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The Plateau Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will on Monday begin a special patrol tagged “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence”, in an effort to improve road safety. The Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, made the disclosure on Sunday in Jos in a statement signed by the command’s Public Education Officer, Andrew Bala. ‘This is to inform the general motoring public …

Ikwerre People’s Congress (IPC) Worldwide has declared outright rejection of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed by the National Assembly because it typifies nothing worthy of celebration. The group insisted that the Niger Delta region wants 100 percent ownership rights of the proceeds from oil and gas. It took the decision in a statement issued, yesterday, and signed by Livingstone …

A sibling of Nnamdi Kanu , Kingsley Kanu, has revealed how his brother and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested and returned to Nigeria. According to Kingsley Kanu, contrary to speculation, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Kenya where he claimed to have visited from his base. Kingsley who disclosed this through a statement by the spokesperson …

Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), on Sunday warned the Nigerian Federal Government to desist from any action that will threaten the life of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, if they still want Nigeria to exist. Kanu is being detained by the Department of State Services, DSS. MASSOB also called …

…As work progresses on the port project, Edo State Government meets with over 15 host communities Benin River Port is expected to position Nigeria to benefit from facilities of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), under which investment in agriculture is a major consideration, aside of the generation of massive employment opportunities during the construction and operational phases. As …

By Okhide Em’ya David The Leadership Crisis which engulfed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State Chapter, has been resolved with the suspension slammed on the Chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi lifted. Edo State PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, in a Statement at the weekend, said the State Working Committee of the Party lifted the suspension after a report of …

Edo State Government has urged parents, religious leaders and educationists to deploy innovative measures to counter misinformation on drug abuse among children. Addressing participants at a sensitisation programme in Benin City, Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues, Mrs. Dorcas Idehen, said stakeholders must collaborate to check social ills, including drug and alcohol abuse, gangsterism and …

Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero was crowned as the 15th Emir of Kano, today at a colorful ceremony which drew dignitaries from far and wide, including Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, who was represented by his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The coronation featured, among others, the administration of the oath, and formal presentation of the Staff of Office to the Emir, traditional …

Google intervened to remove nine Android apps downloaded more than 5.8 million times from the company’s Play Store after the apps were caught furtively stealing users’ Facebook login credentials. “The applications were fully functional, which was supposed to weaken the vigilance of potential victims. With that, to access all of the apps’ functions and, allegedly, to disable in-app ads, users …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described the National Assembly as a highly misjudged institution. He lamented that people had erroneously believed that N37billion earlier earmarked for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex and later cut to N9.2billion had been collected and embezzled by the lawmakers. He said people often fail to give credit to the institution when it delivers …