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Whether contrived or real, CHIBUZO UKAIBE writes that the imperative or undesirability of creating state police as solution to the increasing security challenges exposes the basic differences between northern and southern Nigeria as dramatised by sharp...
Hajiya Farida Abubakar, the Kaduna State Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), on Friday advised members to use security tips provided by experts for their safety. Abubakar gave the advice during the second quarter meetin...
The Ondo State Police Command has called on religious leaders not to relent in preaching sermons capable of sustaining peaceful co-existence among the people of different religions in the state. The command made the call in Akure on Friday ...
The wife of the Kwara governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, on Friday donated food items and beverages to 250 Muslim widows from the 16 local government areas of the state. The items, including rice, milk, sugar and wheat flour, were distr...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Abuja expressed its heartfelt sympathy with Nigerians and the Deeper Life Bible Church over the ``sordid loss of its members''. This is contain in a statement signed and issued on Saturday by the Nat...
Sen. Bukola Saraki (PDP-Kwara) has expressed optimism that the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) amendment bill currently before the Senate will help to solve the problem of oil spillage. Speaking wi...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has urged Nigerians to cast their burdens unto God as Nigeria will surely go higher. Adeboye made the call on Friday night in a sermon at the 60th Annual Conventi...
Mrs Sule Imondu, INEC’s Public Relations Officer on Saturday said that the missing INEC ad hoc staff involved in a boat mishap during the July 14 governorship election had been found. Imondu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin th...
The Nigerian Army has warned its officers and men on peace keeping against misconduct while on field operations. The GOC, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Abubakar, gave the warning on Friday in Jaji...
An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday discharged a 32-year-old electrician, Said Ayoola, who had been remanded in custody for three month over alleged rape. Magistrate M.O. Shomade said that the defendant was discharged because no ca...
The Imo government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a British company to manage, rehabilitate and re-equip the hospitals for more quality service delivery. Dr Obi Njoku, Commissioner for Health, stated this to the News Ag...
The Bayelsa Government on Friday in Yenagoa, advised the five newly sworn-in Local Government chairmen in the state, to deliver the dividends of good governance to the people. Mr James Dugo, the Commissioner for Local Government and...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had renovated more than 5,090 primary and secondary schools in the last five years. Gov. Babatunde Fashola disclosed this at Ikotun at an event to mark his 1,900 days in office. The governor was represented ...
Zone A Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) located at the Tin Can Port, Lagos on Friday said it collected N17.3 billion as revenue in July. Mr Chris Osunkwo, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, made this known in an interview wi...
The Plateau State House of Assembly on Thursday summoned three commissioners to appear before it at its next sitting. The commissioners, who are expected to respond to charges of contempt against the house, include commissioners of finance, water ...