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The Labour Party presidential candidate during February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Friday, said he ‘must be” Nigeria’s president. While expressing optimism to clinch the number one seat in the country, he clarified that he was not in a hurry to achieve the dream. Obi, who is a former Anambra State governor, stated this

The Bayelsa State government has established a Directorate of Erosion and Flood Control as a response to the challenge of perennial flood devastation and the impact of coastal erosion in the state. The directorate is also saddled with the responsibility of proffering solutions to the twin natural disasters. Governor Douye Diri, while inaugurating the members

A yet-to-be-identified man was electrocuted while carrying out repairs on one of the electric poles close to the University of Benin, Ekehuan campus on Thursday. In a video that went viral on Friday morning, the man, who wore electrical safety clothing, was seen at the top end of an electrical pole close to the institution’s

The University of Lagos Alumni Group has made donations to the school while also adopting a student to train and be more involved in the development of the university. At a meeting between the alumni group and the governing authority of UNILAG on Thursday, the Chairman of the UNILAG Alumni, Owoeye Adedeji, along with other

Nigerian ace investigative journalist and Editor-in-chief, Foundation for Investigative Journalism, ‘Fisayo Soyombo, is among the 19 accomplished journalists, drawn from nine countries and a broad cross-section of the United States, unveiled by the Wallace House Center for Journalists and the University of Michigan to mark the 50th class of fellows in the programme’s history. According

The old students of The Apostolic High School, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State have renovated and equipped the science laboratory of their alma mater to the tune of N12 million. Speaking at the presentation of the gift to the school, the association’s National President, Dr Gabriel Aladegbaye-Williams, explained that the renovation and equipping of the school’s biology,

The Rotary Club in Nigeria is set to build a peace centre which is aimed at reducing conflicts in the country. The centre which will be the second in Africa will be established by Rotary International District 9125. The Governor, Rotary International District 9125, Goddy Nnadi, made this known on Friday while fielding questions from

Ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th Senate, the South-South Youth Assembly on Friday called on senators to settle for former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari. This is even as the group urged lawmakers from the zone to reject former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, for the position and support Yari’s aspiration.

The Nasarawa State branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Waste Management And Sanitation Authority on Friday embarked on a sensitisation campaign against Cholera and other diseases. Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if not treated. Speaking

The Kogi State Government said on Friday that the state had maintained a clear lead in the production of cashew in Nigeria, linking the feat to sound agricultural policies. The Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja, added that efforts were ongoing to make Kogi

Numerous high-rise buildings are under construction at the Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja, Lagos State, which is also a few minutes away from the airport. Everyone wants a piece of a wealthy building. However, as we want to show off our wealth, we should not obstruct the city’s plan, particularly by constructing high-rise buildings

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An Ondo Magistrate Court in Osi has sentenced a monarch of the Ode Community in Akure North Local Government Area of the state, Oba Adewale Boboye, for unlawfully demolishing some palm trees and food crops. The property destroyed was said to have belonged to The Apostolic Church located along Ado Ekiti Road Igoba in Akure.

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have foiled an attempted kidnap by a suspected kidnapper who is also said to be an armed robber. Police sources told our correspondent that at 11 o’clock on Thursday morning, while operatives of the Eagle-Net were on patrol along Oreorokpe-Sapele road, they intercepted a commercial minibus for a

The chairman, Association of Non-Governmental Organisations in Gombe State, Ibrahim Yusuf, has urged the state government to make its remand centres functional. A remand home is a place where juvenile offenders are kept due to their age and are guided through counselling sessions to become better persons. He decried situations where offenders are taken to

Eight internet fraudsters have been convicted by the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. All eight convicts were arraigned before Justices Chinyere Nwecheonu, A. A Akobi A.I. Kutigi and V.S Garba by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Command on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Five of the convicts, Emmanuel Ogochukwu, Ugochukwu Mathias and

Former Super Eagles winger, Femi Opabunmi, narrates how he went from grace to grass. Opabunmi was born and raised in Plateau State before his father was transferred to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In his early years, he played for boys’ clubs like Greater Tomorrow, Young Star, and Cocoa Research. He also played for a

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Friday, inaugurated six Tertiary Education Trust Fund projects worth about N1 billion to boost teaching and learning in three universities in Ekiti State. Beneficiaries of the projects are the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti; Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti; and Federal University,

The Federal Government said it had embarked on reform programmes to encourage the establishment and growth of small and medium enterprises in the Federal Capital Territory. The government lamented that multiple agencies and departments of government had been responsible for multiple taxation, which had been causing confusion within the system. The Minister for FCT, Muhammad

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has been convicted of speeding. He was ordered to pay £510 in total for exceeding a 20 mile per hour limit near Lambeth Palace on 2 October last year, according to Sky News. The 67-year-old was also handed three penalty points after being caught by a speed camera in

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Takum Local Government Council in Taraba State, Boyi Manja, who was abducted on Sunday has regained his freedom. The Taraba State Police Command confirmed the development on Friday, adding that Manja was released on Thursday night. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Usman Abdulahi, who confirmed the release of

The Rivers State Government on Friday began the demolition of a set of buildings belonging to the Bayelsa State Government on Akassa Street, Old GRA axis of Port Harcourt. The properties are on a large expanse of land at numbers 5 and 9 Akassa Street in the high brow Old GRA axis. Our correspondent gathered

Social media has primarily been a channel for meeting and communicating with people across the world. This potential of social media comes at par with the local parlance that “the world is a global village.” This is owed to how social media has shaped our behavioural pattern towards interacting with people of cultural, ethnic, and

An Akure pastor, Famakinwa Ajayi, has been jailed by an Ondo State High Court for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The 61-year-old pastor who is affiliated with the Christian Association of Nigeria in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North council was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was charged to court on a two-count charge

Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel were likely to have executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali in March 2022. This was disclosed by the United Nations’ Human Rights Office on Friday. A U.N. report on the incident was released after a months-long investigation