A founding member of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and former Deputy Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila has on Wednesday tackled those rooting that the party’s 2023 presidential ticket be handed over to former President Goodluck Jonathan saying the party has better candidates in its midst for the plum job. The former three-term member of the House of …
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Following the botched attempt by some unruly inmates at the Ile-Ife Custodial Centre to breach the security of the facility, the Federal Government has again disclosed of its readiness to use maximum force to resist such attacks. It said as the last organ of government in the line of justice administration in Nigeria, the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS has the …
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The family of Sylvester Oromoni, Jnr, has rejected the report of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, which absolved staff and some students of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos of complicity in the death of their son. They have also called on President Muhammadu Buhari, civil rights groups and individuals who stand for justice to ensure that justice is …
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The Nigerian government has officially published in its gazette the declaration of two bandits’ groups operating in the North-western region of the country as terrorist organisations. This followed a ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja in November ordering the federal government to declare the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism. The court ordered …
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The Lagos State Government has absolved the five students and five employees of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, accused of the death of Sylvester Oromoni, 12, a student of the school. Also cleared by the government from being responsible for the death of the young boy, a nephew to Delta state deputy governor, Kingsley Otuaro, was a management staff of the …
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Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, has described as fake the news making the rounds alleging that a community in Ovia North East Local Government of the state has been invaded and seized by marauding bandits. Ogbadu said this through the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Kantonge Bello who led a joint security team, including the Police, Army, Nigeria …
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…Says plan powers Ologbo, Obayantor communities Ossiomo Power in Benin City has commissioned a new 40MW Independent Power Plant (IPP) dedicated to providing power to the Benin Industrial and Enterprise Park and local communities in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. Managing Director, Ossiomo Power, Dr. Uwa Igiehon, said in Benin on Tuesday, that in conjunction with the …
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Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says World total oil demand in 2021 is pegged at 96.5 million barrel per day (mb/d) and at 100.6 mb/d in 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. OPEC Secretary General, Mr. Mohammad Barkindo, disclosed this on Monday at the 58th virtual Meeting of the Joint Technical Committee − its first meeting of 2022, the News …
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Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has assured of its commitment to further deepen ties with its host communities as it begins activities for 2022. NNPC gave the assurance through the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), one of its upstream subsidiaries, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. In achieving this, NPDC, recently organised a novel community support programme …
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The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma on Tuesday failed to mention the names of sponsors of insecurity in Imo state, as he earlier promised to release the names on the 4th of January, 2022. Vanguard monitored the governor’s speech at the government house in Owerri, during the Imo state stakeholders meeting/luncheon. But he called on the former governor of Imo …
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