released the names of candidates and parties that will participate…
Ekiti Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, says he is not happy with comparison of his administration with that of his predecessor, Kayode Fayemi.

Politics

Don’t compare me with Fayemi, Gov. Oyebanji begs Ekiti people

Governor Oyebanji spoke at a stakeholders' Forum in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state organised to mark his 200…
CDS Lucky Irabor asks troops of Operation Udoka to flush out criminal elements disturbing socio-economic well-being of the South East

News

Alleged abortion of Boko Haram children: CDS Irabor faces NHRC Panel

By Edith Nwapi The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Friday, declared that the allegations that the…
Police explain how a nurse under sedation caught medical doctor Ayodele Joseph raping her while undergoing surgery in Ilorin Kwara State

Metro, Top Stories

‘How patient under sedation ‘caught’ doctor raping her during surgery’

The Police Commissioner said the video recording of the sexual action of Doctor Ayodele Joseph is already in police custody.
British King Charles III marks coronation with a photograph of himself and his two heirs - Prince of Wales and Prince George

World News

King Charles marks coronation with photograph of himself with heirs

The King is pictured wearing the Robe of Estate and the Imperial State Crown, and holding the Sovereign’s Orb and…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in 2023 elections, Peter Obi

Headlines, News

Peter Obi: What Nigeria needs now

Obi expressed confidence in the Nigerian judiciary, noting that he would be the President of Nigeria in the fullness of…
Peter Obi condemns demolition of properties in Lagos, others

Politics, Top Stories

Peter Obi: I’m not desperate, in hurry to become Nigeria’s President

Obi, who came third in the presidential election, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC spoke…
Police kill leader of armed robbery gang who murdered one ASP Ogunleye Daniel in his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, arrest 3 others

News

Police trail, kill leader of gang who murdered ASP during robbery in Ibadan

Three other members of the gang involved in the robbery at the residence of the police officer were also arrested,…
Members of Lamidi Apapa and Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party clash at the premises of Federal High Court, in Abuja on Thursday.

Politics, Top Stories

Labour Party crisis: Bid by Abure, others to reverse sack by court fails

In the ruling it delivered on Friday, the court held that it has jurisdiction to entertain suit filed by the…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro

Markurdi housewife Doosu Samuel to sweep court premises for 20 days

The police charged Samuel who lives at Logo 1, Makurdi with causing grievous hurt punishable under section 248 of the…
Police vow to will sustain its ongoing operations against the activities of the cultists in every part of Ogun State

News

Police vow to sustain clampdown on cultists in Ogun

According to him, police operatives in Ogun are committed to the ongoing clamp down on the activities of cultists despite…
National Commandant Dickson Akoh explains why President Buhari should assent to the Peace Corps of Nigeria Bill .

News

‘Why President Buhari should sign Peace Corps Bill’

he National Assembly recently forwarded to President Buhari for assent the harmonised version of the bill on Nigerian Peace Corps.
U.N. Rights Office says soldiers, unidentified foreign military personnel execute at least 500 people in village of Moura, Mali in 2022.

World News

Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 – UN

Rights groups say it is the worst atrocity in a 10-year-old conflict between Islamist groups and the army in which…
L-R (front row): The CMD of UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki; CMD of UUTH, Prof. Emem Bassey; Governor Godwin Obaseki; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Osaigbovo Iyoha, and the Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Dr. Imafidon Agbonile.

Health

Obaseki blames politicians for the collapse of Nigeria’s healthcare system

He stated this on Wednesday during a courtesy call by members of the Committee of Medical Directors in Nigeria, during…
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