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Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has vowed to proceed with the planned Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos. The Nation reports Igboho will storm Lagos on Saturday July 3 alongside other agitators for the Yoruba Nation rally. Hinged on the heels of similar rallies held across southwest States including Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, and Ondo, the pro-Yoruba nation protesters …

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a serving officer of a law enforcement agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.Babafemi said that the …

Kano State  Government has declared a state of emergency on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), so as to end open defecation, the Commissioner for environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, has announced. A statement signed by Mr Sanusi Kofarnaisa, the ministry’s public relations officer, which disclosed this on Sunday, quoted the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as making the declaration at the launch …

Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Sunday, foiled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents and neutralized scores of the terrorists in Kumshe town, in Borno state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops deployed at the Forward Operational Base (FOB) of the 152 …

Nigeria’s biggest domestic carrier, Air Peace, has commenced operations on the Benin-Port Harcourt route. Authorities attribute this development to the upgrade of facilities at the Benin Airport, which they said was supported by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, According to Edo State Government, the development is sequel to the expansion of airline operations at the airport, with Azman Air and …

In a move to simplify tax payment for business owners, particularly those in the informal sector, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, (EIRS) has introduced the use of Revenue Scratch Cards. Head of Corporate Communications, EIRS, Courage Eboigbe, in statement on Sunday, said: “The Revenue Scratch Card is part of the Edo Revenue Administration System (ERAS) mobile payment solution, which caters …

One of Nigeria’s first four Architecture graduates, Fola Alade, is dead. Alade died on Saturday at the age of 87, family sources in Aramoko-Ekiti said, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Architectural masterpieces bearing his insignia are the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, defunct Federal Secretariat building, Ikoyi, Lagos and the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Others are the Remembrance …

…Says those calling for restructuring are afraid of partisan politics President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that he would not cede power to any politician who cannot win election in his domain. He spoke on Saturday as a Special Guest of Honour during the Launch of Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari, Zaria Peace Foundation which took place at Ahmadu Bello University Hotels, …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in the country is not aborted. The President’s position is contained in his statement delivered at the 59th Ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana, on …

Committee of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Imams Initiative has advocated the inclusion of religious leaders in Nigeria’s security architecture to combat insecurity in the country. The Chairman of the initiative, Dr. Tajuddeen Adigun, made the demand at the 17th Extraordinary Dawrah (Conference) of the FCT Imams, on Saturday in Abuja. The conference is themed: “Unity of Imams as a Forte …