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Nigeria’s Army Council has approved the promotion of 34 Brigadiers-General to the rank of Majors-General and 47 Colonels to the rank of Brigadiers- General respectively. The new promotion was announced in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, on Sunday in Abuja. Those promoted to the rank of Major General, according to Musa are: Brigadiers-General. …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Amidst corruption scandal rocking its foundation, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is soliciting police partnership to execute some projects in Edo State. The Commission said security challenge was negatively affecting execution of its projects in some areas in the state. Director of NDDC, Edo State Mr. Gbubemi Ogor stated this when he led some of his …

Obviously defiant to his adversaries, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has indicated his readiness to pay the ultimate price in the service of the people of the state. Obaseki stressed that as long as the mandate of the governor, which he carries was divinely given by God for the service of the people, Edo State is therefore worth dying …

Holy Father, Pope Francis on Saturday officially announced the retirement of His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan as the Archbishop of Abuja Dioceses. This was made known through a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), by Mr Josef Ishu, department of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja. According to the letter from Rome, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama as …

..Obaseki sets up special team to combat cultist ….Police assures of rescue of kidnapped Appeal Court Judge The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has set-up a special team to review and curb the incidence of cultism in the state. This is on the heels of the reported killing of not less than eight persons in the last one week …

….Granted extension of deadline Following the five day ultimatum issued by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on the 5th of November 2019, to resolve the challenges of illegal data deductions and review the cost of data downward, the commission has commenced the implementation. In a statement by …

Nigeria has the world’s second-largest number of child brides, with 23 million girls married out as children thereby ending their educational strive, an official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. Bhanu Pathak, the chief of field officer of UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in Bauchi on Saturday at a Youth Talk ceremony organised in commemoration of …

The Department of State Service on Saturday failed to release the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare, despite the agency’s admission late on Friday that it had been served with the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court’s warrants for the release of the two men from custody. Reacting to the development on Saturday, the Executive …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army have arrested a fake soldier specialized in escorting imported and unregistered vehicles from one destination to another for financial purposes. The alleged female fake soldier, Mrs. Angela Maidoki, 42 was travelling in a commercial vehicle, kitted in military camouflage when the troops spotted her among other passengers on Benin-Agbor Road …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives at the Edo State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) have arrested a 42-year old electrician who allegedly dangled marriage offers, and claimed to be a lawyer to defraud unsuspecting single ladies. The suspect, Uchenna Duru was said to have promised to marry a lady in Owerri, Imo State but never turned up on the wedding …