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Group tackles Atiku campaign over power rotation in Rivers

The group was reacting to claims by a member of Atiku Campaign Council in Rivers, Leloonu Nwibubasa on power rotation…
Demola Seriki, a chieftain of Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC and Nigeria's Ambassador to Spain, is dead.

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Just In: Tinubu’s ally Demola Seriki is dead

The notice said that Demola Seriki died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of Thursday surrounded by his family…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) insists FG must pay its members for the four months they were on strike.

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We must be paid for 4 months we were on strike – SSANU

SSANU President said the payment of the four months’ salary was imperative as non-teaching staff in the universities were passing…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali urges parents to encourage their children and wards to take up a career in Nigeria Police.

News

PSC: 745 senior police officers promoted, 10 punished

PSC promoted two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) to the rank of Superintendents of Police (SP) and 696 Assistant Superintendents…
Dr Steven Bagshaw, a medical doctor with University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH regains freedom one week after he was abducted.

News

Kidnappers of UPTH’s Dr. Steven contact wife for ransom

Steven, a Senior Registrar in the Plastic Surgery Department of UPTH was abducted at the gate of his residence, close…
Scene of a landslide

World News

Floods, landslides kill at least 120 in Congo

The rainfall caused major flooding and landslides on Tuesday night in parts of Kinshasa, a metropolis of about 15 million…
Police

News

Police kill kidnapper, rescue victim in Delta

The kidnapper was neutralised by the police operatives attached to the Ozoro Police Division in Isoko North Local Government Area…
Police Service Commission approved deployment of new Police Commissioners, CPs to eleven states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

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Court vacates order sentencing I-G Baba to 3-month imprisonment

The Court had, on Nov 29, convicted Baba and sentenced him to a three-month jail term for failing to obey…
APC chieftain Danladi Bako, explains how the party's presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will get 12 million votes in the North in 2023 poll

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‘How North will give Tinubu 12 million votes’

Bako, a former commissioner in Sokoto State said Tinubu will get more than 25 per cent in 36 states and…
With abandonment of its strict zero-COVID policy measures, the Chinese govt promises better medical treatment as well as supply of drugs.

World News

Beijing promises better medical care amid COVID-19 wave

In a radical turnaround last week, Beijing announced a far-reaching easing of lockdowns, quarantine rules, mandatory testing, and travel in…
Dr Hale Longpet, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kogi State

Politics

2023: INEC prosecuting suspect for hate speech in Kogi

INEC said it embarked on an exercise tagged “expansion of vote access to polling units” aimed at ensuring that the…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (right); and the Political Counsellor, British High Commission in Nigeria, Jonathan Bacon (middle) during the latter’s visit to Governor Wike in Port Harcourt on Monday.

News

2023 election: British High Commission officials meet Wike

Beacon, who led other officials of the British Commission on the visit, described the meeting with Governor Wike as very productive.
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (middle), his wife, Hon. Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike (4th right); Rivers State PDP governorship candidate, Sir Siminalaye Fubara (4th left); Chairman, Rivers Elders Council, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba (3rd right); Chief Emma Anyanwu (2nd right), Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani (1st right); PDP chairman, Rivers State, Amb. Desmond Akawor (1st left) ; Chief Sergeant Awuse (2nd left) and former Dep. Speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Chibudum Nwuche (3rd left) during Governor Wike’s birthday celebration on Tuesday.

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Ayu: Wike adamant, says no deal with Atiku

The Chairman, Rivers Elders Council, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, commended governor Wike for contesting the PDP presidential primaries and mounting an…
IYC asks detractors and blackmailers to allow Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Umana Umana to focus on his vision for the ministry.

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Umana Umana: Ijaw youths warn ‘blackmailers, detractors’

The IYC President, Peter Igbifa, in a statement, said Umana had shown passion and commitment to the job of bringing…
The Palace of Olubadan of Ibadanland reacts to purported endorsement of Peter Obi of Labour Party for 2023 presidency by Oba Lekan Balogun

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‘Crude joke carried too far’- Olubadan opens up on ‘endorsement’ of LP’s Obi

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Senator Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has described claim that he endorsed the presidential candidate…
Second Niger Bridge,

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2nd Niger Bridge: FRSC sends message to motorists

By Clara Egbogota The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Delta Command, has said that the temporary opening of the Second…
Court sentences three suspects to death for murder and rape of one Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin.

