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Nigerian Army restates commitment to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to ensure peaceful conduct of 2023 elections.

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2023 elections: Army, police promise adequate security

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaib said closer collaboration between the military, police and…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has vowed to resign from office if anyone could prove he promised to make him his successor.

Politics

Wike: “I’ll resign as governor if …”

Wike said it was not in his character to make a promise to help anyone and to renege on the…
Vice President Osinbajo and Governor Ganduje at the book launch

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Osinbajo opens up on relationship with Buhari

According to Osinbajo, President Buhari “genuinely believes in the role of the Vice President.
Gov. Godwin Obaseki lambasts President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over the high spate of abandonment of federal projects in Edo State.

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Buhari’s government irresponsible – Obaseki

Obaseki noted that there is no excuse for the project to be abandoned as funds have been made available for…
L-R: Hon. Justice Mary Odili, retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; former Rivers State governor, Dr Peter Odili; Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and his wife, Hon. Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike and the Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani in Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday night during a dinner celebration of the award on infrastructure delivery bestowed on governor Wike by President Muhammadu Buhari recently.

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How Buhari sealed fate of APC, others in Rivers – Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said recent conferment of Distinguished Award on Infrastructure Delivery on him…
SERAP

Politics

INEC announces date for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections

Okoye said that INEC at its weekly meeting on Tuesday approved the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the states…
Police hunt for one Yahaya who allegedly beat his brother, Samson, to death for stealing a school’s property in Ijede area of Lagos State.

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Lagos man arrested for killing 70-year-old father

Hundeyin said that the police division in Abule-Egba area of the state got a report of the alleged murder from…
The SSAP- SDGs Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire reiterates commitment of OSSAP-SDGs to welfare and advancement of Nigerian women.

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UN Day: FG reiterates commitment to SDGs

Nigeria has also successfully presented its Second Voluntary National Review on the SDGs to the UN High-Level Political Forum in…
Google

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India imposes $113m fine on Google parent company

India's competition commission accused Google of abusing the dominant role of the Google Play Store by forcing app developers there…
Police arrest 9 suspects over murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo town, Oyo State.

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Police bust 3 deadly kidnappers in Oyo

23 other suspects were also paraded for alleged kidnapping, defilement, armed robbery, job racketeering and forgery of land documents by…
Minister of State for Education, Mr. Goodluck Opiah; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Assistant Director General, Communication and Information of UNESCO, Dr. Tawfik Jelassi and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, during a Ministerial Panel at the ongoing UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week in Abuja on Tuesday.

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Nigerian govt fumes over UK, US embassies’ security alerts

The United States and United Kingdom embassies in Nigeria had on Sunday issued advisories to their citizens with warning that…
Court remands police officer who allegedly defiled a 17-year-old girl at the Ogudu Lagos Area Command premises in Kirikiri prison

Metro

Police arrest staff of Calabar hotel over death of female guest

Police arrest staff of a hotel where lifeless body of a middle aged llady was found in Calabar, the state…
Appeal Court President, Monica Dongban-Mensem, identifies paucity of funds as one of challenges being faced by the court ahead of elections

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Nnamdi Kanu: Appeal court speaks on transfer of 21 Justices

The appellate court insisted that only one out of the three justices who delivered the Oct. 13 judgment that ordered…
Gov. Nyesom Wike nominates ex- Rivers APC spokesperson Chris Finebone, 17 others to State House of Assembly for screening as commissioners

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Ex-Rivers APC chieftain Chris Finebone among Wike’s new commissioners

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mr. Chris Finebone, the immediate past spokesman for All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State is among the…
Students of Rivers State University protest alleged involvement in human rights abuses by some personnel of Man ‘O’ War in the institution.

Education

Rivers varsity bars final year students from exams hall over fees

The University management had announced a ‘No school fees, no exams’ policy on October 14, and shifted the Examinations for…
Members of a vigilante group at Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State nab 32- year- old robbery suspect, Godspower with deadly weapons

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Vigilante group nabs deadly robbery suspect in Rivers

Comrade Godstime Ihunwo, Assistant Secretary of Diobu Vigilante who is also the Chief Security Officer of Nkpolu-Oroworukwo confirmed the arrest…
Endurance our best option now: MURIC begs Nigerians

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MURIC accuses RCCG of practicing ‘apartheid’

Richard Elesho The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has accused the leadership of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG of practicing…
APC planning to cause civil unrest ahead governorship poll - Edo Govt

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APC, threat to Nigeria’s existence – Obaseki

Obaseki added that no administration has done the kind of damage the APC government has done to this country
Nigeria Customs Service intercepts seven containers loaded with contraband drugs worth over N11 billion at Onne Port in Rivers State.

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Gun-battle with smugglers: Customs officer killed, 3 injured

The smugglers laid ambush for the patrol team and rained gunshots on their vehicle as they were taking the impounded…
Gombe

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15 Civil Defence officers sacked, 7 suspended, 9 demoted

By Kelechi Ogunleye The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has sanctioned a total of 31 officers and men…
Police arrest 9 suspects over murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo town, Oyo State.

Metro

Police hunt for driver who mowed down Ibadan woman Abimbola Uthman

The man allegedly hit the woman’s car at the back and when she went out of the car to protest,…
Gov. Wike says those who failed to acknowledge the electoral importance of Rivers will not get the votes of the people in 2023 election.

Politics

Wike to Atiku: You can’t disrespect Rivers, yet expect our votes

The Rivers Governor said he was not consulted by the presidential candidate before he picked representatives of the state which…
EFCC arraigns four suspects for allegedly bribing voters to vote for Gov. Gboyega Oyetola during the 16 July 2022 Osun governorship election.

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Osun election: 4 suspects docked for buying votes for Gov. Oyetola

According to EFCC, the suspects were arrested at different polling Units following credible intelligence that they were inducing voters with…
Governor Nyesom Wike appoints new chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.

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Wike: Why I will not campaign for Atiku in Rivers

Wike was reacting controversies over the non inclusion of photographs of Atiku and the Chairman of PDP Iyorchia Ayu in…
The DG of APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Gov. Simon Lalong, announces the inclusion of members of Kannywood into the council.

Politics

Tinubu, Shetimma meet Kannywood celebrities, others in Kano (+Photos)

Tinubu described the Support Groups as key to the victory of the APC at the polls and said he had…
Some 23,000 people flee Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since renewed fighting between government troops and rebel militia

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23,000 people fled DRC amid violence in north east – UN

The violence between M23 rebel forces and the Congolese army in Rutshuru near the border with Uganda and Rwanda since…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Metro

Abuja man Michael Chindo jailed for stabbing lady

Tanko said that the convict on the same date, criminally trespassed into the complainant’s daughter, Victoria’s room and used scissors…
Residents of North London constituency say they have lost faith in Rishi Sunak

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Sunak looks set to become next UK PM after Johnson quits race

If chosen, the former Goldman Sachs analyst would be the United Kingdom’s first prime minister of Indian origin
Myanmar military junta reportedly killed 60 people including well-known artists and musicians in an aerial attack on a concert .

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Myanmar junta launches aerial attack on concert, 60 killed: sources

The Myanmar military has brutally cracked down on protests, civil disobedience movements and armed resistance by anti-junta militias across the…
Russian drone attack destroys Odesa region in Ukraine

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Ukraine successfully countering Russian drone attacks – British intelligence

Officials in Ukraine have said that up to 85 per cent of the attacks had been intercepted, the ministry said.
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