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Gombe Governor Inuwa Yahaya says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, won’t disappoint Nigerians, if elected in 2023

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Tinubu hits Lagos for APC ‘epoch making carnival- like rally’

Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the APC Chairman in Lagos state, said that a mammoth crowd of Tinubu’s supporters and party members…
Police operatives, vigilantes rescue 6 women, child abducted by terrorists at Kadamutsa village of Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State  

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Police rescue 6 women, child abducted by terrorist in Zamfara

The abducted villagers were rescued in a search and rescue operation conducted along Zurmi - Jibiya axis unhurt and unconditionally,…
Kachalla Kallamu and the 13 other bandits were killed by Nigerian Army troops in two different operations in Sabon Birni LGA of Sokoto State.

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Bandits kill 15 people in attacks on 3 Kaduna LGAs

The highest number of people killed by the bandits was in Rafin Sarki in Giwa LGA of Kaduna where the…
The Edo State Command of FRSC vows to henceforth clamp down on truck drivers who convey goods with passengers in their trucks.

News

Speeding truck driver kills 2 FRSC officers in Akwa Ibom

FRSC said the crash was due to excessive speed of driver of a DAF articulated truck who lost control and…
OSSAP-SDGs says its documents or offices were not affected by the inferno that gutted parts of the Federal Secretariat, Abuja on Saturday

News

Nigeria’s SDGs Office not under probe – Management

OSSAP-SDGs emphatically asserted that the routine demand for information by the EFCC does not and cannot in any way amount…
The escort vehicle in which the policemen who abducted oil company CEO Seni Awosike,were killed in Harcourt, Rivers state

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Gunmen shoot 3 policemen dead, abduct oil coy executive Seni Awosika

The gunmen who reportedly adorned who military combat fatigue carried out the operation which lasted few minutes unchallenged in spite…
Police dock Wasiu Lateef who was found with a knife during the campaign of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in Ibadan

News

Man caught with knife during Ibadan Labour Party campaign docked

Lateef is being tried for allegedly and unlawfully possessing two-faced dagger and conducted himself in a manner likely to cause…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

News

Court nullifies Osun local government elections

By Joshua Oladipo A Federal High Court in Osun , on Friday, nullified the State Local Governments Election conducted by…
Rivers Unity House Foundation, UHF, to launch Education Champions League aka ECL Quiz and Debate Competitions for secondary school students

Opinion, Politics

Rivers 2023: Deafening silence amid intimidation

What is happening in our state is abnormal and certainly not politics, but an unprecedented rape of our values.
Edo Police launch manhunt for youths who attacked septuagenarian woman accused of witchcraft

News

Edo: Students on rampage over punishment of colleagues, 2 arrested

The statement signed by the Edo Police Command's spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, noted that the unrest was perpetrated by some…
Death apparently has been on the trail of popular gospel artiste Sammie Okposo who slumped and died on Friday after suffering a heart attack. 

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Sammie Okposo dies at 51: How he narrowly escaped death two years ago

Okposo, who recently completed had a concert at the Logic Church located in Lagos and London renowned as one of…
APC presidential 2023 candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Delta State to meet High ChieTompolo, others

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2023: Tinubu meets Tompolo, others in Niger Delta

As part of his strategic engagement of stakeholders ahead of the 2023 election, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives…
Obiano

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Poll ranks Obiano as best Anambra governor since 1999

Obiano’s administration was reportedly focused on introducing leadership reforms for optimum social impact, devoid of media fanfare that beclouds the real performance of…
Nyesom Wike led rebellious PDP G5 group declare that they will support re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the rival APC in 2027.

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Abia PDP member defected after losing primary despite monetary compensation – Wike

Wike pointed out that after the compensation was delivered and accepted, the aggrieved member still defected to another party.
Police dismiss rumours of fresh bandit attack in Oyo, explain what really happened

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How Ekiti JTF arrested 2 kidnappers, recovered ransom money

By Yinusa Ishola A Joint Task Force established to protect Kogi/Ekiti border areas has arrested two suspected kidnappers in Ekiti,…
No fewer than 10,000 defectors from opposition political parties have joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara Ilorin.

