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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has issued a response to recent claims made by former Super Eagles defender Taribo West concerning the late goalkeeper Peter Rufai.According to West, who criticized the NFF and the Lagos State Government on Friday, accusing them of neglecting the family of the late Rufai. West also expressed...

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The Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has disclosed that about 7000 Nigerian immigrants are stranded in Libya.She made the disclosure at the official launch of the International Organisation for Migratio...

The Edo State Government has intensified its sweeping campaign against cultism, criminal gangs, and ritual practices. It has sealed multiple properties linked to suspected cult leaders following the discovery of a shrine in Egbaen community and a violent confrontation in Evboyare that claimed a life....

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested eight persons suspected to be members of the notorious human trafficking syndicate operating between Nigeria and Ghana.The agency  rescued 29 victims, most of foreign nationals of some West African Countries, during the ra...

The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed eight nominees for appointments as commissioners.They are Prof. Ikponmwosa Ignatius Omorodion, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Nosa Adams, Yakubu Oshiorenua, Felix Akhabue, Ohimai Ehijimetor, Eugenia Abdallah and Godwin Afekokhe Eshieshi....

Court Jails Man Three Months for Internet Fraud in LagosJustice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months imprisonment for internet f...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has said Nigeria is poised to forge better collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in tackling migration crisis,This is as she attributed t...

The Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project has recorded over four million passengers in last 15 months.Besides, the country received the first batch of students trained in China and also officially launched its local training program in Abuja in what is described as another significant milestone in the Nigeria’s rail system supported by the C...

The Edo State Government has unveiled a set of reforms in the education sector, effective from the 2025/2026 academic session, aimed at strengthening learning outcomes, reducing financial burden on parents, and equipping students with practical life skills.Announcing the measures in Benin City, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Paddy Iyamu, said ...