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‘Record Policemen on duty, there’s nothing wrong with it’ – Force PRO
The Nigeria Police Force have reiterated that citizens have the right to record videos or take photographs of police officers while they are on duty. This statement ...
Nollywood Star Iyabo Ojo Settles Tax Dispute With Lagos Gov’t
Renowned Nollywood actress and reality TV star, Iyabo Ojo, recently took to her Instagram to express her gratitude towards individuals and organizations instrumental in resolving her tax-related i ...
World Bank reveals real pump price of fuel without Nigerian govt’s subsidy
The World Bank has said the Federal Government may still be paying fuel subsidies, considering that the country’s fuel prices are currently not cost-reflective. It s ...
Media Retooling, Key To Tackling New Challenges – Ishiekwene
Editor-in-chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Mr Azu Ishiekwene, has raised concerns about emerging challenges starring at media practitioners and how these challenges could be turned into opportuniti ...
World Anti-Corruption Day: Group decries DSS impunity, govt’s borrowing habit
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy, and Development, FENRAD, has raised concerns about the impunity of the Department of State Security, DSS, and its disregard for the r ...
We’ll prioritise food security in Lagos – Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says food security will continue to be a priority to cut the cost of food commodities in the state. He gave the assurance ...
Group Intensifies Campaign Against Gender-based Violence
A group, Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) has intensified its campaign to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. This is even as ii hosted its fifth ...
Civil society groups blame FG for worsening economic situation in Nigeria
The Federal Government has been blamed for the worsening economic situation in the country. The Osun Civil Societies Coalition, OCSC, in a statement on Sunday, said ...
2024 budget aimed at impoverishing Nigerians – PRP
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that the 2024 budget recently submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu was aimed at continuous impoverishment of the people. I ...
Retirees Draw N2.72trn As Pension Benefits In 19 Years
Since the inception of the new pension scheme in 2004 and now, no fewer than 1.27 million retirees have drawn N2.72trillion as pension benefits from the N17.6trillion pension fund assets in the co ...
Auto crash kills one, injures other in Ogun
A yet-to-be-identified person has died and another critically injured, after a truck lost control at the Alagbon-Olorunda Bridge on the Owode-Idiroko Road in Ogun State. The South-West Area ...
Bauchi Govt Receives 226 Rape Reports In 3 years
Barely a year after signing the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) into law, Bauchi State government have recorded about 226 suspected cases of rape and other unnatural acts. T ...
35 die, 270 Injured in Anambra road mishaps
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that a total of 35 persons lost their lives while 270 were injured in 97 road crashes in Anambra State between January and November t ...
Kaduna bombing wasn’t deliberate, accidental airstrike won’t happen again – Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, on Saturday, assured that the accidental airstrike in Kaduna State will not happen again. Musa inissted the incident that led to t ...
Media personality Oluchi reacts after an African-American labeled those fleeing their country to abroad as cow@rds
Media personality Oluchi has reacted after an African-American labeled those fleeing their country to abroad as cow@rds. She said stumbled on a recorded Clubhouse room discussing ...
ATTACK ON TUDUN BIRI: How Army Drone Nearly Collided With NAF Jet
Following the drone strike that killed over 100 innocent civilians in Kaduna State, some security experts have questioned the capacity of the military to efficiently deploy unmanned aerial v ...
More Survivors Of Drone Strike Recount Ordeal
Survivors of Sunday night bombing of Tudun Biri in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State have continued to lament how they lost their loved ones as a result of the bomb dropped by the ...
Yuletide: FRSC counsels motorists on safety
The Delta State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged motorists to be conscious of their safety and other road users to avoid crashes before, during and afte ...
Poor electricity supply hikes production cost by 40 per cent in Nigeria – Report
The abysmal state of Nigeria’s electricity contributes 40 per cent to the cost of manufactured products in the country, according to Nanyang Technology University Centre for African St ...
Lawyers knock FRSC over alleged harassment, extortion of motorists in Calabar
Two lawyers, Wilfred Akpan and Justine Wilson in Cross Rivers State have challenged the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, for alleged continued harassment of motorists along state and l ...
Avoid get-rich-quick syndrome – DG advises NYSC members
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been advised to be diligent at work and exercise patience in climbing the ladder of success. NYSC Director Ge ...
Smugglers using fake presidential number plates, others – Customs
Mr Chedi Wada, Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “B”, Kaduna has lamented that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to ...
Man sentenced to death in Zamfara for killing friend over N100
A Zamfara State High Court has sentenced one Anas Dahiru to death by hanging for killing his friend. Anas of Unguwar Dallatu area of Gusau, in Zamfara State, was accused of killing his frie ...
Forum harps on full implementation of VAPP law in Kogi
A non-governmental organization, Young Women in Politics Forum, YWPF, has called for the full implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP, law in Kogi State to put ...
DSS, NSCDC Officials Clash At Edo Hospital
There was panic at the Edo Specialist Hospital in Benin City yesterday as personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) clashed with private guards and men of the Nigeria Security and ...
Supreme Court Justices… Tsammani, Sankey, Adah, 8 Others Pass Screening
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of eleven justices of the Court of Appeal for elevation to the Supreme Court. Prominent among t ...
Former WMA President Calls For Unity In Medical Profession
Immediate Past President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has asked members of the medical profession to close ranks to advance the cause of the medical profe ...
COP 28: Betta Edu seeks global leaders
Nigeria Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu has advocated the need to provide durable solutions to the impacts of global warming, describing it as one of the ca ...