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The terrorists that kidnapped passengers of the AK9 Abuja-Kaduna bound train have released the picture of the newly born girl delivered by one of the pregnant women taken hostage. The mother of the baby was said to be eight-month pregnant before she and 62 others were abducted by the terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022. Of the …

Nigerians, home and abroad have the same burden and share the same desire to see “our country working more effectively and becoming truly greater by harnessing all of the existing potentials and really transform the nation.” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) expressed this view during a meeting on Wednesday with a delegation from the US-based Association of Nigerian Physicians in …

· Recover Arms, Ammunition, As IGP Harps on Technology-Driven Policing in Nigeria By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country. The suspects, Hamza …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, handed over the defunct Edo College of Education, Ekiadolor to the Federal Government, imploring the government to rename the citadel of learning after the executive secretary of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and one-time Commissioner for Education in old Bendel State, Chief Tayo Akpata. Obaseki handed over the institution to the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the Edo State Policy on Aging to provide social care and protection for senior citizens in the state.The Edo State Commissioner for Orientation and Communication, Andrew Emwanta, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the policy is part of efforts by the government to uphold the rights and dignity of senior citizens.He said …

…pledges reforms to end violence against women, girls …hosts Udom Emmanuel in Benin Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, received members of the Southern Governors Wife Forum (SGWF), charging them on the need to support efforts at checking food insecurity.The governor, who received the guests led by the chairman of the forum and the wife of Osun State …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku On the morning of April 12, 2022 when I visited the Canadian Embassy in Abuja to make enquiries concerning procedure for a visa interview, I ran into a man wielding a Canadian passport at the security guards. And behind him, was a lady. Because all the guards’ attention seemed to focus on that passport, they ignored …

A bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013 and to prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria has been passed by the Senate. The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Panel chairman, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), laid the report for consideration. While presenting …

…he should rather support his political ally, Anyim Pius Anyim A Monarch, Thursday, explained that, if the alleged plot by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in order to contest the 2023 presidential election was true, his emergence would be termed as an act of sabotage to the South and betrayal to the South-East …

• FEC approves multi-billion naira contracts for electricity supply• NERC speaking for DisCos, a misplaced priority – Stakeholders• Repeated grid collapse pushes FG to revive $2.3b power deal• Experts seek involvement of states in DisCos, GenCos• ‘Banks will take over all DisCos, just a matter of time’ To boost electricity supply, the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President …