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Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki; Esama of Benin kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion; national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus; Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu; and former Edo governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, joined other personalities to rejoice with the ...

The Ebonyi Government has insisted that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) remained proscribed in the South East, warning its members against holding processions in the state. The warning was subsequent upon a protest in Abakaliki by the outlawed group against ...

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has solicited more support for the Nigerian Army to enable it effectively tackle the nation’s myriad of security challenges. He commended the efforts of the military in the ongoing anti-insurgency war in the North East. ...

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, have travelled to India for medical attention in the company of Kaduna State government officials, security personnel and members of the sect. IMN spokesman, Ibrahim ...

Civil society organisations have urged the Ninth National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) to extend its coverage from Junior to Senior Secondary Education from nine to 12 years. The COSs said the amendment will help guaranty ...

The Kalaekuleama Community in Degema Council of Rivers State has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to probe Army’s invasion of the community. They accused operatives of the Operation Delta Safe of razing their ...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N4.9 billion to address the paucity of indigenous tertiary textbooks and other academic publications in the nation’s higher education sector. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Elias Bogoro, who disclosed this in Abuja ...

The Akwa Ibom State Government has decried the slow pace of work on the demarcation of its boundary with Cross River State, saying the situation has continued to fuel inter-state carnage and avoidable loss of lives. Addressing a joint meeting ...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is at loggerheads with the Cross River State government over the latter’s interference in its internal affairs. IPMAN in the state, for quite some time now, has been in a leadership tussle, ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde is to establish an emergency communication centre for distress calls on security and other issues of urgent concerns in the state. The governor dropped the hint when he received the management of the Nigerian Communications ...