Nyesom Wike By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has urged the Governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, not to introduce discrimination in the planned 5000 jobs announced by his administration. The party said the plan by the government to limit the available vacancies in Government establishments to …

Nigeria map indicating Edo State By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Barely 24 hours after Governor Godwin Obaseki appealed to the police in Edo to return to the roads, a suspected mob lynched two suspected armed robbers and set them ablaze for alleged robbery. There have been increased cases of robberies and violent crime across the …

Nigeria map indicating Edo State By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Barely 24 hours after Governor Godwin Obaseki appealed to the police in Edo to return to the roads, a suspected mob yesterday lynched two suspected armed robbers and set them ablaze for alleged robbery. There have been increased cases of robberies and violent crime across …

Calls for setting up of protocols to prevent miscreants from hijacking protest IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, has charged policemen in Lagos not be discouraged by the recent attacks on police formations and killings of officers by hoodlums under the guise of #EndSARS protests across the …

By Adeola Badru The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC), has begun the implementation of the revised service-based reflective tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a statement by the Head, Branding and Corporate Communications, Angela Olanrewaju, the Disco stated that customers on the pre-paid platform would be the first to …

A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AS the Judicial Panels of Inquiry into police brutality against citizens across the country begin sittings to look into the allegations and suggest compensation and the restitution were possible, a group in Edo state, Concerned Edo Citizens …

By Onozure Dania, Lagos A 34 year old general merchant, Mr Ndukwe Ekekwe, today told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Ant- Robbery Squad (SARS) related abuses and other matters, that he broke his spinal cord after SAR, threw him down from a two-story building which resulted in him …

He came like silken drapes, painting the atmosphere with opportunities where many are finding it difficult to explore. His passion to add to the socio-economic development of Nigerian can  never be over emphasized, as he continued to show that the youths in Nigeria are the root of the nation. His name is Kingsley Obiukwu, a …

Police in the northern Italian city of Milan were on Tuesday on the hunt for a group of criminals who robbed a bank and escaped via the sewer system. The thieves, armed with guns, targeted a branch of French Bank Credit Agricole in Piazza Ascoli, a semi-central area, at around the opening time of 8.30 …

court A 39-year-old housewife, Maryam Balarabe, who allegedly beat up a five-year-old who was in her care with a USB cable, on Tuesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna. The police charged Balarabe, who resides in Guga Road Barnawa, Kaduna State with child abuse and causing grievous hurt. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Baba, …

…offers exam body alternative office, vehicles Ayade addressing officials of WEAC during an assessment tour of looted and vandalised properties in Calabar on Tuesday By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has promised to immediately provide the West African Examination Council WAEC, with an alternative office including two Hilux operation vehicles following the vandalisation …

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin Edo State Government has adjusted the curfew time in the state to span between 10 pm and 6 am daily, effective from November 3, 2020. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, on Monday in Benin. He said, “The state …

By Bashir Bello – Kano A 42-year-old man, Salisu Tanko has been sentenced to seven years jail term in addition to a fine of N1 million for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Kano State. Tanko, a resident of Waika, Gwauron Dutse, Dala Local Government Area of Kano State was arraigned by the National Agency …

…directs agency to complete old ones By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja House of Representatives has cancelled all new capital projects planned for execution by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. The House Commitee on Power reached the decision via a motion at the resumed budget defence session with TCN on Tuesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: Ondo Election: …

The leader of the Presbyterian Church of Korea on Tuesday apologised over what he called “churches erroneous responses during the coronavirus pandemic.” Pastor So Gang-suk said at a news conference in Seoul that Korean Churches failed to exert leadership and fulfil their responsibility amid the spread of the infectious disease. He added that “in the …

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state government has commenced the payment of fifty thousand naira, N50,000, cash transfer each to one thousand two hundred and fifty vulnerable families in the state. The programme is facilitated by the Centre for Clinical Care and Clinical Research (CCCRN) and supported by the United States Agency for …

By Onozure Dania, Lagos A 34 year old general merchant, Mr Ndukwe Ekekwe, today told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Ant- Robbery Squad (SARS) related abuses and other matters, that he broke his spinal cord after SAR, threw him down from a two story building which resulted in …

By Dennis Agbo Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the continued massacre of innocent Igbo residents in Oyigbo, Rivers State, was a threat to South East, South South relationship. President General of the umbrella Igbo organisation, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who made the remark in reaction to the unabating killings of the Igbo in Rivers State, on …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos has described the call by the main opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s for the resignation of the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as calling for anarchy in Lagos. Recall, PDP, Lagos, had in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, counseled Governor, Sanwoolu, to …

By Prince Okafor Multiple award-winning gospel artist, Osinachi  Egbu, also known as Sinach has emerged as the first artist from Nigeria to win the Song of the Year at the Dove Awards 2020 in the United States. Her critically-acclaimed song Way Maker was adjudged the best Song of the Year, five years after it was first …