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Two students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, overnight lost their lives in their sleep after inhaling exhaust fumes (carbon monoxide) from a running electricity generating set. Mr Williams Aya (SP), the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who confirmed the incident in a telephone call said the generator was placed close...

The governor of Benue state, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia has directed the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. F.B. Mnyim to immediately institute a libel suit against Nigerian Concord Newspaper and it’s publisher, Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi. The decision was taken during a meeting between the governor and members...

The Nasarawa State Government said it would distribute about 20, 000 bags of rice to vulnerable households aimed at cushioning the prevailing economic hardship being experienced across the state. Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed this while commissioning a newly established public primary school built by the Chairman of Keffi Local Government...

The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani in a landmark deal, officially sealed the Kaduna Mutual Accountability Framework (KaMAF) in collaboration with the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which took place on Thusrday, signifies a strategic alliance to propel Kaduna into...

The Cross River Centre for Excellence, CRICE, has lauded Sen. (Dr.) Stephen Odey for his “unprecedented achievement” when he served as chairman of the State SUBEB. Odey is the Commissioner for Education in the state.Speaking in Calabar on Thursday, coordinator of the CRICE, Solomon Oqua, said the records of the...

Citizens Awareness Against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative (CAACASVI), an Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has written a petition to President Bola Tinubu over the board of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA)’s interference and demand for unlawful privileges. A copy of the petition made available to newsmen on Thursday in...

The Cross River State Executive Council has approved the payment of WAEC fees for 16,301 indigenes of public schools in the state. The State Government will be offsetting the payment with N440, 127, 000 (Four Hundred and Forty Million, One Hundred and Twenty-seven Thousand Naira) being for students writing the...

By Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi I just watched a video made by Mr. Innocent Sunday, the APC Secretary of the Ward where Agada hails from. In the video, Sunday made some revelations which gave Governor Alia out as a man who doesn’t want peace in the Benue State chapter of All...

General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, has expressed worries over the activities of bandits and their collaborators. While speaking during an interview recently Musa said some medical doctors are even providing treatment for terrorists in bushes where they operate from. Also, the Defence chief accused some women in the...

…urge public office holders to emulate his giant strides Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, numbering 300 under the auspices of the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, COCSON, Tuesday, unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the Managing Director, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Dr. Mohammad Alkali, over his landmark...