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The measures taken by the Ondo State Police Command on crime fighting in the state has started to yield positive result, following the arrest of no fewer than 10 suspected armed robbers and cultists operating in the State. The State Commissioner of Pol...
Former President, Nigeria Weighting Federation (NWF), Ajibade Fashina-Thomas has decried the poor treatment of weightlifters that will represent the country at the London Olympic Games. Fashina-Thomas, said in Lagos that weightlifting was a verit...
Access Bank Plc on Tuesday announced the conclusion of its acquisition of the assets and liabilities of the former Intercontinental Bank Plc. However, from the statement released to our correspondent, the merger followed regulatory, judicial and shareh...
The Rivers Government is to acquire modern firefighting equipment to effectively combat incessant fire outbreaks and other emergencies in the state. Mr Emeka Nworgu, Commissioner for Special Duties, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that ...
A group of concerned teachers in Plateau has appealed to the Federal Government to take over the running of primary schools from the local government councils to save the education sector from total collapse. “The call has become imperative to av...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has inaugurated the State Security Appeal Fund committee, as part of measures to ensure that security agencies are adequately equipped to fight crime in the State. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony at the G...
A Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, yesterday sentenced the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, to one month in jail for contempt in a case pending against him before the court. Justice Adamu Hobon, who sentenced ...
Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolieheaded down the altar sometime soon? That's what could be expected, given Pitt's recent comments about the pressure to propose – but according to Jolie, 36, her longtime beau's comments were a bit overb...
Indication has emerged that the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) may stop the ongoing mass redeployment of corps members initially posted to some troubled areas of the north except it is approved by the Federal Government. This is ...
Hon. Solomon Bamola Gowin, is the national organising secretary, All-Youth Association of Nigeria (AYAN) and a member of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN). He is presently the Author and Coordinator of “Rural Empowerment Advocacy Project (...
Indians in Nigeria last week celebrated their country’s Republic Day. In this chat, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, tells NGOZI OBOH some of the interventions of his country in Nigeria’s science and technology secto...
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Mr. Jacob Durosomo, has disclosed that the total worth of stamps collection and other postal matters globally has now been put at over N7trillion. Philately is the art of collecting stamps and other post...
The Federal Executive Council last week approved a memo from the Ministry of Science and Technology to set up a National Science Research Technology and Innovation Fund for the development of science and technology in Nigeria. Minister of Science and T...
Two communities in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Amagba and Evbukhu are currently at war over a piece of land located at the boundary between both communities. No lives have been lost in the dispute but properties worth millions of naira ha...
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Dr. John Onaiyekan has urged Islamic leaders in the Country to assist the Federal Government in tackling the Boko Haram menace in the Country. The Catholic leader made the call at a press briefing at his residence yest...