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Tensions flared in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as police barricaded the road leading to the Peoples Democratic Party’s secretariat on Aba Road.The move followed reports that the Acting Executive Committee, formed after a court nullified the elected executive, planned to take over the secretariat complex.A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Monday nullified the ward, loca...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, SGF, disclosed that he has mobilised his colleagues in the South to activate a robust platform to exchange intelligence and robust operational synergy.He also assured that they are fully committed to the security of the region against reports of terrorist attacks.Recall that Governor, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State recently...

The Federal Government has debunked a rumour that the Third Mainland Bridge is shaking, describing it as baseless and driven by ulterior motives.It was reported that some messages on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook claim that a part of Third Mainland Bridge has opened up and the bridge is shaking.The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, said on Thursday that...

The World Bank has projected 3.6 per cent average economic growth for the Nigerian economy between 2025 and 2026 following ongoing reforms by the Federal Government.The global bank stated this in its report, Global Economic Prospects, January 2025.It added that recent reforms by the Federal Government helped to boost business confidence.Profound among the economic reforms by the Federal G...

The victims were rescued during an offensive operation carried out between the borders of Taraba and Plateau States.Troops of the Three Division Nigerian Army and Operation Safe Haven have rescued three septuagenarians, alongside 15 others from the kidnappers’ enclave.The victims were rescued during an offensive operation carried out between the borders of Taraba and Plateau States....

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Agricultural Production and Services has threatened to deny allocations in the 2025 budget proposal to agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security whose heads fail to give an account of their 2024 budget performance and projections in the New Year.The Committee issued the warning on Thursday in Abuja in the continuation of the defence of th...

Tensions rose when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s presentation did not align with the documents they had received.The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presents the 2025 police budget in Abuja on January 16, 2025. A heated exchange erupted in the National Assembly during the 2025 budget defence session as Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presented the Nigeria...

The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has said it will demolish shanties and illegal market structures around the Cele underbridge area of the state.The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, said this while speaking with journalists after the inspection tour of drainage enforcement at Cele underbridge on Lagos Apapa Oshodi Expressway on Wednesday.Wahab, who was displeased about...

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named among the 400 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers in the United States.It was reported that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their ...

A faction of kingmakers who opposed Governor Seyi Makinde’s approval of Oba Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo has threatened to sue the governor when his immunity expires.Claiming that the Governor had defamed them for saying they collected money during the selection process the governor should have sought redress in court if he has anything against them.Recall that Governor Makinde had pres...