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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will on Monday, 22nd of August 2022, share insights and proffer solutions to Nigeria’s energy and revenue challenges, at the 62nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Mr. Crusoe Osagie, Senior Adviser, Media Project, Edo State Government. The Conference is scheduled …

The police said the officer showed uncommon professionalism and restraint by not retaliating The Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability (SFPA), on Wednesday, handed out awards for outstanding performances to four police officers from the Lagos and Ogun commands. The Division Police Officer of Anthony in Lagos State command, Patricia Amadi, was honoured for “Effective Community Engagement, courageous and …

Nigeria’s leading talk and grassroots entertainment radio brands, Nigeria Info, Cool FM and Wazobia FM, have hit yet another broadcast milestone as they recently secured the exclusive right to broadcast English Premier League (EPL) games through its partnership with Talksport, which is the global audio partner of the League. This broadcast partnership strives to provide Nigerians with an unbeatable sport-broadcasting …

The commissioner said criminals have infiltrated transport unions in the state. The Osun State Government says kidnappers are now using unregistered motorcycles and mini buses, popularly known as ‘Korope,’ to abduct their victims. Funke Egbemode, Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation raised the alarm on Wednesday. Mrs Egbemode said the state government received information about the new tactics of kidnappers threatening the …

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 …