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…Investigate Ebonyi killings, Senate urges Ag IGP, security agencies …Join forces to secure Igbo land, Ohanaeze tasks ESN South East governors yesterday, vowed to resist attempt by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to frustrate its new security network, code-named Ebube Agu. This came  as the Senate  also yesterday called on the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to …

What could account for the heightened state of insecurity in the South East? This was the poser five governors and heads of the security agencies in the region raised when they met on Sunday, April 11, 2021 in Owerri, Imo State capital, during the first South East Security Summit. Many people are asking their own question: Don’t they know the reason? …

Food inflation also increased from 21.79 percent in February to 22.95 in March. Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 18.17 percent on March amid accelerating increase in food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The NBS says the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 0.82 percent points in March. This is higher than the 17.33 percent rate recorded …

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said the federal government is worried over the rising unemployment rate in the country. Speaking at the 2nd Shakeholders’ Meeting on Expatriate Quota Administration organized by the Citizenship and Business Department of the Ministry of Interior, the Minister said: “Anyone that is not worried about the unemployment rate in the country is not …

Members of Eghosa Old Boys Association (’76 set) recently, in Benin City paid their last respect to one of their own, late Justice Morrison Ojeabu Ighodalo, who recently succumbed to the will of God after an illness. Before the burial ceremony, which was attended by dignitaries from far and near, a delegation of the ’76 set of the association, led …

As the Ramadan fast progresses, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has called on Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria to rededicate themselves to higher virtues of kindness, love, and generosity towards each other, regardless of faith or ethnicity.  Speaking to State House Correspondents on his way out from the Council Chambers after the Federal Executive Council meeting which he presided over, Prof. …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that his government will ensure the realization of the proposed Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) and facilitate the return of prized Benin heritage objects looted from Benin kingdom. Obaseki gave the assurance in commemoration of World Art Day, a celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art, which …

The Nigerian government has denied a claim by Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State, that N60 billion was printed in March to support allocation to states. The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this while speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister said Mr Obaseki’s claim was very sad because it was “untrue”. …

About 24 hours after his arrest, a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, is still being detained in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES can report. This newspaper reported that Mr Okorocha was arrested by the operatives of the anti-corruption agency at about 4 p.m. Tuesday at his Unity House private office in Abuja. Sources familiar with …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that the use of email would no longer be required for the processing of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry. The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said this while speaking with journalists on Tuesday evening. According to him, email would only be requested at …