Politics

PDP chieftains, others defect to APC in Kwara

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Former Deputy Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, Mathew Okedare; and former Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Abdullahi…
Ex- Minister Adebayo Shittu says legislative arm of Nigerian govt is "impotent" because of its inability to hold the executive accountable.

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Nigerian lawmakers impotent, says ex- minister Shittu

Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has said the legislative arm of the Nigerian government is populated by lawmakers who…
Abdulrasheed Bawa: EFCC boss

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EFCC secures 3,328 convictions in 11 months

Bawa also disclosed that EFCC is working in close collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and other stakeholders…
L-R: PDP Integrity Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Dr Samuel Ortom (Benue), Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (Rivers) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) at Ikpeazu's country home, Umuobiakwa, Abia State on Wednesday night for Abia State PDP campaign flag off on Thursday.  

Politics

We’ve come under serious attack, propaganda – PDP G5 Governors

Speaking during the reception, Ikpeazu urged the Integrity Governors think, operate and execute their strategies and programmes in one accord. 
Mamu was alleged to have collected ransoms on behalf of terror group from families of hostages and facilitated the delivery of same to them.

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DSS withdraws suit to detain ex-terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu

By Taiye Agbaje The Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday, withdrew a suit filed at a Federal High Court,…
"Adeleke’s $20m fraud allegation against Oyetola mere shadow chasing"

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Osun: Adeleke vows to sack 30 newly appointed Perm. Secs. of Oyetola

Adeleke, who was declared winner of the July 16 governorship election in the state by INEC, will be sworn in…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro

Indian man Chandra Singh docked for N816m fraud in Lagos

Singh is facing a 19-count-charge bordering on bribery and retention of stolen property.
Members of Rivers APC jubilate over Court of Appeal judgement restoring Tonye Cole, as governorship candidate for 2023 election.

Politics

Rivers 2023: Court kicks out APC governorship candidate Tonye Cole

Tonye Cole, the Rivers governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC was kicked out of 2023 election by a Federal…
Kogi APC chieftain Alhaji Murtala Ajaka donates 46 vehicles to boost the campaigns of the party for the 2023 general elections.

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Kogi APC chieftain donates 46 vehicles to Tinubu/ Shettima Campaign

The APC promised to donate more vehicles and other items soon to enable APC realise its aim of attaining victory,…
A group coordinated by former SGF Babachir Lawal endorses presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi for 2023 election.

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2023: Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal’s group endorses Peter Obi

Lawal said that the group comprising some Northern Christian politicians settled for Obi, after a painstaking review and analysis of…
Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 110 Dapchi school girls abducted in 2018 is still being held by for refusing to convert to Islam

Art

The Day We Lost Our Manhood (For Leah Sharibu)

Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 110 Dapchi school girls abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Yobe State, Nigeria in…
Bode George

Politics

Why Bode George must be expelled from PDP now – Pearse

Reacting, George, described Pearse “as someone who did not understand what we are fighting for.
Osun Commissioner of Police, Faleye Olaleye

News

Osun kingship crisis: Mayhem as hoodlums shoot 2 police officers, burn palace

Aside the police officers that were shot in Ikirun Osun state, the hoodlums also attacked two fire fighters.
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (4th left); the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Simeon Amadi (3rd left); President, Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Ihemnacho Obuzor (2nd left); Hon. Justice Mary Odili, JSC (rtd, 4th right) ; Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani (3rd right); Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, SAN (2nd right) and Rivers State Head of Service, Rufus Godwin (1st right) at the opening of the 2022/2023 Legal Year in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

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Wike praises self over ‘achievements’ in Rivers judiciary sector

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourtd Governor Nyesom Wike on Thursday recounted the various interventions of his administration in the Rivers State judiciary…
Edo state Commissioner for Budget and Finance, Joseph Eboigbe while briefing journalists and other government officials after the weekly Executive Council (EXCO).

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Derivation fund: Edo govt says it receives only N2.1bn, slams Oshiomhole

The Commissioner for Orientation and Communication, Chris Nehikare, accused Adams Oshiomhole, of leaving office with a debt of N160 billion…
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