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.. The Lagos Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received a total of 111 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Cargo Terminal, Lagos State. This was made known via a post on NEMA’s X handle, on Thursday, revealed that the returnees, comprised 82 male adults,…

Police authorities in Anambra State have revealed that six journalists traveling to Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, who were kidnapped in Anambra on Wednesday, have been rescued. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of the command were still working to rescue the seventh victim. He…

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee, NWC, has suspended the party’s National Chairman, Umar Damagum and the National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu. The factional NWC also suspended the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and the National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade. Their suspension was made public by the party’s National Director…

.. The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stepped into the festering crisis in the party and called on feuding parties to return to the status quo thus nullifying the suspension slammed on members of the National Working Committee (NWC). While expressing his concern in a statement issued on…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has been a leechy dependant on state resources almost all of his adult life. It said attempting to hoodwink Nigerians into his web of false empathy and incitement to violence is hypocritical, provocative and dangerous. Amaechi incurred the wrath…

.. The Anambra State Police Command said it has rescued six Kidnapped journalists travelling to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. According to the Commands Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, the media crew about seven of them were travelling from Lagos to Uyo but were Kidnapped along the Isseke-Orlu Road in Ihiala on Wednesday. The media crew…

Following the murder of the Vice Chairman of Mosogar town and a policeman along the Warri/Sapele road, operatives of the CP-SAT, led by ASP Julius Robinson, have arrested a 29-year-old notorious kidnapper/armed robbery suspect, Ojoko Ijoyoto A.K.A Pikolo. The suspect was arrested in Mosogar Community, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State on September 25,…

Adoyi Williams Enenche, the Labour Party, LP, candidate in the just-concluded local government poll in Ogbadibo, Benue State, has called for the immediate cancellation of the election due to the complete absence of electoral proceedings across the local government area. Enenche claimed that on election day, his team were present at his polling unit in…

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has declared that corruption is the root of all criminal activities, urging all Nigerians to combat it collectively. The ICPC chairman said this in Abuja on Friday, stressing that corruption poses a severe threat to national security…

.. … To Negotiate Commercial Terms Directly With Refineries The Federal Government on Friday gave approval to independent oil marketers to buy premium motor spirit, also known as petrol directly from Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company Ltd. The approval was announced in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Minister of Finance…

A 67-year-old Lebanese, Zuhier R Akar, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two teenage girls in Kano. Akar was sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided by Justice S. M Shuaibu, on Wednesday. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Kano Command arraigned Akar…

.. The leadership crisis bedevilling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new twist on Friday as a faction has appointed Alhaji Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as the Acting National Chairman. The party, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said it is sequel to the suspension of Amb. Illiya Damagum. Recall Damagum…

An Abakaliki Magistrate Court in Ebonyi State has remanded a former acting state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Augustine Nwazunku, and three others in prison custody for alleged cultism, forgery, and impersonation. Nwazunku and others—Obinna Nwachukwu, Njoku Nwagu, and Ogbonnaya Idika—allegedly engaged in the illegal suspension of the South East National Vice…

.. Vice President, Kashim Shettima has warned that children who are out of school could become threats in the future to their peers in the classroom. Speaking at a conference organised by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on ‘Girl Child Empowerment through Quality Education’, Shettima emphasised the urgent need to tackle the country’s out-of-school…

The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, NACAT, has warned students against sextortion, saying the consequences are devastating. NACAT’s Operations Manager, Stanley Ugagbe, gave this warning while addressing university students in Abuja on Thursday. He urged students “to speak up when faced with online harassment and sextortion,” noting the devastating effects of silence on mental health.…

.. …As Ondo Police Parade 11 Suspected Criminals The Ondo State Police detectives have arrested Monday Chukwu, 34, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Kefa Ofando, 30, to death over N2,000 debt. The incident was said to have happened on September 20, 2024, in the Odigbo council area of the state. While parading the suspect…

The Nigerian Navy has announced that its troops from Operation Delta Sanity have achieved significant success in the Niger Delta region, deactivating 124 illegal refining sites and arresting 55 suspected oil thieves and illegal refinery operators over the past four months. The Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Samson Bura, made this known…

.. The member representing Ohafia south state Constituency Hon. Nwoke Kalu Mba (LP) has declared that the performances of Governor Alex Otti in the last two years is enough to consolidate the Labour party in the state following the numerous projects he has undertaken. Hon. Nwoke in a chat with with newsmen, said the…

Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, has said that the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has not declared intention to contest for a second term. This is contrary to insinuations that Soludo is seeking a second term as governor. Mefor, who spoke with journalists in his office on Wednesday, said even though the governor…

.. A pro-good governance group, Eastern Union, Thursday, commended Gov Sim Fubara of Rivers State for putting the interest of the people of the state ahead of political god-fatherism. EU’s National President Hon Charles Anike said there were many lessons to be learnt from Fubara’s governance in the state. While congratulating the people of…