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The deadly assault on Police officers and facilities in parts of southern Nigeria continued on Sunday as unknown Sunday killed three police officers in an attack on Nsukwa Police Divisional Office in Aniocha South Local Government Area in Delta State.   The three officers killed were part of the four on duty, while the fourth […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State, has hit back on those who are opposed to the call for restructuring and a National Dialogue, canvassed by Southern Governors at their meeting in Asaba this week.   It would be recalled that on Thursday, Lawan, who was at the presidential villa, Abuja for prayers criticized the governors’ […]

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, has declared that he will implement fully the ban on open grazing, which was part of the resolutions passed by the Southern State governors in Asaba, Delta State this week.   The decision has generated controversies arising from northern interests who are opposed to it, but Wike said that […]

Uduak Frank Akpan, the alleged killer of late Miss Iniubong Umoren, a job seeker, has confessed to the crime and said he is prepared to die for it if this would assuage the aggrieved society.   Speaking on Friday when he was paraded along with his father, Mr Frank Akpan, at the Police Headquarters in […]

S&P Global Ratings said changes to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, recently directed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), addressed the banking group’s corporate governance challenges and ensures the Nigerian banking sector’s financial stability.   In a statement, it stated that its ratings on FBN and other […]

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board may change the dates of the year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Registrar,   Prof. Is’aq Oloyede, announced Friday.   The Board will decide whether there is a need to extend the registration period and change the date, he said at a zoom meeting titled, ‘Briefing session for the […]

…wants “former APC,” “former PDP” dichotomy ended    Chief Tom Ikimi, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Edo State, has called for a harmonization of the membership of the party in the state to eliminate frictions among members.   Such a harmonization should be done through a […]

  The Police will continue to detain Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, until the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria called off its nationwide strike, Lagos Commissioner of Police has said.   Hakeem Odumosu, the head of Police in Lagos State, explained that when the judiciary workers end their strike and the courts resume […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that the government would ensure that current insecurity preventing farmers from going to farms is brought to an end to prevent a food supply crisis in the country.   Buhari made the declaration in his address to journalists after saying the  Eid-il-Fitri prayers at the State House in Abuja […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is fighting for self-rule in southeast Nigeria, has disputed the claim by the Nigerian Army that it has arrested the second in command to Ikonso Don, the commander of the Eastern Security Network killed by security forces last month.   IPOB  described the claim as “a blatant lie […]