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…No going back, Akintoye insists as Lagos govt bans rally Nigeria’s secrete service, the Department of State Services has paraded 11 men and a woman arrested after a fierce gun battle with Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, alias Igboho in Ibadan, Oyo State in the early hours of today. The operatives recovered a cache of arms and also took the suspects to …

The National Pension Commission has said that the Federal Government has given an order to clear the outstanding pensions of its retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme. PenCom said this on Wednesday in a statement titled ‘Presidential approval for payment of outstanding pension liabilities under the Contributory Pension Scheme’. Director-General, PenCom, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar It informed all its stakeholders, particularly …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration is going to revive technical education in the state and will soon set up technical colleges in all the local government areas of the state. He has also directed all junior secondary schools in the state to henceforth be under the supervision of State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB. Speaking during …

Two major riverine communities in Ondo State are to enjoy an uninterrupted power supply for the first time through the Solar Power Mini-Grid Energy Cabins. The electricity project was inaugurated by the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Ltd Joint Venture, CNL, in partnership with Ilaje Rural Development Committee, IRDC, and Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND. This gesture which elicited …

While the federal government reduced the fees for registering marriages in Nigeria, corrupt officials of marriage registries have continued to extort prospective couples by charging above the official rate – diverting millions of naira into their personal bank accounts, and shortchanging the federal government. This investigation looks at the corrupt practices and loopholes through which a system frustrates its own online …

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and his Jigawa State counterpart, Muhammad Badaru, on Wednesday narrowly escaped being attacked by bandits on a highway linking Zamfara and Kano states. The governors had attended the ceremony in Gusau in which Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The convoy of the Kano governor was returning to Kano from …

…says activist’s killing may lead to war The Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Thursday, condemned the midnight attack on the residence of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to Adams, eight persons were killed in the attack while the house and cars were riddled with bullets. …

Former President Donald Trump’s company and its long-serving chief financial officer are to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes, US media reported. They would mark the first criminal charges in a more than two-year investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into alleged fraud at the Trump Organization. The New York Times and The Washington Post said that a New …

A former defense secretary, who was the architect of the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld, is dead. He was 88, his family said in a statement released Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. At 88, …

*Family protests extradition, alleges abduction from Kenya, says it violates international law *No going back on Biafra struggle — IPOB *He must not die in custody, Fani-Kayode warns *FG competent in handling security matters — ACF The British High Commission in Nigeria said yesterday that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office stood ready to provide ‘consular’ assistance on the issue …