A map of Nigeria A 28-year-old Nigerian, Miss Kemi Najeeb who hails from Ikire town in Osun State has appealed to the Nigerian government to come to her rescue in Oman where she is being held in captivity. The President, Journalist International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), Mr Ajibola Abayomi, narrated Kemi’s situation in a statement issued …

By Henry Umoru THE thirty-six state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet on Wednesday, with the issue of internal security situation across the country, topping the agenda of the meeting. Also to form a major issue at the 21st NGF Teleconference is the status of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery …

Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank Nigeria Limited, says there is a link between ethical leadership and corporate governance practices, in achieving improved business operations and profitability in the nation. Awosika spoke at the Institute of Directors (IoD) 2020 Annual Directors’ Conference, which held both physically and virtually on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency …

By Onozure Dania, Lagos The Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company Mr Abayomi Omomuwasi, who was subpoena by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) related Abuses and other Matters, narrated to the panel how their surveillance camera stopped recording at 8 pm, on October 20, 2020, …

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has identified poverty, unemployment, and lack of adequate education as factors contributing to insecurity and crimes in the country. Governor Fayemi who expressed worry over the consequential effects of insecurity on everyone, said government needed to get to …

Sekibo The Senator representing the people of Rivers East Senatorial District in Nigeria’s Senate, Senator George Thompson Sekibo, in Monday asserted that Nigeria will come out stronger in the face of the present struggles towards a better Nation. The Senator made the assertion while speaking to newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa in Rivers …

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 …

…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: …

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 …