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…Urges Citizens’ Participation For Cleaner, Greener Environment Edo State Government will sustain compliance and enforcement of all environmental laws, as serves abatement notices to violators of extant laws on environmental sanitation, the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Engr. Jonathan Lawani made this known in Benin at the weekend. He therefore called for the support and participation of all residents and other …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the release of its Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022. INEC announced this on its official Twitter page, @inecnigeria, on Friday. The commission tweeted, “The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has unveiled the revised INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections.” The 37-page document, downloadable from the commission’s …

Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has faulted claims that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), asked members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum to pick a consensus presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress. He said that contrary to reports, the President only met with the governors and gave them his “expectation” for the forthcoming presidential primary of the party. …

Four days to the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), 22 governors of the ruling party are expected to meet again this weekend in Abuja to decide on President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. A top member of the APC from the South confirmed that some of the governors were already in Abuja and warming up for a possible showdown at …

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were on Friday expected to make their first public appearance in Britain in two years, at a church service for Queen Elizabeth II. But any hopes that the family would be all back together were scuppered after his grandmother overdid it at Thursday’s launch of the four days of celebrations for her historic Platinum …

Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has taken its fight against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) to riverine communities as a way of eradicating the menace in the state. Consequently, DSVA in collaboration with Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has commenced an awareness campaign for those in the riverine areas, including residents of Lagos State that make use …

National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, has claimed that years of deprivation, injustice and neglect forced some aggrieved Fulani pastoralists into arm struggle with the government and local communities. He alleged that Fulani pastoralists have been treated badly over the years in Nigeria, and in spite of several complaints and calls for change, no respite came their way, …

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has permitted detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, to file more evidence against the suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022, filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) on behalf of the Federal Government, seeking his extradition to the United States to face trial for criminal charges. The court …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, from its custody. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the development yesterday, said that Idris was released on administrative bail. “Yes, he (Mr Idris) has been released on bail,” Mr Wilson said in a terse message sent to Daily Sun. …

The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said that troops of Operation Hadin Kai had, in the past two weeks, eliminated 14 terrorists and arrested 15 others. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, told journalists in Abuja that the achievement followed military operations across the North East region between May 19 and June 2. He said that 100 family members of terrorists …