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The publisher of Sahara Reporters and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by a police officer at the Unity Fountain, Abuja. Report had it that the 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), was shot at when he was speaking with a detachment of police officers stationed at the public facility. At around 8:30am protesters were said …

Edo State Government has urged residents to continue to adhere to all preventive and safety protocols against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and leverage the opportunity of the second dose vaccination, which begins on Tuesday, June 01, 2021 to get full protection against the virus. Edo State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, who gave the charge while speaking to …

Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), has hailed Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO) for being tax compliant, in its determination to encourage dutiful taxpayers. Leading the delegation of EIRS on the ‘Operation Know Your Taxpayers’ to the university and its teaching hospital, Executive Director, Income Tax, Prince Felix Isuku, stated, “Having looked into the records, the establishment has been found to …

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended its strike ultimatum by two weeks to let the Federal and State governments address the issues of welfare of their members across the country. National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Photo/NAN The extension is contained in a communiqué at the end of the association’s 41st Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) which held …

When in May 2011, the then President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, assented to the Freedom of Information Bill, the Fourth Estate of the Realm celebrated its passage with a lot of expectations. Many stakeholders anticipated the positive impact the bill would have on the country. The journey was fraught with challenges. The bill had been pushed from 1999 to 2011 when …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday elected a new leadership, led by Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke to pilot its affairs for the next two years. This was determined at the national delegates conference of ASUU held in Awka, Anambra State. While Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State was elected …

The aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was shot dead in Imo State. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Gulak was killed on his way to Sam Mbakwe Airport when gunmen intercepted the vehicle carrying him and two others. Here are some things you should know about the late president’s aide. 1. Ahmed Gulak was a lawyer. 2  He was …

Channels Television reports that the students were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway. The chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai, and few others were expected to receive the students at the drop-off location, the TV station reported. Kaduna State Government and police authorities are yet to confirm the development. However, parents of the …

The police have said that six armed bandits killed a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, in Owerri, Imo state, on Sunday morning. A statement issued by the Police spokesperson in Imo State, Bala Elkana, shortly after the politician was murdered, disclosed that only Gulak was killed by the bandits in a vehicle he was riding to the airport. Elkana said …

Armed bandits on Sunday abducted many pupils of an Islamic school in Tegina, a densely populated town in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits reportedly seized the police station in the town and went round the town shooting sporadically into the air to scare residents before breaking into a private school where they abducted children attending Islamic …