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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered the deployment of armed personnel for the commencement of railway services along Abuja-Kaduna route....

Governors of the 36 states have accused the Federal Government of abandoning its duty of addressing the security challenges crippling economic activities in the country....

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the new management team at ECOWAS Commission, led by Dr. Omar Alieu Toure, to complete the review and harmonization of ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening the sub-regional body. ...

INEC Chairman Professor Mahmoud Yakubu has described as fake, the purported report that a court judgement has mandated INEC to resume continuous registration exercise. ...

Justice INYANG EKWO of the Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed OLADIPUPO ADEBUTU as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state. The court dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant JIMI LAWAL for lacking reliable and credible evidence. LAWAL had challenged the emergence of ADEBUTU, alleging that an invalid delegates list was fraudulent...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has blamed the fuel queues in Lagos State and Abuja on some construction projects going on in the state.  NNPC’s Executive Vice President, Downstream, ADEYEMI ADETUNJU, gave this explanation while addressing a news conference in Abuja. The NNPC boss added that it has a national PMS stock of over 2 billion liters whi...

Officers of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 3 suspects over the abduction and murder of the owner of Rolak hotel in Ijebu Ode, Otunba ABAYOMI AJAYI SMITH. The suspects are LARRY ADEBAYO ADEWUMI and his wife, OKEREKE OLUFUNMILAYO who is an employee of the late Otunba SMITH alongside one ADEBOWALE SANNI. The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI in a sta...

The Senate has passed the bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Education Bank, which will provide loans to students of tertiary institutions. The bill which was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives FEMI GBAJABIAMILA aims to enable Nigerian students in higher institutions of learning have access to financial assistance. The House had passed the bill earlier th...

The Edo State Government has launched the 2022 dry season farming with the distribution of irrigation equipment to over 500 farmers in the state to enhance year-round food production....

Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has been conferred with the Pontifical Honourary Degree by the School of Faith and Leadership (Vatican Accredited Institute of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City). ...