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The National Rescue Movement (NRM), Edo State chapter, on Thursday besieged the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to protest the omission of its governorship candidate’s name, Dennis Osahon Aikoriogie in the list of those participating in the September 21 governorship election in the state.The party conveyed its protest in a letter titled “Protest on non inclusion of our gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming Edo State governorsh...

The Police Recruitment Board set up by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to midwife the ongoing recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed 20 centres for the medical screening of successful and shortlisted applicants.The development followed the just-concluded computer-based tests (CBTs) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).Over 400,000 Nigerians had applied for the recruitment but 30,0...

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Super Falcons coach, RANDY WALDRUM, is confident his team will break the jinx of not qualifying for the Olympics when they take on South Africa in their Women’s Olympic Football Tournament African final qualifying playoff....

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), OLUKAYODE EGBETOKUN has promised that the International Criminal Police Organisation will soon re-arrest the Binance Regional Africa Manager, NADEEM ANJARWALLA who escaped from custody in Nigeria....

Manufacturers and organized Labour have kicked against the Federal Government’s 240 percent hike in the tariff payable by electricity users enjoying a 20-hour power supply.The subsidy on electricity has been withdrawn completely from the tariff payable by power consumers in the Band A category, who constitute about 15 percent of the total number of power users across the country.The organized private sector, Nigeria Labour Congress, as well as the Tra...

The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft (NNS) says it has discovered an illegal fuel depot with about six thousand five hundred litres of Automative Gasoline Oil (AGO)and arrested five ...

The Defence Headquarters gas revealed the names of terrorist masterminds slain during several operations in the northern region of the country.The Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, revealed the names to journalists during a briefing in Abuja.The headquarters noted that the terrorist kingpins were killed in separate operations between January and March 2024.Some of them include: Abu Bilal Minuki (aka Abubakar Mai...

President Bola Tinubu has said he would support a proposal for the direct election of members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).He said the move would give citizens of member states a say in who represents them.Tinubu made the remark when he swore in 97 members into the 6th ECOWAS parliament at the Abuja International Conference Centre.His comments came on the backdrop of the ECOWAS parliament be...

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced that nine persons have been arrested in connection to the killings of police officers in the Ughelli area of Delta State.The police boss, confirmed this at a management meeting of the Force.He said those arrested are currently providing the Force with information that will assist in the arrest of those involved in the killings.Six police officers were killed at Ohoro forest, ...