By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin- Edo State Government has stepped up surveillance and is currently collaborating with security agencies for the safe release of the kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed...
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The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of four senior officers and 12 soldiers in Delta State. It was gathered that the slain military personnel responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has urged the family of former Gov. Joshua Dariye, to forgive those responsible for the death of their father as they buried their parents on Saturday. The funeral rites for late Pa Dariye Defyan, who was kidnapped and gruesomely murdered in 2020, took...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin- The 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, said that its annual range classification, involving movement of troops and firing of ammunition, would begin on March 18. The Brigade Public Relations Officer, Capt. Chinonso Oteh, announced this in a signed statement issued to newsmen on...
The forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen, has promised to work with President Bola Tinubu and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s National Chairman to deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians. The spokesperson for the forum and the Cross River APC chairman, Mr Alphonsus Ogah, said this...
Some youths ambushed and killed 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army on peace mission to Okuoma community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta on Thursday. Those killed were the commanding officer, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers. Acting Director,...
Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta) has said the Nigeria Army’s discovery of an illegal bomb and arms factory in a community in Delta on Wednesday is of national concern. He was reacting to the discovery in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday....
Former Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Prof. Daniel Uza, has expressed worry that the herders and farmers crisis in Benue was being politicised. Uza stated this during the investiture of Dr Andrew Amine as the 8th State Chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Police in Lagos State are looking for family members of a boy who had been wandering around Ikorodu as he could not find his way home. Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said in a statement on Saturday, that the police found 11-year-old Ogunrinde on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN), Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello has appealed to the federal government to use its association in fostering peace, unity and to resolve farmers/herders conflicts through non kinetic approach . Hon. Bello also...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The board of Immigration, Correctional, NSCDC and Fire Service, has said no recruitment into either the immigration, NSCDC or Correctional service as being rumoured on social media. The Secretary to the board, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, who stated this in a statement on Saturday, however,...
Police have arrested a secondary school principal in Igando area of Lagos for allegedly flogging a female student and inflicting injuries on her body. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the principal was picked up on Friday by the...
Police in Enugu State have arrested a suspect notorious for robbing residents using a toy gun. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Sunday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday and was arraigned on Friday. Ndukwe stated that police operatives arrested the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has assured the people of the state of adequate protection against banditry attacks and other criminals who have found their way into the state with the intention to cause all forms of atrocities. Speaking during a condolence...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has said the Nigeria’s electoral process is determine by the Court of Justice instead of the people’s decision at the polling station. Prof. Gana stated this on Saturday while delivering a Convocation Lectures at the...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is deploying resources to critical sectors to significant impact on the welfare of Nigerians. A statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu emphasised that the government would not allow the abuse of the nation’s treasury. He made the commitment at...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired Brig. Gen. Lawal Ja’afaru-Isa as Executive Secretary of the new National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. Ja’afaru-Isa, a respected leader, was Military Administrator of Kaduna State from 1993 to 1996. He will replace the pioneer executive Secretary...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has condemned the communal clashes which erupted in Selti community of Numan Local Government Area of the state, while calling for peaceful coexistence. Fintiri expressed his condemnation during a peace talk and fact-finding mission with security chiefs in the state on Friday in...
Rep. Aminu Jaji (APC-Zamfara) has called for unity among the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Zamfara. Jaji, who represent Kaura Namoda/Birnin-Magaji Federal Constituency at the National Assembly said this when he spoke with newsmen in Gusau on Friday. “I am using this medium to call on all...
Special Adviser to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara on Political Affairs and Strategy, Dr Darlington Orji, said on Friday that his principal would not be distracted from the efforts to make Rivers a model. Orji was reacting to the accusation by the Rivers APC Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, that Fubara’s...