Some residents of Benin City, Edo, have expressed worry over the heavy presence of security personnel particularly in the state capital, ahead of the Saturday governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who went round town on Friday to feel the pulse among Benin residents reports that...
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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued a 59-year-old man from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. RRS made this known in a post it shared on its official X handle, @rrsLagos767, on Friday. According to the squad, the...
Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo, Mrs Mary Mbanugo, has said officers of the NSCDC are ready for deployment to cover the Edo governorship and Imo council elections. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC’s Public Relations Officer in Imo,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has denied the rumours circulating in the social media which claim that he is planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor denied the rumour in a statement by Mr Gyang...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims made by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, that they are responsible for the lingering leadership crisis within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made this statement on Friday in Abuja...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Friday, adjourned hearing in the case filed against Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s governorship candidate in the Saturday election in Edo, indefinitely. Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar adjournment followed an order of Justice O.C. Agbaza of the FCT High Court granting leave...
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a truck containing 2.49 million pills of tramadol worth over N2 billion in Gombe State. Commander, NDLEA, Gombe State Command, Mr Okechukwu Nkere, disclosed this at a news conference in Gombe on Friday. Nkere said that the...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained a notorious gunrunner and recovered 20 fabricated AK-47 rifles. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan on Friday in Kaduna. Hassan said: “On Sept. 19, at about 1600 hours, officers from...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has shown its commitment to supporting its members in times of need. Recently, the union provided tangible support to journalists affected by the devastating floods in Borno State. Although the NUJ National President, Chris Isiguzo, couldn’t make it...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces and other security agencies are unwaveringly committed to restoring total peace in the country. Musa made the commitment at the Regimental Dinner night in honour of the passing out cadets of the 71 Regular Course, Direct...
A 30-year-old man, Joseph Efe who was arrested for stealing from a commercial sex worker, said he committed the crime to raise money for his sister who has sickle cell anemia. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) FCT Commandant, Dr Olusola Odumosu while briefing the press on...
Edo State Government on Friday expressed concerns over an alleged attempt by political thugs to overrun INEC offices in some local government areas across the state. The government also commended the military for successfully halting the activities of the suspected thugs on INEC office in Oredo Local Government, located...
Labour Party candidate in the Sept. 21 Edo Governorship Election, Olumide Akpata, has said he is still in the race to become governor of the state. Akpata stated this in Benin on Friday, while debunking a publication that he had stepped down from the governorship race. He said the...
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Friday, rejected an application seeking to stop the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) from conducting Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling on the oral application moved by counsel to the All Progressives Congress...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja – In a significant stride towards educational equity, the Borno State Government has announced the payment of N493.9 million to cover the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) fees for 25,075 students in public schools. The Honourable Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking an order declaring the seats of the the 27 members of the Rivers House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, vacant. Justice Peter Lifu, in a judgment, held that...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, announced that the Stella Obasanjo 270-bed Hospital would be inaugurated in October. Obaseki disclosed this during a media tour of the hospital facilities in Benin. He was represented by Dr Stanley Ehiahinmwian, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health. The governor revealed...
The South-West Zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is time to prepare the zone for the 2027 general elections. The APC National Vice Chairman (South West), Mr Isaac Kekemeke, made this known at the media conference in Lagos on Friday. Kekemeke said that the zonal...
The British High Commissioner, Dr Richard Montgomery, has announced a United Kingdom (UK)- sponsored five million dollars investment to establish the first battery recycling facility in Nigeria. This is according to a statement by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the British High Commission on Friday...