Former Vice Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University (SAU) Ogwa, Edo State, Prof. Bernard Aigbokhan, yesterday canvassed stiffer penalties, including prosecutions and dismissals, for lecturers indicted over sex for grades. Aigbokhan said that the measure is to check the unwholesome practice ...
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EFCC renews ties with military to battle oil thieves in Niger Delta region
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is renewing partnerships with the navy and the army to battle oil thieves and pirates in the Niger Delta. The Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the anti-graft agency, Usman Imam, ...
Read More »Navy arrests eight suspects, impounds 608 bags of rice in Akwa Ibom
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy at Ibaka in Mbo Local Council of Akwa Ibom State has arrested eight suspects and confiscated 608 bags of 50kg rice. Parading the culprits and the goods at Ibaka, the naval ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct Edo monarch’s wife, daughter
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped wife of the Onojie of Ewatto Kingdom in Esan South East Council Area of Edo State, His Royal Highness Ikhumhen 11, Queen Florence Ikhumhen, alongside one of her daughters. The queen, who recently retired from the ...
Read More »Ogoni cleanup mismanaged via jettisoning of emergency measures, says MOSOP
FACTIONAL president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has alleged the mismanagement of the Ogoni cleanup, insisting that the ‘jettisoning of the emergency measures of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the ...
Read More »NDDC’s IMC opens can of worms, alleges sleaze in contracts execution
Senate recognizes interim committee, supports forensic audit Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Yimebe Nunieh yesterday opened a can of worms on activities of the commission, insisting that some contractors were awarded contracts before their companies ...
Read More »Amnesty International urges restraint ahead of funeral rites
Amnesty International (AI) has enjoined the Nigerian military and police to reduce the rising tension in Afara Ukwu, Abia State ahead of the 14 February 14, 2020 funeral of the parents of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The human rights group ...
Read More »IPOB threatens reprisals if security agents harass members at Kanu’s parents’ burial
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned that members of the group would retaliate should security agencies exhibit any traces of brutality during the burial of the late Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife, Ugoeze Sally Mmeme at ...
Read More »Cross River deputy governor wants end to abuse, violence against women
Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ivara Esu, has advocated an end to abuse and violence against women in the country. He stated this when members of the Spotlight Initiative Team to eliminate violence against women and the girl ...
Read More »Igbinedioan tasks medical practitioners on standards, excellence
A former Governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion, has stressed the need for medical practitioners in the country to improve on patient care, research and teaching to attain national and global standards. Igbinedion spoke at the inauguration of Abiodun Olatunbosun ...
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