Every year-end, The Top10 , a frontline Nigerian profiling magazine, celebrates organizations, men and women of excellence – the best of the best in their chosen endeavours. The publication did it again, for the nineth time, on Saturday, February 8, when it staged the 2024 Man of the Year...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State House of Assembly on Tuesday recommended the removal of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese, from office over alleged gross misconduct, and abuse of office. This is to pave the way for the National Judicial Commission (NJC), to...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia is committed to the security of lives and property of the Benue people and would also ensure the return of the all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. Addressing some journalists under the auspices of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has lamented the passing of two elder statesmen and respected figures in Nigerian history, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, describing it as huge losses to the country. A statement by the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said about 789 ex-Boko Haram terrorist combatants, are presently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR) programme under the Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) initiative. Musa, represented by the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, AVM Sayo Olatunde, made this known...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was willing to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Russian media reported this on Tuesday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said Putin has repeatedly expressed his willingness to hold such talks but has raised doubts...
Police Command in Osun has confirmed that six persons lost their lives in the crisis over the control of local government secretariats in Osun on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crisis erupted between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declined the application filed by Mr Kabiru Turaki, former Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister, seeking to stop the police from presenting the DNA test result in the paternity dispute with a lady, Hadiza Baffa. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso had, on Oct. 25, 2023, nullified the selection and installation of...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has commenced the process of establishing a Technical Advisory Council (TAC) as a key pillar for ensuring that the actions of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC), are guided by scientific excellence...
The Northern State Governors’ Forum has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of elder statesman and Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark. Clark died on Monday after a brief illness. Chairman of the forum, made up of 19 State Governors, and Governor of Gombe...
Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the State Kidnapping prohibition law 2025 and approved death sentence for offenders. The majority leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian had earlier moved the motion for the house to resolve into the committee of the whole to consider the bill clause-by-clause. The motion was...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has introduced special inflation indices to its monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report. The Statistician-General (S-G) of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, made this known at a news briefing on the CPI Rebasing Results in Abuja on Tuesday. Adeniran said the new indices include...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the rank of the nation’s patriotic leadership is fast depleting by the loss of its dedicated and resourceful patriots. Obasanjo expressed his concern while responding to Edwin Clark’s death in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, in...
A businesswoman, Woye Ella, on Tuesday prayed an FCT Customary Court in Garki, Abuja, to dissolve her marriage over her husband’s alleged attempt to set her on fire. Ella’s prayer is contained in a divorce petition she filed against her husband in the court. According to the petitioner, her...
The Federal Government has inaugurated the first barracks that would provide office and residential accommodation for personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Yola, Adamawa. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said...
BY DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadnesses over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). Chief Clark, 97, was born on May 25, 1927, in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has paid tribute to the late Chief Edwin Clark, describing him as a “Trojan war horse” in Nigeria’s battle for independence and a champion of nation-building, true federalism, and good governance. Clark,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Eleven people, including women and children abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in a fishing community in Doron Baga, Borno State, have regained freedom. According to a source, the abduction was carried out on February 13, 2025, by notorious Commander Tar, who has been terrorizing...