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Ijaw Youths Council .. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has strongly condemned the recent calls for protests against the Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chiedu Ebie and Samuel Ogbuku. In a statement, Bedford Berefa Benjamin, spokesperson for the IYC, described the protests as “a joke taken too far,”…

Kwara State Government has warned that workers without valid Kwara State Residents Registration number will not receive salary or bonuses from November 2024, DAILY POST reports. The state Commissioner for Finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday. He recalled that the registration exercise started many months ago. Kwara State…

.. The Acting Chief of Army Staff COAS, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, made his maiden operational tour to Sokoto on Sunday, charging the military personnel to be committed to safeguarding the nation. Addressing the personnel stationed in Gongono village in Tangaza Local Government Area of the State, the Army boss said he was in…

The air component of Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, has eliminated no fewer than 70 ISWAP fighters in air strikes across the southern Lake Chad region. A counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, said the missiles were shot on November 5, targeting camps led by Usman Russia, a notorious ISWAP commander. The…

.. A group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has chided Northern governors, senators and leaders for opposing the Tax Reform Bills before the national assembly in ethnic sentiment. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had, on September 3, transmitted four tax reform bills to the National Assembly for consideration based on the recommendations…

The 2023 governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, on Saturday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. Mailantarki had three months resigned from the NNPP, but did not join another party. While speaking at the party secretariat during his reception ceremony, Mailantarki explained that he joined the PDP to…

.. Youths in Enugu State have been urged to diversify their means of income generation to survive the current economic challenges in the country. Barrister Sam Otoboeze Foundation, a charity organisation, stated this during a one-week poverty alleviation programme held at Nsukka. The initiative is in collaboration with Ochima Foundation. Speaking on the theme,…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has instructed its members in states yet to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage to begin an indefinite strike from December 1, 2024. The order is part of the resolutions of the NLC after its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting at the weekend. The communique of the meeting…

.. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has tasked vehicle owners with taking safety measures and driving responsibly. This is against the backdrop of a fatal crash that occurred in Mairuwa village, along the Funtua-Sokoto road, in Katsina state over the weekend. The crash involved a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number MRR 83…

A building of 25 shops has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. According to the state fire service, the incident occurred at Adeta roundabout at about 02.39 hours. A statement in Ilorin on Saturday by the spokesman of the service, Hassan Adekunle, said the firefighters,…

.. In Nigeria, hypertension prevalence is on the rise with low rates of awareness, treatment, and control. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), hypertension is the commonest form of cardiovascular disorder, occurring in 86.4 percent of patients with cardiovascular disorders and in 38 percent of the adult population. Experts say the present economic…

Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo state, some All Progressives Congress (APC) groups, under the auspices of Ondo Patriots, have announced that they have commenced mobilisation in support of the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Otunba Benson Akingboye. The Coordinator of the group, Comrade Dele Oyewo, in a petition titled, ‘Protest…

.. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has banned the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun from participating in the November 16 gubernatorial election in the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Egbetokun said “no quasi-security organisation, including state-backed groups like…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday, insisted that all shanties in Abuja will be removed to ensure security of lives and properties in the country’s capital city. Wike made this known while addressing occupants of a shanty village in the Wuye area of Abuja on Sunday evening. He said…

.. 24-year old Toroabasi Etim, the best graduating student of the University of Uyo was the cynosure of all eyes during the recent combined convocation ceremony which ended over the weekend after he was named the best graduating student. Breaking the 30-year record with a CGPA of 4.82, the highest since the university’s inception,…

A 19-year-old man in Adamawa State has allegedly killed a child born to his girlfriend. The incident occurred in the northern Adamawa town of Mubi, where the teenage father, Aliyu Yaro, reportedly went to the house of his girlfriend, who had previously expressed frustration with the infant, urging him to take responsibility for the child.…

.. A chilling scene unfolded Saturday morning at the popular Ikoku market, leaving residents and business owners stunned. A lifeless body of a man, approximately in his early 40s, was discovered with multiple machete cuts, his penis and side of buttocks chopped off, and stomach ripped open with intestines allegedly removed. The gruesome discovery…

The outgoing Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is borrowing between N2 billion and N5 billion to finance the inauguration of the new governor. Obaseki, who disclosed this at the inauguration of 10-man caretaker committee members of the State’s PDP in Benin City on Friday, however, lamented…

.. The U.S. President, Joe Biden, has invited President-elect, Donald Trump, for a meeting at the White House on Wednesday. In a short statement on Saturday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said, “at President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-Elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday at 11:00 am. Additional details to…

To enthrone lasting peace in his area, Agatu Local Government chairman of Benue State, Melvin Ejeh, has embarked on a peace mission to some neighbouring communities in Kogi State. Ejeh, who is also serving as deputy chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, led emissaries comprising opinion leaders, retired and serving security experts,…