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Watchers of the media spectrum in Edo state have held that the practice of briefing ‘selected’ journalists by a forward-looking government as that of Edo goes against the grain of fairness, objectivity and balance, rights group, Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative (CERLSI) has told Governor Godwin Obaseki. CERLSI therefore urged the governor to reform processes linked to …

The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Tolu Odebiyi, has asked the Federal Government, military, and the police authorities to probe the alleged harassment of his constituents by soldiers and Fulani herdsmen. There were media reports on Saturday that Fulani herdsmen allegedly engaged the services of some soldiers to beat up farmers in some communities in …

The police say ‘Rescue Me’ app’ will aid timely arrival of officers at crime scenes anywhere in Nigeria. The Nigerian police have introduced a software, ‘rescue me app,’ to aid the timely arrival of officers at crime scenes anywhere in Nigeria. The commissioner of police in Jigawa State, Usman Gonna, told reporters that the police developed the application to tackle insecurity through …

Residents, Obas, and some monarchs of Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State have lamented that they were brutalised by soldiers who escorted herdsmen to graze in their communities. In separate interviews with The Nation, the residents narrated that the soldiers, numbering about 10, flogged them for daring to prevent the herders from grazing. It was learnt that …

(CNN) President Joe Biden spent his first week in office trying to convince the nation to see themselves not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans united in defeating the pandemic. Then on Friday night, the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump got a formal date on the calendar, complicating every bipartisan goal on the new President’s agenda.After four exhausting years of Trump that …

– FG has declared that no student would be allowed to register for UTME without NIN – The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, made this known in Abuja on Thursday, January 21 – Adamu maintain that JAMB has been mandated to work with NIMC on how to achieve it The Nigerian government has said that the use of the National …

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise. Akeredolu was the first to launch the Amotekun Corps last year in the South West region to help tackle criminal elements in the state. Categories of officers to be recruitment included regular officers, intelligence Corps and …

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi on Friday, announced the corps plan to  introduce a digital driver’s licence that would guard against theft. Oyeyemi made the announcement in  Abuja at the year’s first strategy session of zonal commanding officers and sector commanders on zero tolerance to crashes. He said that the plan was pursuat to the …

House Democrats plan to send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, but the start of arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial won’t begin until February 9, giving the Senate time to confirm President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, according to CNN report. Under an agreement between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority …

President Joe Biden signed two more executive orders on Friday — one focused on expanding food assistance and delivering stimulus checks to very low-income Americans, and the other on raising the minimum wage to $15 for the federal workforce — as he continues his swift efforts to overturn his predecessor’s policies. The measures, CNN reports, build on the President’s drive …