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The Nigeria Police Force has flown the corpse of the late inspector-general of police, Solomon Arase, to Benin, the Edo State capital, ahead of his funeral rites which continue in the state. The Nigerian Air Force plane flew his remains to the Edo state capital. The police had carried out one a one-week-long funeral programme […]
The recent abduction of 17 passengers by suspected sea pirates along the Calabar waterways has raised concerns about safety in Nigeria’s waterways. The abduction occurred on Thursday when gunmen hijacked a commercial passenger boat, Sea Express Limited, ferrying about 30 people from Calabar to Oron. The attackers took 17 passengers, reportedly due to capacity constraints […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has inaugurated Local Council Executive Committee members in 21 LGAs of Imo State. This was made known by the state chairman of the party, Prof James Okoroma, while addressing journalists in Owerri, the state capital. He stressed that the event marks a pivotal journey in the party’s move to establish […]
Edo State Special Security Squad, codenamed “Operation Flush Out Cultists and Kidnappers,” has dismantled five suspected kidnappers’ camps in Edo North Senatorial District following an extensive bush-combing operation in Ekeke Erah Forest, Owan East local government area. The operation, coordinated by the principal security officer (PSO) to the governor, was conducted in collaboration with the […]
The chief medical director (CMD) f the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof (Mrs) Idia Ize-Iyamu, on Friday emerged the 10th national president of the Nigerian Association of Orthodontists (NAO). In her acceptance speech, Prof Ize-Iyamu expressed appreciation to all members of the association for the confidence reposed in her to lead them for […]
The director-general of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has urged citizens to make national diversities a source of strength for the growth of the country. Issa-Onilu stated this in a goodwill message at Umuahia, the Abia State capital, at the Southeast zonal (face-to-face) final of the ongoing debate among tertiary institution students. He […]
The Lagos State government has urged traders in the computer village, Ikeja, to embrace the proposed relocation of the market to ICT and Business Park, Katangowa, Agbado Oke-Odo The permanent secretary, Office of Urban Development, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, who spoke during the meeting at the market square, Otigba Street, Ikeja said that the meeting […]
The lead pastor of Eden Centre, Dr Akin Akinpelu, has said the centre’s 2025 Agora Summit, a four-day leadership and innovation conference, would empower faith-based leaders, entrepreneurs and change-makers with practical strategies to drive transformation across key sectors such as business, governance, media, education and technology. Akinpelu, the convener of the Agora Summit, said, “The […]
Sultan of Sokoto and chairman, National Traditional Rulers Council of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday visited the household of the late Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on a condolence visit. The sultan, who arrived Ijebu Ode on Thursday for the coronation of former Oyo State governor Rashidi […]
Former minister of information and culture Professor Jerry Gana has said Nigeria will only achieve its full status as the giant of Africa when it produces quality leaders that are also God fearing at various helms of political affairs in the country. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who also served as the […]