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Aba election: We’re aware of presence of hoodlums from neighbouring states ― Govt
The Abia State government has raised the alarm on the presence of marauding hoodlums at Aba as the forthcoming March 27 Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency election draws near. The
Soldiers kill 11 gunmen in Abia
Nigerian soldiers By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Soldiers of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ariaria junction, along the Enugu – Port Harcourt expressway, Wednesday, killed 11 gunmen who engaged them
Insecurity: Again, Akeredolu warns 2023 polls might be threatened
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu …Wants deteriorating insecurity tackled …To leave a nation, there must be consensus By Dayo Johnson Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has again warned
Kidnapped Ogun community leader regains freedom
By James Ogunnaike The Olori Ilu of Imope, Imope-Ijebu in Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo, has regained freedom from his abductors. Omotayo was abducted
CBN disburses N1.487trn to boost food security
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N1.487 trillion under its various agricultural programmes to boost food security. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this known
Soyinka ‘blunders’ again!
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke THERE is a towering aromatic blunder in the air. As before, ever and always – like ‘Abiku’ the perpetually irrepressible troubler of the Nobel Laureate’s creation – Soyinka,
JAMB begins 2021 UTME registration, sets June 5 for examination
JAMB JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head, Public Affairs and
Afreximbank, NEXIM to provide $50m project preparation fund for Nigerians
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM aim to mobilize up to $50 million in the form of project preparation funds for
Nigeria Customs arraigns four smuggling suspects over evasion of imports duties on rice
By James Ogunnaike The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, Idiroko, on Wednesday arraigned four members of a smuggling syndicate before the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta,
Court remands man for allegedly killing neighbour
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday, ordered that a 38-year-old man, Bamigboye Opeyemi, who allegedly shot his neighbour to death, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police
