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The police, in a statement issued on Sunday by the force public relations officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the suspect, Mohammed Bello was arrested in Kaduna state during a raid on a hotel in the Tafa area of the state. The suspect had in possession, the sum of 1...

The FCT-Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) on Saturday reminded an Abuja socialite, Mrs Aisha Achimugu to fulfil her tax obligations. FCT-IRS posted on its social media X handle that it wished the socialite warmest birthday as she lavishly celebrated her 50th birthday setting the Caribbean state of Grenada agog in a...

A human rights group, the GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL UK, an international human rights organisation has commended the military for foiling another premeditated attack on a Military formation and Kango Zubuwal area of Gusua Local Government Area both in Zamfara state, while neutralising over 70 and arresting over 200 terrorists....

The SDG Youth International,has called on stakeholders in the education sector to push peace education in schools to equip students to be agents of peace in communities. Mr Uzoh Ifeanyi, Country Representative for Nigeria and African Regional Representative made the call in a statement in commemoration of the 2024 International...

In fulfillment of his promise during the yuletide season, Cross River State philanthropist and CEO of Opal Group Limited, High Chief Higgins Peters, Thursday, made payment of N380,000 as N10,000 increase on salary of the 37 Yala Local Government Area clan heads in Cross River State. Peters made the payment...

The House of representatives on Thursday  said it would pass legislation that would review the NEITI Act to empower the agency to fully achieve its core objectives.  The Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, who received a delegation from the  Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative to the...

Pupils of Cradle2Harvard International School with officials of the US Embassy, Abuja after the Martin Luther King Day Competition at the Embassy, recently The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced Crade2Harvard International School as the winner of the 2024 edition of the Martin Luther King (MLK) Creative Arts competition....

The Peoples Democratic Party has amassed N265m from the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to 11 Edo State governorship aspirants. The Nomination Form was sold for N30m, while the Expression of Interest Form was N5m. However, the party made the Expression of Interest Form free for female...

Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has nominated Mr Olayide Adelami, a native of Owo and kinsman of late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as his deputy. Adelami was a Deputy Clerk in the National Assembly until his retirement in April , 2018. He was also a governorship aspirant in 2020 on...

…says proper funding necessary for parliaments to meet obligations The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has described the lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and others against the National Assembly leadership as a complete waste of time. In a statement signed by Dr. Joyce Ogwu, the...