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The NYSC said the claim by Cross River State health commissioner that 13 corps members tested positive to COVID-19 while in camp, in the state, was false. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River State has said no corps member tested positive to COVID-19 in the state. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the NYSC …

NECO says the new date was set in response to requests by candidates to be given time to complete their registration process for the 2020 SSCE External The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced a new date for the 2020 SSCE External examinations. The examinations, which were previously scheduled to commence on February 1 and end on March 3, will …

Acclaimed Yoruba activist and freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo is popularly known as ‘Sunday Ighoho,’ has challenged Senator Babafemi Ojudu to bring evidence of his claims in his write up where he said he was hired as a political thug for All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Igboho, while responding to questions from newsmen in the morning of …

A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The BBC had reported in 2017 how the then Chief of Army Staff, …

The house belonging to the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho has been set ablaze by unknown arsonists. Vanguard gathered that the arsonists, on arrival at Igboho’s residence at Soka fired gunshots sporadically before setting it ablaze. This happened just five days after Igboho made good his promise that he would ensure no Fulani herders remained in Ibarapa. …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised the new service chiefs not to politicise security by aligning with politicians. Wike said this while commending the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on their appointment following the resignation of their predecessors today. The Governor challenged the new appointees to see their appointment as an opportunity to re-engineer the nation’s security architecture …

The pan-National socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, described the burning of freedom fighter, Mr Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho as barbaric. Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin said the attack shows it is time the Federal Government behaves like a government for all. Odumakin said: “It is barbaric and we wait to see what the double-standard Nigerian state …

By Okhide Em’ya David  Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new Service Chiefs, replacing Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. …

By Okhide Em’ya DavidJubilation rented the air Tuesday afternoon in Benin  City as abductors of  the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Edo State Command, Mrs Bridget Esene released her. Although details of her release, negotiations with her abductors   were sketchy as at the time of this report dependable family sources said “our Sister has returned home …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has signed a new law to regulate lottery, online sports betting and gaming in the Edo, with a view to restore sanity and rid the sector of fraudulent actors. The law, known as the Edo State Gaming Law 2020, was passed by the Edo State House of Assembly and consented to by Governor Obaseki. …