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A young lady, Greatness Olorunfemi, a victim of ‘one-chance’ operators in Abuja, has died after an Abuja hospital allegedly refused to attend to her. An X user, #Gbemilekhe, who shared the story on Friday, alleged that the hospital in the Maitama area of Abuja asked for a police report before...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have within the last two weeks, arrested 22 illegal oil refiners in Delta and Cross River states, both in the Niger Delta region of the country. Disclosing this to newsmen on Thursday at the Nigerian Defence Headquarters Abuja, Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence...

As the most populous Black race in the world celebrates its 63rd Independence Anniversary on October 1, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the nation’s strength lies in the unity of her citizens and the country’s resolve to sustain democracy. The Vice President affirmed his profound love for the country,...

By Olugbenga Salami A Civil Society Organisation, CSO operating under the aegis of Civil Society and Workers Dialogue Forum, CSWDF, has expressed its disapproval of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC’s planned indefinite strike which was scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The...

By Olugbenga Salami The African Centre for Justice and Human Rights, ACJHR, has raised concerns over what it called delay by Justice Anthony Akpovi-led panel of Justices to deliver judgements regarding the election petitions for Imo State House of Assembly seats for Isu, Orlu, and Ideato LGAs, which hearings were...

By Eunice Nnachi, Yenagoa The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in collaboration with the Bayelsa state Ministry of Health, through the Primary Healthcare Board carried out a community sensitization on the need for exclusive Breastfeeding. The sensitization which took place at Angiama and Oporoma the headquarters of Southern Ijaw local government...

President Bola Tinubu, Tuesday, joined Nigerians and well-wishers globally in celebrating the President of the National Trade Promotion Organisations of the Economic Community of West African States, Mr. Segun Awolowo, as he turns 60 on September 27, 2023. The President shared the immense joy of this important milestone with the...

Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has commended the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association, DEPOWA, for its humanitarian initiatives which he said “have won hearts and minds”, and is “contributing immensely to the non-kinetic approach to counterinsurgency operations”.  This, he stated when the President of...

Governor Otu receiving the Award of Grand Patron of Cross River Youths from Comrade Obo. Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has charged youths on the responsible use of social media in shaping positive narrative about the state. The governor gave the charge when members of the leadership of...

Rehabilitation work will next week commence at the Government Science Secondary School, Andaha, with the project divided into phases, beginning with the construction of brand new science laboratory, as well as one male and one female hostels. This was made known when Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, undertook an...