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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said Nigeria’s democracy was drifting towards dictatorship, insisting that all hands must be on the deck to save it. Jonathan spoke at the 70th birthday of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in Abuja. Speaking on the theme of the event, ‘Nigeria’s unfinished greatness: Next steps,’ Jonathan advised Nigerians to remain vigilant. …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has concluded plans to unveil the Nigeria Police Public Relations School, Abuja Study Centre Building to improve the quality of interactions with members of the public. A statement from Force Headquarters Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the four-storey School located across from …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – The palace of the Oba of Benin has said that land grabbing in Benin City and environs has attained alarming proportions insisting that the practice must stop forthwith. The palace therefore enjoined the state government, corporate bodies and individuals to step up the fight against land grabbing and grabbers. The Benin Traditional Council …

…insists on registration of all mortuaries, embalmment homes before Sept 30 Edo State Government has scheduled mass burial for the corpses found at an illegal mortuary located off Ekehuan Road in Benin City, as well as those at the former mortuary at the defunct Asuen Hospital, First East Circular Road, Benin City. In a statement on Wednesday, the Edo State …

*VP to meet U.S. counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, other partners Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departed Abuja for the United States of America early Wednesday seeking global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity,Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a press …

Initiative For Rural Development, Information And Legal Advocacy (IRUDIRA), a non-profit organization connecting communities to legal services and advisory has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to sack Mr George Ohioma Esq, as a member of Local Government Service Commission over alleged criminal records. In a letter dated 23rd of August, 2022 and signed by President Aigbokhan, Esq titled “Petition Against …

The clarification came amid reports that NNPC Limited awarded a N48bn pipeline surveillance contract to Tompolo. The Nigerian government on Tuesday described its award of multi-billion naira pipeline surveillance contract to a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, as the ‘right decision’. Speaking at the 49th session of the …

Atiku also said Nigeria needed to bake a bigger cake and not bigger debts. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he is considering a government of national unity and tax rebate if elected president in 2023. The former vice president disclosed this in a statement he personally issued on Tuesday in Kano and made …

Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has said that the All Progressives Congress is planning to use and dump former President Goodluck Jonathan. This comes following the recent visit of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, to Jonathan in Abuja, Tuesday night. Adeyanju reminded the former President of the role the APC cabals played during its presidential primary, …

Nigeria needs 410 billion dollars to deliver the Transition Plan by 2060. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday departed Abuja, for the U.S. to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently inaugurated Energy Transition Plan. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement in …