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In a recent address to sports journalists at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State, Hon. Wasiu Isiaka, the Commissioner for Sports Development, assured attendees that the upcoming National Sports Festival will feature improved facilities, aiming to be one of the best in the country's history.He emphasized the festival's goal of fostering national unity, stat...

The Federal Government has alerted states to the water release from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon....

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to recognise Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party, despite retaining his name on the list of political party chairmen on its website.This is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in response to Labour Party’s suit, challenging its exclusion from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents, ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections....

Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the Judiciary to maintain integrity and restore public confidence in the justice system. Speaking at a Special Mosque Service to mark the start of the 2024/2025 Legal Year, he emphasized that the Judiciary is the last hope for the common person and urged members to seize the opportunity to enhance their service to the Bench and society.Represented by his deputy, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, the governor affirmed his administrati...

On Tuesday, the Ogun State government inaugurated a rural maternal health emergency transport service aimed at reducing maternal mortality. The program was launched at the Odeda local government Secretariat by Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, the governor's wife, who highlighted ongoing efforts to improve maternal health, including the recruitment of over 200 nurses and midwives.The state has also acquired approximately 100 tricycle ambulances, distributed across all 20 local government ...

The Federal Government announced on Tuesday that it will begin a controlled release of water from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam to prevent flooding in Nigeria. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) shared that the release will start on September 16, initially at a rate of 100 cubic meters per second—equivalent to about 8.64 million cubic meters daily. This flow may later increase to 1,000 cubic meters per second, depending on the water inflow from the Garoua River, ...

Former Chief of Army Staff, General THEOPHILUS DANJUMA, has urged serving personnel to put an end to the killings across the country as soon as possible. He emphasized that the military has no excuses for not restoring peace in the many troubled areas of the nation.DANJUMA made these remarks at the launch of a book titled Big Boots: Lessons from My Military Service by Major General SOLOMON UDOUNWA (retd) in Abuja.The former Chief of Army Staff, lamenting that insecurity remains ...

Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested five notorious gunrunners and recovered arms and ammunition in an intelligence-driven operation carried out in Plateau State.A statement by the Military Public Information Officer, Operation Safe Haven, Major STEPHEN ZHAKOM said the feat is in pursuance of one of its core mandate of mopping up illegal arms and ammunition in the Joint Operations Area.ZHAKOM added that the troops raided the hideout of a gunrunner identified as MOHAMMED ...

The United States department of defense says it has completed the withdrawal of its forces from the Niger Republic.It announced the withdrawal in a joint statement with Niger’s ministry of national defense.The US department of defense noted that the withdrawal process began on May 19 after the mutual establishment of pull-out conditions.The statement added that the process continued with the withdrawal of forces and assets from air base 101 in Niamey on July 7 and a...