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A female police inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele has accused the Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, of Odemu Divisional headquarters, Osun state, of assaulting her for refusing his intimate relationship proposal. The inspector had in a video that went viral on social media, alleged that the DCO, one ASP Ajayi Matthew, descended on her after refusing several advances from him, saying that Ajayi …

staring at the cloudy sky above the slumbering Rimni hamlet in the Zurmi area of Zamfara State, Haruna Ibrahim sat on stone rubble. His eyes were tinged with blood, a result of battering and cries after he dared to look terrorists in the face in an encounter. When asked to describe his experience, he frowned his face and scanned around to …

The Federal Government owes contractors about N11.16tn for the construction of various highways across the country and certificates of completion. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), who made this disclosure while defending the proposed budget of his ministry in the 2023 Appropriation Bill, said his ministry had currently awarded 1,642 highway contracts for 1,632 projects at a …

As the 2023 general election inches closer,  the Federal High Court has set up a special task force of Judges for expeditious hearing and determination of all pre-election cases pending before it. A circular letter issued by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho said that the task force became necessary to designate a team of Judges following …

The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has tasked the government in Nigeria to provide enabling environment for media practitioners in the country. The monarch made the call on Wednesday while hosting executive members of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and  Press Week Committee, who paid him a courtesy visit in his palace …

Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has disclosed that the Federal Government owes contractors about N11.16tn for the construction of various highways across the country and certificates of completion. Fashola who made this disclosure while defending the proposed budget of his ministry in the 2023 Appropriation Bill, said his ministry had currently awarded 1,642 highway contracts for …

Transactions on the e-Naira platform has risen to N8 billion, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed. Addressing participants of the 28th Annual Executive Seminar of the organization, in Abuja, this morning, he said that the CBN digital currency was a huge success and has attracted other countries who now seek the bank’s …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Tuesday announced it has signed a settlement and exit agreement with Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) to exit its four major oil mining blocks in the country. With this agreement, according to NNPC Limited, Addax has ceased to be the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) contractor for the Oil Mining Leases (OML) 123/124 and OMLs …

Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will stand by the deployment of the Bimodal Voters’ Accreditation System for credible, fair and transparent elections in 2023. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Tuesday, while delivering his goodwill message at the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, with …

Leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Middle Belt Forum (MBF) and other concerned citizens have described President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to transmit power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo prior to his departure to London, United Kingdom, for medical check-up, as illegal and unconstitutional. Clark, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, …