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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has charged the newly inaugurated commissioners on the Board of the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure that the next census will give the actual statistics of Nigeria’s population.  He said that knowing the figure was essential to...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has described Nigeria’s Constitution as the bedrock of democracy that needs to be strengthened. The Deputy while declaring open a Retreat for Senior Legislative Aides in the Deputy Speaker’s office with the theme “Synergy and Success” yesterday, Hon. Kalu said...

In the wake of speculations of a possible reprisal attack on Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State over the gruesome killing of 16 soldiers, the Nigerian Army has assured that it has no intention of avenging the death of the troops. In a statement issued on...

…to begin distribution of palliative to students of tertiary institutions The Nasarawa State Government said it will pay registration fees for the 2024 National Examinations Council (NECO) for all final year students in public schools. Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed this while inaugurating four newly appointed permanent secretaries, as well as...

As Nigeria continue to factor ways to tackle insecurity, a civil society organization chief and security expert Sunday Attah has called for effective collaboration among security operatives to tackle the spate of insecurity in the country. Attah made the call on Monday at a press conference in Abuja stressing that...

… As CDS gives marching order for arrest of perpetrators No fewer than 16 Nigerian soldiers, including a Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors and one Captain have been killed in Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, after they were deployed to quell brewing conflicts over ancestral...

National Judicial Council (NJC) has raised an alarm over alleged incessant bids by a group of fraudsters to defraud retired judicial officers across the country. The Council claimed that the alleged fraudsters have been bombarding its retired judicial officers with phone calls demanding for various sums of money to help...

Miners in the country have expressed their support to the establishment of Solid Minerals Special Task Force (SMSTF) in order to control illegal mining activities in the country. They also said the Nigerian government loses above $3billion revenue to solid minerals theft and  illegal mining activities. This was revealed by...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for allegedly selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Bbafemi, in a...

Chief Edwin Clark led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the killings of senior military officers and soldiers at Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta. Clark in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, March 17, expressed his pain and displeasure over the dastardly act. He...