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The Lagos State Police Command has told a Judicial Panel of Inquiry that several police stations were burnt across the state and many officers killed because there was no executive approval by the government to allow the police to use force in securing their facilities. Oludotun Odubona, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of operations, said this on Tuesday while …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3 percent reported from 23 states and the FCT, as of Sept. 2, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this on its Cholera Situation weekly epidemiological report pasted on its official website, on Monday. The News Agency of …

Masari has noted that it is wrong for herders to graze their cattle on other people’s land Governor of Katsina State, Bello Masari has described open grazing as un-Islamic, noting that it is wrong for herders to graze their cattle on other people’s land. The governor stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Wednesday, …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Assailants have murdered a businessman in Ogida Police Barracks in Benin City, Edo state capital. The victim, Mr. James Otobo Macaulay, 46, was hacked to death inside his shop 26 at the Police Wives Association (POWA) wing of Ogida Police Barracks about 7am on Sunday, September 5, 2021. Meanwhile, the Edo State Police Command has vowed to …

Anxiety is mounting in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected cholera outbreak, from which about 10 people are feared dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected Cholera outbreak was first reported on Friday, when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died. Two people living with her were said to have died …

Nigerian universities and research institutions have been tasked to work in synergy in pursuit of the country’s economic prosperity and technological advancement. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu made the call when the minister paid the governor a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo …

…Govt urges full vaccination to get complete protection against virus Edo State has recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities recorded in the third wave of the pandemic in the state to 26. Head of the state’s COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the Government House in …

Warns, Abuja may be taken over by terrorists Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadaih Mailafia, has described Nigeria as a failing state already heading for the precipice if nothing urgent is done to rescue the ugly trend. According to him, for a new Nigeria to emerge, the country must be anchored on social justice and …

The Federal Government, on Sunday, described as ridiculous a threat by the Joint Health Sector Union to embark on a strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said the Federal Government would on Tuesday meet with leadership of JOHESU. The union, through its President, Josiah …

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, says all is set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to  the state on Thursday, Sept. 9. The governor disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Saturday. Uzodinma, who spoke upon his return from an official trip to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said that the President would commission …