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Former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has been laid to rest as friends, family, colleagues, and well-wishers converged in Benin City to pay their final respects to the former police chief. He was interred following a funeral Mass held at St. Paul Catholic Church, during a private ceremony attended by family members and close associates. […]
The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to rewriting the history of road construction in Nigeria in fulfillment of his Renewed Hope Agenda. Umahi made this statement during a joint inspection of federal roads across Edo Central and Edo South Senatorial Districts. The inspection tour took the […]
Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba (formerly Abia Poly), has regained accreditation for 33 programmes lost about three years ago, just as it introduced 17 new ones. The Rector, Christopher Okoro, stated this when the new leaders of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abia State Council, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. […]
The Delta State Police Command is investigating the death of a 60-year-old American woman, Jacqueline Bolling Elton, who died mysteriously in Warri, Delta State. She reportedly died in the house of a 39-year-old man, Alawode Olaide, her boyfriend. Elton arrived in Warri on September 15, to spend time with Olaide, whom she met through social […]
In what could best be described as a strong stand for justice and weeding out unqualified individuals from the legal profession, members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Udu Branch, Delta State, yesterday apprehended a man allegedly posing as a legal practitioner. The incident occurred as the NBA reaffirmed its commitment to upholding professional ethics […]
The Edo State Government has issued a final two-week ultimatum to all estate developers operating within the state to register and obtain formal approval for their estate layout plans or face decisive enforcement actions. The directive, announced by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, aligns with the state’s ambitious urban renewal […]
The non-teaching staff of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have declared that they are ready to join the nationwide indefinite strike as may be directed by their national leadership if the federal government fails to act before October 6. Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Comrade Linus Akata and Comrade […]
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, commissioned the newly built 100-bed capacity Mother and Child Specialist Hospital in Gombe State, aimed at boosting the healthcare delivery. The ultra-modern facility, named after the First Lady, was established through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
Nigeria’s platform for unlocking impact capital, Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), on Thursday, unveiled Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Roadmap 2025 -2035, thus, targeting mobilisation of $8 billion in inclusive capital. The GESI Roadmap presents a clear, actionable plan with targets such as mobilising $8 billion in cumulative gender-inclusive capital, the launch of 40 […]
A property firm, Houses For Africa, on Friday, said it authorised filing of a legal action against the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), following the recent unlawful demolition of structures in River Park Estate, on the order of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike. Consequently, the firm has denounced claims […]