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Director of Environmental Health/Operations, Mrs. Helen Ohaka and other officials speaking with traders during RIWAMA sensitisation visits to markets in Port Harcourt

Metro

RIWAMA campaigns against blockage of drains in Rivers

Obuah warned that further acts of indiscriminate dumping of wastes would attract arrest and prosecution of defaulters by sanitation Marshals.
Cart pushers: Two cart pushers die in a fight over who should carry some goods purchased by a trader at Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State.

Metro

How 2 cart pushers died in fight over N200 in Aba

As the fight raged, people intervened, but the men refused to heed the pleas of the owner of the goods…
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

Politics

Anambra election, a test on Nigeria’s democracy, institutions – INEC

INEC says voting materials will not be supplied to 86 of the 5,720 poling units across the state
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Metro

Anambra poll: Kogi Police denies imposing levy on personnel

The Command described the report of imposition of levy on police personnel for transportation to Anambra as false.
Yahaya Bello grants 10O% hazard allowance to medical doctors, others in Kogi

News

Kogi paying monthly to defray N20bn bailout from Sterling bank – Commissioner

The Commissioner alleged that Sterling Bank opened the controversial fixed deposit account without the knowledge of the state.
Nkem Okeke, deputy governor, Anambra State: predicts victory for Andy Uba, of APC in the state's Nov. 6 gubernatorial election.

News, Politics

Why APC will win Anambra election – Dep. Gov. Okeke

Anambra deputy governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, has predicted victory for Andy Uba, the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC in…
Bola Tinubu: Chicago State University issues statement

Metro, Top Stories

Tinubu breaks silence on collapsed 21-storey building

The APC leader said government must get to the bottom of the ghastly occurrence
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN student, Obi Mirabel and grab from her twerking viral video (right): UNN says says it is probing, but has not suspended Mirabel Obi, a students seen twerking half-clad in a viral video,

Metro

UNN speaks on alleged suspension of student twerking in viral video

Mirabel has accused the school authorities of harassing her after the viral video where she was seen twerking went viral…
Edo State University Uzairue: to launch a radio station for the coverage of activities on its campus and its environs.

Education

Edo State University Uzairue to commission campus radio

The Vice Chancellor disclosed this at a press briefing to announce programmes lined up for the 3rd Convocation ceremony of…
Ogun housewife, Memunat Salaudeen and her accomplices, Olayinka Lawal, Asungba Nura and Usman Oluwatoyin arrested over plot to kidnap her husband for ransom

Metro

How Police foiled plot by Ogun housewife to kidnap husband

Memunat gave her three accomplices N8, 000 to buy a cutlass and a rope strong enough to tie a human…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Metro

Gunmen intercept school bus, abduct 2 pupils in Edo

The spokesman for Edo police command in the state, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the abduction
Nigerian Army says two ring leaders of IPOB/ ESN were arrested during a raid in Mgbowo community in Awgu LGA of Enugu State.

News

Army: 2 IPOB/ESN leaders arrested in Enugu community raid

Army denies that there was indiscriminate firing and unprovoked burning of houses during the raid as indicated in a viral…
Kogi State House of Assembly: Kogi government officials testify at the State House of Assembly on the controversy over alleged N20bn deposited by the state in Sterling bank

News

Alleged 20bn scandal: Commissioner, others testify before Kogi Assembly

The Commissioner presented a comprehensive break down/ report to the House about how the N20billion facility was spent
Kwara govt says it will pay arrears of pension and gratuity for local government retires among others from N3.5bn Sure-P refund of FG

News

Kwara Governor cries out over invasion of Fulani herders

"We saw a migration of herdsmen coming in, to the extent that in some villages, they are more in population…
The explosives - RPG Bomb and a hand grenade recovered by the Police at Afor Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, location of the fierce exchanges between security agencies and the suspected insurgents.

Metro

Anambra: Police recover locally made bombs

The locally fabricated RPG Bomb and a hand grenade were recovered at the scene of the shootout between gunmen suspected…
Abok Ayuba factional Speaker of Plateau Assembly: whisked away by the police from Assembly complex.

News

Plateau Assembly crisis: Police whisk Speaker Ayuba away

The crisis rocking the Assembly was set off when Ayuba was impeached by 8 members of the assembly on 27…
Ikoyi building: RCCG pastor, 22 artisans stuck in rubble

News

Collapsed 21-storey building: Lagos deploys emergency responders

The building, located at 20, Gerrard Road, collapsed around 3 p.m. on Monday.
PUMA: Nigerian man, Abuchi Nwaribeaku, docked before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly producing fake PUMA sportswear.

Metro

Nigerian businessman docked for producing fake PUMA sportswear

The defendant produced vests and labelled them as a product of Puma, with the intention to sell them as genuine…
Supreme Court

News

Supreme Court hears Rivers/ Imo oil wells dispute suit 17 Jan.

Rivers is praying the court to declare that the oil wells within Akri and Mbede communities are wrongly attributed to…

Metro

Pro- Osinbajo group provides succour for students in Ondo, Osun

The group urges students to imbibe impressive leadership qualities as well as competence and patriotism of Osinbajo
Sports Minister Sunday Dare: Warns against attempt to hijack Oyo APC

Politics

Attempt to hijack Oyo APC will not stand – Sunday Dare

“Sincere and deliberate steps must be taken to salvage the unity in the party. The general elections in 2023 is…
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Professor of Law, Babcock University: wins 2021 NNLG Nigeria Prize for Literature for her novel, The Son of the House.

Art, Books

Why Onyemelukwe won $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Onyemelukwe’s novel beats The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare and Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe to…
Amb. Taofeek Arapaja: defeats former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola in the contest for PDP Deputy National Chairman (South) position

Politics

Arapaja defeats Oyinlola, emerges PDP deputy national chairman

Efforts of former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to occupy a national position in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, failed…
Captain Joseph Din: Buhari's friend and political ally, dies at 84.

Metro

Buhari sad as his trusted, reliable friend, Capt Din, dies

He believed that Din’s wise counsel would be sorely missed, especially at this time.
Lagos lawmaker, Jude Idimogu: urges Igbo people to support the national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu to emerge Nigeria's president in 2023.

Politics

2023: Lagos lawmaker takes campaign for Tinubu to Igbo Day celebration

Idimogu urged Igbo to support Tinubu, saying that the former Lagos State Governor is a detribalised Nigerian.
Federal Government announces another extension of deadline for SIM - NIN linkage

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Again, FG extends deadline for SIM-NIN linkage

Over 9,500 enrollment systems and over 8,000 NIN enrollment centres have been established within and outside the country,
Ogun Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina Speaking during the official handling over ceremony of the new agriculture policy document in Abeokuta,.

News

Ogun partners GIZ for review of agricultural policy

As part of its bid to achieve the goals of food sufficiency, job creation and industrialization, the Ogun State Government…
Wife of Ogun State Gov, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun: pledges commitment to efforts to reduce maternity mortality rate in Ogun

Metro

Ogun First Lady commits to efforts to end maternal mortality

Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The First lady of Ogun, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun has pledged commitment to efforts end maternity mortality in Ogun…
Recovered items from IPOB ESN in Ebonyi State

News

Troops raid IPOB camps in Ebonyi, recover weapons

Items recovered in the camps include AK-47 rifles, rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, rifle magazines, and Biafra flags.
Department of State Services (DSS)

News

Anambra election: DSS begs media for restraint in reporting IPOB

DSS said the wide publicity being given to statements by IPOB portends negative consequences for public order and peaceful coexistence.
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