The Katsina State Police Command has neutralised three suspected bandits and recovered 330 stolen animals. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Katsina. “Today, April 19, 2021, at about 04:00hrs, based on credible intelligence, DPO Kankara led a team of policemen to Mararabar-Gurbi, a notorious cattle route […]
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National Treasurer, Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Comrade Jimoh Alonge (right), addressing members during their peaceful protest at the Court of Appeal in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has agreed to fully implement financial autonomy for state judiciary and legislature by next month. Its chairman, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, gave the […]
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By Reuben Abati Most of the politicians whose names have been mentioned in connection with Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election, either as a hopeful or an aspirant would readily tell you it is too early to talk about the next election. Don’t buy that. They are lying. The race for the next Nigerian elections began immediately […]
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Ebimi, mother (middle) and human rights activists Operatives of the Ekeki Division of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old woman on the School Road in Okutukutu, a suburb of Yenagoa, for allegedly inflicting life-threatening injuries with razor blade on her teenage daughter, Ebimi Tokoye, over missing N1,500. The mother, identified as Priye […]
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‘Her in-law is involved in transaction’ A widow in Rivers State, Madam Theresa Allen, has alleged that Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has forcefully encroached on her land at Onyeidah forest, Ikata community, in Ahoada East Local Government. The woman told The Nation in Port Harcourt that SPDC allegedly destroyed her farm crops and illegally fenced off a […]
Continue ReadingBenue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday confirmed that seven persons were killed and five seriously injured as suspected herdsmen attacked Anune community in Makurdi Local Government area of the state. The assailants invaded the community on Saturday night. Speaking to reporters shortly after visiting St.Theresa’s Hospital in Makurdi, where those injured in the attack […]
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By Banji Ayoola The three man-panel of the Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, will today Tuesday April 20 deliver judgement in the petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in last year’s governorship election. Notice for the shift in date […]
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Two policemen killed, buildings, vehicles razed Gunmen used dynamites, rocket launchers, says Abia PPRO IPOB denies involvement Minister condemns attack on zonal headquarters Nigeria under siege by non-state actors, Senate laments 70% of 500m illegal weapons in W’Africa found in Nigeria Two weeks after Imo State security facilities were attacked four times in five days, […]
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, on Monday said the state governors and other stakeholders had reached an agreement on the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary. Although he did not disclose the details of the agreement reached, he assured the nation that the implementation would start in May. […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Monday admitted that Nigeria’s economy was facing a difficult time, saying states must improve their internally generated revenues. Ahmed, who stated this in an interview on a daily breakfast show on the Nigerian Television Authority, Good Morning Nigeria, stated that the money shared at the […]
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