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Suspected herdsmen have killed seven farmers in some communities in Edo State. The gruesome attack was said to have been carried out on Wednesday at Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan, and Yoruba camp situated in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, […]
Students of College of Education Warri on Thursday protested against alleged intimidation and victimization of students by management of the institution led by the provost Prof Mary Onire Edema. The protesters who staged a peaceful protest to crown FM AND Kpoko FM office along airport road amongst other things alleged that some of the final […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to focus on the development of the Niger Delta with a vision that is people-oriented. Governor Okowa made the call on Thursday when the Interim Administrator of the Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa and his management team, came on a courtesy visit to the Government […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The President also nominated Haliru Nababa as the new head of the Nigeria Correctional Service. The announcement was made by Mohammed Manga, a spokesperson for the interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola. The statement reads as thus: […]
Primary School Teachers, under the aegis of Basic Education Staff Association of Nigeria, BESAN, Delta State Chapter, have protested against the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage in the past 15 months, lamenting that they were being sidelined in the scheme of things. The teachers who marched through the streets of Asaba called on […]
A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that Nigeria could disintegrate if the violence and other security challenges currently witnessed in many parts of the country are not curtailed. Mr Abubakar spoke to journalists on Wednesday at his home in Minna, the Niger State capital. His admonition is coming a few days […]
AGONY and sorrow enveloped Yewa axis of Ogun State as no fewer than 13 people were killed by hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in different communities across Yewaland in the last one week. The gory incident started in Oha, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, as one Dele Olowoniyi was hacked to […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an interim mareva injunction directing commercial banks to block Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd accounts. A mareva injunction is a court order freezing a party’s assets, until the determination of a case they are involved in, to stop them from taking it abroad. The […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two suspected fake uniformed military officers in a new VIP edition of Toyota Hilux Jeep loaded with 394 compressed parcels of illicit drugs concealed in different parts of the vehicle. The suspected fake military officers, Mohammed Nura and Abubakar Dahiru, were intercepted by operatives of […]
Suspected bandits have abducted some students of the Government Science School, Kagara in Niger State. The bandits were dressed in military uniforms when they attacked the boarding school Tuesday night, reported PRNigeria, a news agency with close ties to Nigerian security agencies. The bandits overpowered the security guard before whisking away the students. The […]
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