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The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), says no fewer than 11 persons were killed in road accidents across the state in the month of March, 2024.The sector commander in the state, Paul Okpe, confirmed this to newsmen in Benin City while speaking on road crashes in the state.Okpe said 11 persons died in the eight accidents that occurred across the state in the period under review...

The Minister of Sports Development, JOHN ENOH, has tasked the Super Falcons of Nigeria to defeat their South African counterparts in the second leg of their Olympic qualifiers tomorrow in Pretoria....

Rwanda's President, PAUL KAGAME has said the international community failed his country, as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people....

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to provide subsidies on electricity tariffs for less-privileged Nigerians.Obi made the remark when he visited Bauchi State where he inaugurated a borehole project in the Sabon Layi Community on the outskirt of Bauchi metropolis.He argued that if there is an absolute necessity for an increas...

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday, April 10, 2024 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr celebration.The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslim Ummah for the successful completion of the fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.Tunji-Ojo called on Muslim Ummmah to imbib...

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to rest until it unseat Julius Abure as national chairman of the Labour Party.Confirming this in an interview, the NLC spokesman, Benson Upah, said that despite the ‘illegal’ national convention that returned Abure to office, the union would never confer legitimacy or give recognition to his leadership.The development is coming a...

The decisions of the remaining 20 state governors on the proposed establishment of state police are expected to be submitted within the next four weeks.The Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, confirmed this in an interview with newsmen.Sixteen state governors had earlier thrown their weight behind the establishment of state police as a panacea for the insecurity ravagin...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has mandated electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to refund customers it wrongly billed in the wake of a new tariff....

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has deferred the planned arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and its two top officials, TIGRAN GAMBARYAN and NADEEM ANJARWALLA, on a four-count tax evasion charge, till Monday, April 8....

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has kicked against the recent decision by the President BOLA TINUBU-led Federal Government to increase electricity tariff in the country....