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The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has pleaded with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider reversing the creation of new emirates in the state. The first-class monarch and paramount ruler of Benin Kingdom made the ...

Bichi and Rano emirates in Kano State has raised fresh application challenging the interlocutory injunction filed by Kano Concerned Elders against the new emirate council laws. In their separate applications before Kano Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, the communities sought ...

The Eziowelle Community in Idemili North Council Area of Anambra State has fallen out with its leader, a development that is causing disaffection in the town. A crowd comprising men, women and youths from the community, carried placards and stormed ...

Civil rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has said that it is time to prove that his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegation of extortion is politically motivated. He was, however, granted N10 million bail and ...

Director-General of Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Dikwa, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to expose the financiers of Boko Haram in the country before the terrorist group plunges the nation into a religious war. According ...

The Pro-Unity social service group, Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) has mobilised electricity consumers in the South East to protest “unwholesome activities” of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC). In Awka, Anambra State capital, where the group carried out its mobilisation ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced the recovery of over N800 million from fraudulent deals at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). He vowed to bring all contractors who failed to renovate or build primary schools, after collecting ...

The Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Rivers State has sealed 24 illegal gas outlets and rejected over 20 applications for license by gas dealers over failure to meet standard operational requirements. Its Zonal Controller, Bassey Nkanga, disclosed this in ...

Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade, has distanced himself from the plight of Agba Jalingo, who has been held by security agencies for alleged treason. Ayade, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents after a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari ...

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has urged management of the ministry and heads of River Basin Development Authorities to prioritise completion of all water projects within five years. Adamu made the call in a communiqué issued in Abuja after ...