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Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has extended an olive branch to his kinsman, Ndutimi Alaibe and other aggrieved contestants of last year’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary, urging them to forget the past and join him in building a ...

House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Navy has sought partnership with the Navy, sister agencies and other stakeholders to work towards enhancing and securing the maritime industry. Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting ...

Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has demanded the resignation of the Commissioner of Police (CP), Imohimi Edgal for interfering with judicial process and violation of court order. He made this call in Uyo yesterday. ...

The Ogun State Government has solicited the support of religious leaders to sensitise members of the public on coronavirus disease and preventive measures to adopt. Speaking at the one-day sensitisation programme organised by the state government at the Egba Central ...

As part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Lagos State Government has held a sensitisation rally for stakeholders at the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Participants were charged to not just wish away the disease, but ...

The Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda are threats to West Africa, where international efforts to counter terrorist groups are insufficient, Head of the United States (U.S.) Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Stephen Townsend, has said, citing Stars and Stripes reports. He stated this ...

Besides, Lagos State Coordinator of the Corps, Eddy Megwa, has mandated close monitoring and screening of all the 2020 Batch A corps members and camp officials to ensure that no incident of coronavirus was recorded at the orientation camp. Speaking ...

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said it is taking proactive measures to prevent coronavirus as ‘Batch A’ corps members began orientation in camps across the country on Tuesday. There were insinuations that ...

Vice-Chancellor of the Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Professor Lawrence Ezemonye has stressed the need to shun financial impropriety and seek a robust financial sector to boost students’ interest in the study of Accounting in tertiary institutions. Ezemonye, who stated this ...

The House of Representatives has begun moves to criminalise the stigmatisation of victims of insurgency and militancy in the country. Accordingly, a bill sponsored by Ben Rollands Igbakpa to that effect yesterday scaled second reading during plenary. According to the ...