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The first anniversary of the Olu of Warri in Delta State, Ogiame Atuwatse III, kicked off yesterday with praise, worship and novelty football matches in Warri, Delta State. The Ogiame Atuwatse III was coronated on August 21, 2021, as the 21th Olu of Warri, eight months after the late king, Ogiame Ikenwoli, joined his ancestors. Thousands of Itsekiri people and …

In a major crime burst, Edo State Police Command has uncovered a suspected ritualist’s shrine with 20 mummified bodies, along Ekehuan Road-axis of Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria.  The Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, said the Command unraveled the suspected ritual shrine on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, and arrested three suspected ritualists. Yaro said the raid …

• Shutdown cases decrease by 14% in first half of 2022 Some 5.7 billion people in 76 countries have experienced both partial and total Internet shutdown since 2015 till date. Also, in the first half of the year, Internet disruptions affected more citizens, about 1.89 billion people compared to 1.54 billion in 2021’H2, though the cases reduced by 14 per …

The EFCC has tasked motor dealers to ensure compliance with regulations requiring registration and certification of their businesses by the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML). Its Ilorin Zonal Commander, Mr Michael Nzekwe, said this when members of Kwara Motor Dealers Association, led by its President, Alhaji Ahmed Abdul, visited the office on Wednesday in Ilorin. Nzekwe said apart …

The industrial action declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14, 2022 began like a feeble spark gradually turns to a flickering flame. Sadly, with the Federal Government’s cavalier attitude towards containing the flame, the simmering blaze has now become a huge conflagration; burning different interests and destroying not a few life’s ambitions, with no end in …

The grant is part of the $1.5 billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for the results achieved following various annual assessments carried out by the Independent Verification Agents. The federal government has so far disbursed N471.9 billion as grants to states. The grant is part of the $1.5 billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over alleged indiscriminate arrests of members and innocent Igbo people by security agents at Lagos and Abuja airports. According to a statement by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, Igbo passengers have been subjected to humiliating searches at airports and later arrested if found with any Biafra paraphernalia. “Nigerian security agents have …

Businesses and other power consumers were thrown into darkness on Wednesday as the industrial action embarked upon by electricity workers, which lasted for almost one day, led to the total shutdown of the national power grid. Power generation crashed fell below 4,000 megawatts as workers of the National Union of Electricity Employees went on strike to protest against a compulsory …

…Says audit report delaying NDDC board inauguration …Approves additional N766m for forensic auditors The Federal Government, yesterday, attributed the shortage in gas supply for its inability to reach promised target of 5,000 megawatts of electricity generation. It also said the inauguration of the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, would only take place when the outcome of the …

The National Strike Organising Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has met to decide on the way forward concerning the ongoing strike by the union, The PUNCH reports. The committee is made up of senior officials of the union. This is as our correspondent learnt that zonal meetings will commence by the end of the week after which branches would …