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Three to die by hanging for rape, murder of Unilorin student

The trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf who handed down the judgment convicted Ismail, Oluwatimileyin and Omogbolahan who were the 1st,…
Hundreds of Nigerians trooped to offices of EFCC to participate in the auction of 190 vehicles and electric devices by the anti-graft agency.

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How EFCC auctioned 190 vehicles, others

Hundreds of Nigerians trooped to offices of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday to participate in the auction…
Datti Baba-Ahmed fails to deliver polling unit for Obi

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2023: Obi, Labour Party woo voters in Kogi

Richard Elesho The Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has promised to end insecurity, hunger and revive the economy…
Gunmen intercept vehicle, abduct woman at Road 10 junction, Akwaka phase 2, in Rumuodomaya area of Obio Akpor LG of Rivers State

Metro

Rivers: Gunmen intercept car, abduct woman

The eyewitness said attempt by the driver to out maneuver the suspected kidnappers failed as her Lexus SUV plunged into…
Chairman of Okrika LG of Rivers Akuro Tobin seals Council of Chiefs hall to prevent use for hosting ADP governorship candidate Victor Fingesi

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Rivers: LG Chair seals Chiefs’ hall to stop hosting of governorship candidate

The hall was allegedly ordered sealed in compliance with the Executive Order 22 of Governor Nyesom Wike.
The Muhammadu Buhari Govt has completed 105 Power Transformer projects between 2015 to 2022, Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu said in Abuja

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Buhari completes 105 power projects in 7 years – Minister

Aliyu said 73 of the power transformers were installed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN engineers in substations across…
NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa and India , Narcotics Control Bureau, NCB, Director General, Mr. Satya Narayan Pradhan at the bilateral meeting held in New Delhi.

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Nigeria, India to share intelligence on drug trafficking syndicates

Another key objective of the India meeting was the collaboration between NDLEA and NCB on how to control the importation…
Police hunt for culprits who plucked the eye of Najib Hussaini, a 12-year-old student of Arabic school in Bauchi state.

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How 2 men tricked 12-year-old Hussaini into bush, plucked his eye

The student of a Qur’anic education who hailed from Kano arrived in Bauchi where he enrolled in Arabic school barely…
Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, HRH Zubairu MaiGwari II confers Dakari Birnin Gwari title on APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

Metro

Moment Tinubu becomes Dakari Birnin Gwari (PHOTOS)

Governor Nasir El-Rufai, APC governors and other party leaders,accompanied Tinubu on the visit to Birnin-Gwari, arguably the area most affected…
Presidential candidate of Labour Party Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr. Datti Ahmed are expected in Kogi for campaign rally on Tuesday.

Politics

2023: Obi/Datti campaign holds in Kogi Tuesday

The candidates, the National Party Chairman Julius Abure and the General Secretary Alh. Umar Farouk Ibrahim, and other officials, party…
Mr Oqua Etim, the Commissioner of Police, Gombe State,

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Police investigate attack on Gombe PDP campaign office

The commissioner of police appealed to political stakeholders to guard the peace in the state and not create tension while…
Governor Babagana Zulum says 95 per cent of the participants in the violent #EndBadGovernance in Maiduguri were under 14 years

Education

Recruitment of 3,000 teachers: Borno govt calls for applications

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Ali Musa, encouraged all interested and eligible candidates to apply through the…
NCC, CBN to unveil refund framework for failed airtime, data transactions

Business

Nigerian mobile subscribers hit 210m in August – NCC

The Executive Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Dambatta, stated this on Monday at the NCC Day at the 43rd Kano…
Chief of Staff to Rivers State governor, Engineer Emeka Woke (right) receiving 'Distinguish award of Excellence ' in infrastructural development in Rivers State on behalf of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike from the President, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Tasiu Sa’ad Gidari-Wudil (left) at the 50th anniversary of NSE Port Harcourt branch in Port Harcourt on Saturday.

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NSE honours Wike with distinguished award excellence 

Wike was conferred with the award during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Port Harcourt branch,…
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